Sukhbir to inaugurate solar power project tomorrow

Taking yet another step towards clean energy, Punjab will get its second solar power plant when Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal inaugurates a 34-megawatt project in Lambi in the district tomorrow.
Sukhbir, along with Punjab Minister for Non-conventional Energy Bikram Singh Majithia, will inaugurate the Rs 350 crore project which would generate 34 MW solar power to cater the electricity needs of more than one lakh families, an official spokesman said here today.
The Deputy Chief Minister had laid the foundation stone of the project in January this year and it has been completed four months before its deadline by a solar power generating company 'Azure'.

Lambi is the home assembly constituency of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) had signed an MoU with 'Azure' last year to put Punjab on the lane of solar power projects, the spokesman said.
He said the project has been setup on the boundary of village Panjava and Sikhwala on 170-acres of non-arable land.
"This pollution free will cater the electricity needs of 250 villages equal to more than one lakh families besides preventing generation of 49,000 metric tonne of carbon dioxide annually," the spokesman added.
He said that Punjab has signed various MoUs with this venture to bring investment of Rs 1,500 crore besides generation of 150 MW power through solar power projects.