piccadily sugar and allied industries is planning a 2 mw co-gen power plant at village hamjheri, dist. patiala, punjab. the project will come up along with an expansion of its grain/ molasses-based distillery within its existing 70-acre plant premises. the estimated total cost of the project is rs. 470 million. the project is waiting for environmental clearance. according to moef sources, power requirement of 1.2 mw for the distillery expansion project will be sourced from the 2.0 mw co-gen power plant and dg set. a 25 tph boiler will be installed and based on bagasse/ rice husk/ coal and biogas as available fuel options. this boiler will operate mainly to feed steam to molasses based operations and 2 mw power generation from turbine. the project will be completed within 3 years of commencement. [info as of: dec. 16]
