Biogas worth 375 Kilowatt power wasted every month in Goa
Surplus biogas with the potential
of generating power of 375kW is being burned away every month due to government
complacency. The files that would approve the export of surplus power to the
state electricity department is yet to move ahead.
The garbage treatment plant on
the Calangute-Saligao plateau has been generating electricity from biogas for
the past seven months.
As per plant officials, the
electricity department authorities had visited the plant and the exporting of
surplus power was supposed to begin by March. But now, officials say it might
take some more time before the surplus power reaches the state grids.
“The plant is generating around
873kW of power per month for its own consumption from.....