The special thing will be that the water used in the process of generating electricity in the binary power plant will keep getting recycled, meaning there will be no wastage of water.

Hot water sources in Uttarakhand will now become a source of generating electricity. With the help of Iceland technology, steam from hot water will rotate turbines and generate electricity. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology will set up the first project of its kind in the country at Tapovan in Chamoli.

At various places in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, the temperature of water beneath the ground surface is very high. These include hot water sources as well. Hot water sources are available at many places in the state. These natural hot water sources will now be used to generate electricity. Wadia Institute Director Dr. Kalachand Sai said that for this, a binary power plant will be installed by the institute. In which electricity will be generated from geothermal energy. Recently, the institute’s scientists have returned from Iceland after receiving training in this technology.

This will be the process

Under this technique, the source of hot water is drilled. The temperature of water under the ground is between 100 and 140 degrees Celsius. After this, water of 70 to 80 degrees Celsius temperature is dropped on it from above. This releases steam at high speed. This steam will hit the turbine and rotate it rapidly and electricity will be generated. A complete mechanism is prepared for this. Turbines are installed in a special way. Currently, up to 20 MW of electricity will be generated in Tapovan. The target is to generate up to 10 thousand MW of electricity across the state with this technique.

Hybrid technology along with solar will increase production

Director Dr. Kalachand Sai said that in the future there is a plan to increase the production capacity of this project by connecting it with solar and hybrid technology. This is expected to increase the production of the power project manifold.