renewable energy project

June 29 -The Department of Renewable Energy, Haryana hasprepared an ambitious scheme to tap solar engery in the State. Underthe scheme, one Solar Educational Kit would be provided in all the3000 Secondary schools in the State.While disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Department saidthat the State Government and Central Government would bear the costof the scheme in the ratio of 50:50. The Central Government hadalready released over Rs. 24.33 lakh by way of itsshare.He said that as many as 15 Solar Power Plants of 1 KW each in 13 subdivisions of Sirsa and 2 Sub divisions of Faridabad would be set upat a cost of about Rs. 52.50 lakh. By using one such power plant, twoT-5 Retrofit Tubelights of 28-watt each, 10 CFLS of 20-watt each and 6ceiling fans of 50-watt each could be run in each sub division officefor four days, he added.He said that the Department had also prepared an innovative scheme torun the computer labs with solar energy. Under the scheme, 21 SPVpower plants of 2.7 KW capacity each would be installed in 21 schoolsof Rohtak district at a cost of Rs. 168 lakh. The process ofinstalling solar energy power plants had already begun. It may bementioned that MoUs with 10 firms had also been signed by theDepartment to set up 23 biomass proejcts, 3 small hydro projects and 4wind energy based power projects to generate 697.70 MW of power withan investment of Rs.3278 crore, he added.The spokesman said that the department of Renewable Energy Haryanaand Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) had got aprivilege of getting three National Awards one each for theimplementation of Solar Cooker Programme, Solar Urban Programme andSPV demonstration programme.