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EESL to set up model units for energy efficiency in Surats textile cluster

SURAT: Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a company under the Union power ministry, has set its eyes on the man-made fabric (MMF) cluster in Surat for setting up energy efficient textile processing units. The EESL is all set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two textile processing units, to be suggested by the South Gujarat Textile Processors Association (SGTPA), for setting up the programmable logic controller (PLC) and the caustic recovery plant at the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Pandesara GIDC. Official sources said that the project will be undertaken by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in Surat's textile cluster in collaboration ministry of MSME (MoMSME) and the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE).