Measures to Achieve Energy Transition Towards Clean Energy

✅Synopsis of the article:  

🔸To become self-reliant in power generation and achieving energy transition towards clean energy, Government has taken following measures: 

 

🔸The renewable energy capacity to go up to 450  

GW.  

🔸 Phase-wise retirement of old polluting coal-based power plants.  

🔸Setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis.  

🔸 Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Surakshaevam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW  

CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc.  

🔸Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power.  

🔸Notifying Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and  

Wind Projects.  

🔸Declaring Large Hydro Power (LHPs) (>25 MW projects) as Renewable Energy source.  

🔸 Hydro Purchase Obligation (HPO) as a separate  

entity within Non-solar Renewable Purchase  

Obligation (RPO).  

🔸 Tariff rationalization measures for bringing  

down hydro power tariff.  

🔸 Budgetary Support for Flood Moderation /Storage Hydro Electric Projects (HEPs).

✅Budgetary Support to Cost of Enabling Infrastructure, i.e., roads/bridges for hydro  

projects.  

✅Targeting to install 175 GW of Renewable Energy capacity (excluding large hydro) by the  

end of 2021-22  

▪️Schemes in news – PM-Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM):

 

✅ Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy  

✅Purpose: To provide energy sufficiency and sustainable irrigation access to farmers.

▪️Expected Outcomes: 

✅ Opportunity to the farmers to sell the additional power generated through the solar  

plants  

✅Decentralising solar power production  

✅Subsidy burden on DISCOMS in the agricultural sector will be reduced  

✅ Helps in de-dieseling (replacing the diesel pumps) the agricultural sector  

✅Water conservation, water security and energy efficiency are the other benefits to the  

farmers.

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