Union Minister RK Singh for modern power systems

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Friday underscored the need for collaborative efforts between the Central and State governments towards large-scale deployment of energy efficiency measures in potential sectors of the economy. He emphasised the need to have a State-specific agency dedicated for energy efficiency and conservation. The […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Friday underscored the need for collaborative efforts between the Central and State governments towards large-scale deployment of energy efficiency measures in potential sectors of the economy.

He emphasised the need to have a State-specific agency dedicated for energy efficiency and conservation. The Minister chaired a virtual meeting with officers of the Ministry of Power, Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of Energy Departments of States and union Territories to discuss the role of States and UTs towards energy transition goals of India.

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He said that the States should develop an action plan to achieve the assigned targets. “We are working for a new and modern India which cannot happen without modern power systems, and we look forward to working with all States and UTs to achieve this,” he said.

Singh reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to ramp up India’s fight against climate change and global warming and emphasised the need for collaboration between the Centre and States to ensure energy transition in all potential sectors of the economy.

The meeting was organised in line with the Prime Minister’s commitment at the COP26 summit towards reducing carbon intensity in the country. The objective of the meeting was to ensure the State’s participation in fulfilling India’s climate commitments and each State and UT can be assigned energy saving targets.

Singh said India will replace diesel with renewables to achieve the target of zero diesel use in the agricultural sector by 2024. The commercial buildings should follow ECBS and the domestic buildings should follow ECO NIVAS and this should be part of the building by-law, he added. He said that all the power demand will be met by non-fossil fuel methods with the help of energy storage.

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