A decision to this effect, was taken at a high level meeting with the joint delegation by the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal at his residence late last evening.
To tap optimum potential of solar energy, the Punjab government has decided to set up solar power plants in collaboration with the US-based SunPower Corporation and Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) for generating nearly 1000 MW power over the next two years.
A decision to this effect, was taken at a high level meeting with the joint delegation by the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal here at his residence late last evening.
The chief minister directed the secretary science and technology Viswajeet Khanna to prepare a comprehensive plan for establishing a network of solar power plants in the state through Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).
Badal also stated that he would soon call on the Union renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to get some projects of solar power allotted for the state under the various schemes of the ministry of renewable energy.
Gurmeet Naroola Incharge of SunPower business development India said that EBS-SunPower would invest Rs500 crore on bringing the latest solar technology in Punjab.
Badal also gave an in-principle approval to the proposal mooted by the SunPower-EBS group to set up a center for training the youth in solar technologies here at PEDA complex to bring new job opportunities.
He also asked the representatives of the group to set up a demo projects at the rooftops of the government buildings for tapping solar energy, which could be later on replicated in other government buildings like district administrative complexes.
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