Home BusinessPower move: haryana SMEs to explore energy-saving options
The will enable smaller units in the region to overcome problems posed by inadequate power supply.
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The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) plans to prepare a roadmap of energy-saving techniques for the state’s small and medium enterprise (SME) clusters, which have been complaining about inadequate power supply.
This exercise will be carried out in collaboration with the National Productivity Council (NPC). The energy-saving potential will be studied in five areas — the agricultural sector, the commercial sector, municipalities, SME clusters and the domestic sector.
The study, conducted by NPC on behalf of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) for SMEs in Haryana, estimates the annual energy-saving potential of five SME clusters at 89.715 million units (MU) or 3,621 tonnes of oil equivalent (TOE).
The five SME clusters that have been studied are the plywood cluster in Yamunanagar, the utensils cluster in Jagadhri, the light engineering cluster in Faridabad, the rice mills cluster in Karnal and the powerloom cluster in Panipat.
HAREDA officials said that the next step would be to assess the energy-saving potential in each sub-sector and identify ways in which it can be achieved.
Officials from NPC who undertook the study said that based on it a hired consultant will guide SMEs on ways to implement energy-saving measures.
ENERGY-SAVING POTENTIAL OF FIVE SME CLUSTERS
A study conducted by the National Productivity Council
Location
Cluster
Units
Estimated Energy
Consumption
(MU/TOE)
Saving
Potential
(%)
Annual saving
potential
(MU/TOE)
Yamunanagar
Plywood
350
147.35 MU/
12,500 TOE
10
14.735 MU/
1,250 TOE
Jagadhri
Utensils
331
39MU/6,012 TOE
10
3.9 MU/601 TOE
Faridabad
Light engineering
250
190 MU/5,075 TOE
10
19 MU/507 TOE
Karnal
Rice mills
221
510 MU/8,130 TOE
10
51 MU/813 TOE
Panipat
Power loom
300
10.8 MU/4,500 TOE
10
1.08 MU/
450 TOE
Total
897.15 MU/
36,217 TOE
89.715 MU/
3,621 TOE
Deputy Director (Chandigarh), National Productivity Council, S S Bhullar, said that the study could well be an eye-opener for SMEs in the region, because energy savings may enable them to overcome problems posed by power shortages.
By becoming energy-efficient, SMEs will not only be able to cut energy costs, but also become more cost-effective.