The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has commissioned the first 10MW solar power plant at Panipat Thermal Power Station , Panipat. On the first day, the solar plant generated and supplied about 10,000 units of electricity to the grid.
HPGCL Managing Director MKV Rama Rao notified that the use of renewable energy had become imperative considering the long-term and short-term effects of conventional power project on environment and human beings. Sun radiation is available in abundance in India and with the use of photovoltaic technology the impact on environment is minimal.
Thus the energy generated from Solar Power Plant reduces the carbon footprints, he added. He said that M/s Germi, a Research and Development organisation of Gujarat Government, one of the best consultants in the country, has been engaged as consultant for this project.
This project has been commissioned 36 days in advance with the dedicated efforts of the engineers and staff of HPGCL and vendor. He said that the project was awarded during May, 2016 to leading Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor M/s Sterling and Wilson Private Limited at a cost of Rs 0.5767 billion crore.
By Baishakhi Dutta
