Energy transition meeting

State level steering Committee meeting on energy transition in the state met under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari today.  The main objective of the state level committee is to develop and implement carbon emission intensity reduction roadmap of the state and to transfer from convention to non conventional energy.

Chief Secretary said that the cumulative capacity of renewable energy in the state is 6335 MW.  Telangana is one of the leading states in the country to adopt renewables in its energy mix.

Renewable energy adoption has increased from 9.8% in FY 23 to 14.1% ( energy Terms) in FY 24.  The share of renewable energy In terms of Installed capacity is around 25 per cent.  She noted that Telangana is one of the leading states in adopting Energy Conservation Measures and it aims to promote the Energy Efficiency Appliances and Conservation measures to the public usage.

Chief Secretary directed the MD TSREDCO to  come out  with specific proposal duly identifying the village and mandal wise location for providing lands to TSREDCO for installation of EV Charging  stations.

Special Chief Secretary Energy Sunil Sharma stated that the Telangana State Solar Policy 2015- Issued in 2015 with the promotional benefits & incentives to encourage the generation of solar power. He requested that necessary  instructions should be issued to all the Government departments mandating to install Solar roof top systems through TSREDCO.  Likewise,   instructions should be issued for mandating solar roof top for residential & commercial   and linking to building permission at all Municipalities and ULB’s of the state.

The meeting also discussed formation of State Level Committee on Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation” (SATAT) for promotion & implementation of Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) projects as per the Guidelines of the Government of India. The committee felt the need for issuing policy for promotion on Waste to Energy projects in the state for effective management of Municipal Solid Waste in the state.