FollowCHIEF Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that 700 to 1,000 megawatt power can be generated from bagasse in 45 sugar mills of Punjab which is a more economical source of power generation and a strategy in consultation with sugar mills has been finalised in this regard. He was presiding over a high level meeting regarding generation of power from alternative sources here on Monday.
The meeting reviewed in detail the project of generation of power from hydle, coal and bagasse and decided that the project of generation of power from bagasse should be implemented speedily and a transparent policy would be adopted for this purpose. Punjab government and representatives of sugar mills associations would determine the tariff of power generated from bagasse and recommendations would be submitted within a week.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said energy crisis was leaving a negative impact on the national economy. He said there was a need to work on power generation projects on an emergent basis and a separate department of energy had been set up for the purpose in Punjab which was working on the projects for power generation from alternative sources, including hydle, solar, coal and bagasse. Shahbaz said there was a vast scope of setting up hydle power projects in the province and an agreement had also been signed with a Chinese company for generation of hydle power from Taunsa. He said small hydle power projects would soon start at Pakpattan and Marala with the cooperation of Asian Development Bank while work was also being started for power generation from biogas.
The CM said the projects of power generation from coal should be implemented speedily and a final plan should be submitted to him within seven days regarding generation of 500 megawatt electricity from coal. He said projects of power generation from coal would be implemented under public-private partnership.
Source: thenews
