Reliance, Punj Lloyd bid for solar proj in Parliament
Press Trust of India / Chandigarh Aug 06, 2010, 15:00 IST
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (Solar Group) and construction company Punj Llyod are among the five companies which have bid for solar power project to be set up in the Parliament House.
"We have received bids from five companies for the solar energy project to be set up in Parliament," TPS Sidhu, the Chief Executive of Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), which is executing the project, told PTI here.
Three other companies, which have submitted bids, are Wipro Ecoenergy, Lanco and Gurgaon-based DD Solar23 India.
"We are evaluating the bids and successful bidder will be (for Parliament project) announced within next 10 days," he said, adding that the project was expected to be completed within next three months.
PEDA, which has been asked by the Centre to implement the solar power project in Parliament, had invited bids for commissioning of power project with a capacity of 80 KW using solar photovoltaic technology and its operation and maintenance for 10 years.
"Out of 80 KW of power generation, 50 KW of power will be fed into grid system and rest will be used for battery back up at the Parliament house annexe," he said.
The Centre had allocated the solar power project for the Parliament House over four months back to PEDA keeping in view of its expertise in non-conventional and renewable energy resources.
"The main objective of this project is to demonstrate and popularise the renewable and new energy resources for the power generation and it has been awarded under the Special Area Demonstration Programme of the government," he informed.
Besides setting up solar power generation unit, other components of the project are installing water heating system of 2,000 litres capacity, illumination of the house and setting up a small biogas plant of half a tonne capacity per day for the Kitchen in Parliament.
"The other components of the project will be done in a phased manner," said Sidhu.
State-owned PEDA is a nodal agency for promotion and development of renewable energy projects including solar, biogas and small hydel projects in Punjab. It is also a nodal agency for facilitating project for carbon credit under Clean Development Mechanism.
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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (Solar Group) and construction company Punj Llyod are among the five companies which have bid for solar power project to be set up in the Parliament House.
