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Establishment of priorities
• To set up a dedicated energy efficiency cell to identify the inefficient operations of the
machineries or the processes and to carry out relevant replacement and modification
works in order to achieve energy conservation.
• To study in-house Energy Audit and External Energy Audit through Government
approved Energy Auditor.
• To reduce the energy consumption bill of Surat Municipal Corporation, by implementing
various energy conservation projects.

• To reduce the huge share of water supply electricity consumption by substituting it
with renewable energy sources and also finding out sources of procuring power at
lowest possible price.
Mobilization of resources

Financial: The funding of the whole project was carried out under the State Government
project fund related to the promotion and use of renewable energy measures to reduce
the energy consumption. The financial profile of the whole project is provided in the table
below:

Financial profile of the project
Organization Year Year Year Year Total
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
State government 5.4 90.06 18.39 17.97 131.82
funds (Rs. Cr.)

Institutional: Under ‘Solar city’ program, SMC has formulated ‘Solar city Cell’ and ‘Solar
Stake Holder Committee’ which involves the various industries like Katargam GIDC,
Pandesara GIDC etc. , various educational institutes like NIT, SCET and various associations
like Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), Diamond Association,
Textile Association, Builder Association etc.

Wind power plant installed in Surat Process
Plants were planned till 2016-17, carrying out similar works till April 2018. Moreover, SMC Challenges faced before deployment of the project:
also placed a work order of another 1 MW solar power plants which was planned to be 1. Solar Power Plant:
commissioned in January 2019.
Lesser Renewable power purchase obligation: State solar power purchase obligation
Main focus was quite less in solar power plant, hence SMC couldn’t approach DGVCL to purchase
power from their solar power plants. Hence, they had limited option to install solar
he main focus of SMC was to achieve the set target of fulfilling 10 % of the total energy power plants in the licensed areas only.
Trequirement of Surat city through solar energy and also reducing the water supply
electricity consumption bill. Therefore, in order to achieve the set target, a dedicated High capital cost: Comparatively, solar power plants have high capital cost and hence
“Energy Efficiency Cell” was formed focusing on the importance of energy conservation it was not viable to use solar power for captive consumption.
in Water Supply System and other services. The Energy Efficiency Cell had the following Availability of roofs in Torrent Power’s licensed area: Already on 37 locations, solar
objectives: power plants were installed, now there was no roof available in the Torrent’s license
• To identify and implement energy conservation projects and find out sources of area to install more solar power plants.
procuring power at lowest possible price.
2. Wind Power Plant:
• To conduct in house and external energy audit along with feasibility study for power Inclusion of Consumers: Initiation on installing wind power project was done in
generation from conventional and nonconventional energy sources.
the year 2004 and primary feasibility study for use of wind power for HT services of
• To represent Corporation in Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) for availing SMC was carried out. It was found out that if wheeling and banking facilities given to
electrical energy at economical rates. industrial consumers is made available to SMC, installation of wind power becomes
economically feasible. After assessing the performance and considering energy usage
• To monitor the usages of electricity of entire Municipal Corporation of Surat.
charges of HT connections (services) at that time, it was concluded that wind power

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