Surat Municipal Corporation to set up one more wind power plant

Surat, 4 July, 2013

Excited with success of existing wind power plants, the Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has taken a decision to erect one more wind power plant. A proposal to finalize consultant for this project has been moved in Standing Committee of SMC.

SMC had erected 3 MW capacity wind power plant at Adodara in Porbandar district in year 2010 for its Sarthana and Varachha water works. Through this plant, the SMC has earned benefit of 2.03 crore power units or Rs. 7.93 crore in its electricity bill in 31 months. Encouraged by success of this plant, the SMC then erected 8.4 MW capacity wind power plant for Katargam water works. The project is near completion

Now a third wind power plant has been planned for high tension connections of Sarthana water works(connection-2) and other water distribution projects. The proposed wind power plant shall have 6.3 MW capacity. The consultant of this project will be appointed soon. So far only one proposal worth Rs. 7.48 lakh has been received for the job of consultant. The standing committee will take decision on this proposal in its meeting on Friday.