Chandimandir Military Station gets 2 MW solar power plant

Lt Gen Surinder Singh, general officer commanding-in-chief, Western Command, during the inauguration of a 2MW solar power plant in the Chandimandir cantonment on Tuesday. The ₹10-crore project is the largest in the Western Command. The plant will generate about 29 lakh electricity units annually.

 

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 5

A two megawatt solar power plant has been set up at Chandimandir Military Station, which is stated to be the largest solar power project within the Army’s Western Command.

Involving an investment of Rs 10 crore, the plant will generate at least 29.5 lakh units of electricity annually or about 2.45 lakh units per month resulting in approximate savings of more than Rs 2 crore annually.

Spread over an area of 9.5 acres, the plant consists of a total of 6,250 Indian-origin solar panels and solar cells. It was inaugurated by Lt Gen Surinder Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, today.

The Military Engineering Services (MES) tendered a 2 MW solar project to be developed at Chandimandir in Haryana. The bid-submission deadline is June 28, 2017. The estimated project cost is Rs.136.5 million (~$2.11 million).

According to Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker, the MNRE has allocated 356 MW of solar to be developed by defense sector in India at premises of defense establishments or on land occupied by cantonments and other military establishments inside the country.