New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh Said on Thursday:- The government will not only achieve the goal of setting up 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022, rather it will cross the milestone.
The government has
set a target to set up renewable energy capacity of 175 GW grid from various
renewable energy sources till 2022. It includes 100 gm
of solar, 60 gigawatts from air, 10 gigawatts from bio power and 5 gigawatts
from small hydro power.
RK Singh Said :- By 2022, we will not only
achieve the goal but also go beyond that. The installed capacity is 3.58 lakh
MW.
A scheme for farmers will be started where
they can install 2 MW solar panel for power generation, which will be purchased
by the government.Through this farmers can earn up to Rs. One lakh per year. It will be very beneficial for the farmers.
The program is designed to develop efficient and employable workforce (Suryamatra) to perform various functions related to establishment,commissioning and operation and maintenance of solar PV system.
Piramal Enterprises also said on Tuesday that it has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Canada's largest public pension fund to
sponsor the $ 600 million Infrastructure Trust focused on renewable energy.
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