Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited commissions 10 MW solar plant

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) managing director MKV Rama Rao said that the corporation 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.

He said that Germi, a Research and Development organisation of Gujarat Government (PSU), one of the best consultants in the country, have 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 work for setting up of the project was awarded during May, 2016 to a leading Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor M/s Sterling and Wilson Private Limited at a cost of Rs. 57.67 crore. Read more…