Port Blair, Aug 14: The Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has accorded in principle approval for Electricity Department’s in-house augmentation of 15MW DG sets to generate electricity of around 9 MW and 6 MW at Chatham and Phoenix Bay Power House, respectively. The tendering process for procuring these DG sets will be initiated shortly.
Presently, Sri Vijaya Puram is experiencing power shortage due to closure of one of the hiring power plant at Chatham. To mitigate the ongoing acute power crisis situation, UT Administration is actively exploring possibilities of augmentation of additional power generation from existing DG power plants at Sri Vijaya Puram as a short-term measure.
A release issued by IP Division today said that this move has been taken considering the growing demand of electricity and taking into cognizance slow progress in implementation of renewable energy projects. The A & N Administration is also actively taking efforts to fast track these projects.
“The above measure has been taken to minimize inconvenience to Electricity Consumers in SVP/South Andaman. A&N Administration re-affirms its goal of de-dieselization in power generation in next 3-4 years. All renewable energy projects shall be rigorously persuaded and monitored to realize achieving this goal,” the release added.
