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Karnataka to unveil renewable energy policy

BANGALORE: Karnataka will unveil a renewable energy policy in a month or two to provide for a focussed effort to boost the renewable energy generation to tide over the power shortage by harnessing green energy.

The highlight of the policy is that it will envisage steps for doubling the renewable energy generation in the State from the present 2,000 MW to 4,000 MW in the next five years. This was announced by Principal Secretary (Energy) K. Jairaj at an interactive meet on “Accelerated promotion of solar water heating systems and green buildings in potential cities of Karnataka,” organised by the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in Bangalore on Thursday.

Mr. Jairaj said the main intention was to make Karnataka the leader in the renewable energy sector. The government would hold consultations with the stake-holders to elicit their views on the nature of the policy. The proposed policy would lay emphasis on solar, wind and bio-mass projects as the State had huge potential to tap these energy sources, he noted. To a suggestion by MNRE Secretary Deepak Gupta that an innovative city such as Bangalore should have solar-powered streetlights from the city centre to the international airport, Mr. Jairaj said the government would work out the ways and means of implementing the proposal.

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