Sankheda 1.2 MW biomass power plant a success
Early this week, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) took a busload of entrepreneurs, academicians and experts in the field of renewable energy (RE) to the tribal belt of Sankhedataluka in Vadodara, for a field visit to the country's firstgasification based 1.2 MW biomass to power generation plant, named Ankur Scientific Power Plant. However, what is mostly unknown about this two-year old, homegrown, clean energy, sustainable, decentralized, third-party, grid connected power generation plant- the first of its kind venture in India-is that the technology used in the plant is also made by the owners, whose 80% of machinery is exported abroad. And, therein, lies the irony.