Sector 39 Waterworks in Chandigarh to Soon Welcome Solar Panels

• The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh will soon get its initial solar energy plant at the Sector 39 waterworks. The floating solar energy panels are expected to produce electrical energy worth 1.38 crore each year.

The Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Scientific Research as well as Technology Promotion Society (CREST) will certainly perform the project. CREST is the firm for the application of numerous roof solar projects in the city. The 2 MWp floating SPV floating nuclear power plant at the Sector 39 waterworks will certainly generate 28 lakh devices per year and will be set up under the CAPEX setting where all expense will be birthed by CREST.

The profits will certainly be shared between the UT management and municipal corporation in 70:30 ratio. Appropriately, Rs 97.21 lakh will certainly most likely to the government treasury as well as Rs 41.66 lakh to the cash-starved civic body.

Based on the construction design plan supplied by the MC to the firm, the construction of a couple of water tanks is to be finished by September/October. After that, the website will be turned over to CREST for installing the plant. The MC has actually exercised the strategy and also will certainly table it in a General House meeting for official authorization tomorrow. Officials said that despite restraints of land availability, 44.5 MW had actually been attained via both government and exclusive buildings, according to media reports. A target of 69 MW by 2022 has actually been set by the Ministry of Power for Chandigarh.

In October last year, the city administration pushed out yet one more scheme to drive the move to solar. It was the most recent offer totally free installment on initial cum initially offered basis for city residents and was under the previously approved Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) version for buildings in the city. The offer followed a petition filed by CREST. The Chandigarh UT has a target of generating 69 MW of solar energy by 2022.