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SSG INFRATECH
Driving Growth Through Innovation
Mr. Harjeet Singh Sahni
Chairman and Managing Director
SSG Infratech Pvt. Ltd
spoke at length on this remarkable feat achieved by the company
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SG Infratech Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 2004 with the
objective of undertaking business in the field of environmental
engineering on Turn-Key basis and for general electrical and civil
works. Today, SSG Infratech has the distinction of building and
operating India’s largest SBR process-based sewage treatment
plant (STP). Located in Greater Noida, this plant is unique in
that it uses solar energy for its operations. The 137 MLD Sewage
Treatment Plant has achieved the distinction of being largest STP
in India on SBR technology.
• Congratulations on building India’s largest sewage
treatment plant in Greater Noida. We would like to
know more about this project.
Completed and commissioned by SSG Infratech Pvt.Ltd., an
ISO 9001 company this Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has
137 mld capacity and it has earned the distinction of being
largest STP in India on SBR Technology. Under successful O &
M after commissioning, this STP provides highest treatment
efficiency possible. Running through Sequential Batch Reactor
(SBR) process, it is operated in a batch reactor mode which
eliminates all the inefficiencies of the continuous process. The
one-of-its-own kind STP plant, it is being operated fully on
Solar energy. We have incorporated a solar power system with
the capacity of between 1.25 megawatts to fuel this STP.
• Please let us know on your entire project portfolio
under the banner of SSG Infratech.
We deal in various environmental engineering and
infrastructure development projects which include Sewage
Treatment Plants and Water Treatment Plants operated
through Solar Energy, besides development of Ranny Well,
Under Ground Reservoir(UGR), etc.
etc. In our efforts to utilize clean and non-polluting energy,
we operate this STP mainly on solar electricity.
• Can this STP also be operated on grid electricity? What
amount of electricity this STP saves on average, when
it uses electricity generated through solar panels?
Yes, our STP can also be operated on grid electricity. However,
we have experienced grid electricity affects STP’s service
reliability and electrical component failure due to inconsistent
electric supply. While on the other hand, solar panels ensure
seamless electricity supply and the electricity generated
through solar panels on an average reduces 70% grid electricity
consumption.
• What all major challenges that were encountered
during the design, engineering and construction of
the solar power plant attached to the STP?
The first and foremost challenge that we encountered initially
was the requirement of quite a large land space for the
installation of solar power plant, which we managed through
procuring additional land adjacent to the STP. Among the
other major challenges were obtaining different high-costing
equipment required for ensuring the supply of the generated
energy to the cells. Installing solar panels were quite
economical and so we managed it conveniently. The overall
design, engineering and construction of the solar power plant
did not pose any issue to us, as all of these activities were done
under the expert guidance.
• SSG Infratech specializes in environmental
engineering. Please tell us how solar energy could
be gainfully applied in environmental engineering, in
general.
• Do you think Solar Energy has played a vital role in
Solar energy is sustainable and renewable. It successfully
bringing innovation in the future energy landscape?
Solar Energy is one of the most renewable sources of energy
and it is available in plenty. We have taken a giant leap forward
in envisioning and undertaking such environment friendly
projects and our focus remains intact on the maximum use
of solar energy in all of our projects. Solar energy could be
gainfully applied in environmental engineering by focusing
on theoretical and experimental sample-based studies on its
uses in the areas of atmospheric pollution, waste disposal,
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minimizes the undesirable impact of the other forms of
energy on the environment. Moreover, Solar energy could be
gainfully applied in environmental engineering by focusing
on theoretical and experimental sample-based studies on its
uses in the areas of atmospheric pollution, waste disposal,
management and its treatment. I’m sure, in all these areas,
use of Solar Energy will prove to be a game changer in the near
future.