CHANDIGARH, May 27: The Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for four liquid fuel based power plants of 25 MW capacity. The projects are being set up by private entrepreneurs.Disclosing this, an official spokesman of the HSEB said that the department had so far signed PPAs for 18 liquid fuel based projects, with a total generation capacity of 450 MW per day. These projects would provide an additional 100 lakh units of power per day to the consumer, he added.
Of the four projects for which PPAs were signed today, two each would be set up in Sonepat and Gurgaon districts. The projects are expected to be commissioned within 18 months at a cost of about Rs 80 crore each. The projects would be set up by Som Datt Power Ltd. Under the agreement, the entire power would be purchased by the HSEB.
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