To tap alternate energy resources in Haryana, a Bagasse Cogeneration Project of 25 Mega Watts (MW) capacity costing about Rs119 crore will be installed in Ambala.
The work is in final stage and would soon be completed at Naraingarh Sugar Mills ltd, where the project would be installed, said Minister of State for Renewable Energy, Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday.
The Miniter said that the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) at a rate of Rs15 lakh per MW limited to Rs1.50 crore per project to private sugar mills. Similarly, for cooperative and public sector sugar mills, the CFA per MW of surplus power is at a rate of Rs40 lakh for 40 bar boiler, Rs60 lakh for 60 bar boiler and Rs80 lakh for 80 bar boiler subject to a maximum of Rs6crore.
So far, seven projects of 77 MW have been installed, he said.
Saini said that the State Government had notified its renewable energy power policy in 2005 to attract private investors to set up Renewable Energy based Power Projects. In order to assess the availability of surplus biomass in the State, a study was got conducted through Haryana Remote Sensing Space Application Centre.
As per the report, a total surplus biomass power generation potential of 1019 MW exist in the State. HAREDA is promoting various schemes to utilise the surplus biomass available in the State under which industrial co-gen projects of about 10 MW would be installed with an investment of Rs50 crore during the year 2015-16.
Under the Biomass Cogeneration Projects, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides CFA at a rate of Rs20 lakh per MW limited to Rs one crore per project. So far, 19 projects of 55.31 MW capacity have been installed in the state, said the Minister.