Surplus power in Tamil Nadu by 2015

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu would be a power surplus state by 2015 by optimising production and speeding up new projects, Electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan said .Inaugurating a seminar organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry here, he said the additional one hour power cut being imposed in the state barring Chennai would be lifted by January next. He said the state presently faced a power deficit of 3,000 MW. By commissioning new projects, the State would add up 1,600 MW by May 2012 and 1,400 MW by the end of the year. By 2015, the state would be power surplus and a model for other states in the country in power generation.Bids Soon for 50 MW Solar Project Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency would soon float tenders to set up a `500 crore, 50 MW solar power project.“It is the first 50 MW solar project in the state,” Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of TEDA said. The project is likely to be executed in public-private partnership mode. As regards off-shore windpower projects, Jain said land has been allotted and the first assessment has just begun near Dhanushkodi in Ramnad.