March 7- Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Renewable Energy, Mr S.S.Prasad said that a six MW small hydro project was nearing completion and would be commissioned by the end of this month whereas work on three other small hydro projects of 4.6 MW was in progress and these were expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Mr Prasad said this during his visit to Chakli village in Morni near here today where he inspected the State’s first 10 kW wind-solar demonstration project.
He interacted with villagers about this project and found that wind-solar hybrid power plants are ideal solution for energy needs of high hilly and wind prone areas. He expressed pleasure on performance and maintenance of the system.
The wind-solar project had been installed by the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency(HAREDA) in November 2008 at a cost of Rs 34 lakh with financial assistance from the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE). The power plant has 6.6 kW power generation from wind energy and 3.4 kW power generation from solar. The power so generated is being supplied to 24 houses of Chakli and Ramsar villages for two lights, one fan and six street lights.
The project has an unique feature that the State Government had not to incur any cost on the system. The developer of the project, M/s Ananda Solar Technologies, has invested Rs14 lakh for the project to demonstrate their technology. The project had an inbuilt five years maintenance contract. To maintain the system through local village level management, a Village Energy Committee (VEC) has been formed. Every house connected with the system is paying Rs.50 per month to the VEC, which is deposited in a bank account of the committee. The amount so deposited till five years would be used to maintain the system after five years. Mr Shayam Sunder, Chairman of the VEC informed that about Rs.16,000 have been deposited. The villagers informed that they are now getting electricity round-the-clock.
Mr Prasad said that the State Government is committed for harnessing all possible renewable energy potential in the State. He said that work on three other small hydro projects of 4.6 MW on augmentation canal at Musapur, Khukni and Gogripur in Karnal was in progress and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Mr Prasad said that the government is monitoring the progress of the 21 biomass projects of 189 MW and 6 solar power projects of 12 MW capacity. He also inspected the Solar Energy Shop at Main Market Morni being run by Mr Baldev Singh. He said that for success of renewable energy programmes, after sales services are very important. He appreciated the services being provided by the shop.
Earlier Mr Surender Singh, Sarpanch, Morni welcomed Mr Prasad at Chakli. Officers from HAREDA and district administration were also present.
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