JAMMU : Asserting that various projects have been initiated in Jammu and Kashmir to help the state to generate power from non-conventional resources available in State, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah today while signing of the MoU for harnessing solar power hoped the initiative would catapult the energy sector in Jammu and Kashmir besides bringing in economic revolution.
He said this during the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between state and the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India for implementation of Solar Power Projects of the capacity of 7500 MWs.
“The signing of the MoU for its harnessing is an important landmark and the initiative would catapult the energy sector in J&K besides bringing in economic revolution, the Union Minister said. Highlighting the importance of the signing of MoU between the State and the Centre for harnessing of green energy from the Ladakh area, the union minister said this area possesses vast potential of solar energy. He said Ladakh possesses the potential of 30,000 MWs of solar energy and today’s signing of MoU would be a vanguard step towards harnessing this potential.
Dr Abdullah said his Ministry has initiated various projects in J&K to help the State to generate power from non-conventional resources available here. He said Government of India has flagged generation of new and renewable energy as an important sector and a target of producing 1,00,000 MWs of power through non-conventional resources of energy in the Country by 2022.
“Under the Memorandum of Understanding, Solar Projects of the capacity of 5000 MWs in Ladakh and 2500 MWs in Kargil possessing tremendous potential for new and renewable energy would be taken up for implementation, an official said.
The Memorandum of Understanding was performed at a high level meeting of the senior officers of the State Government and MNRE, Government of India, chaired by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah said here today.
The Union Joint Secretary, MNRE, Tarun Kapoor and the J&K State Commissioner Secretary, Science and Technology, Bipul Pathak signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the two Governments. (AGENCIES)
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