West Bengal Government Prepares First Renewable Energy Policy Draft

KOLKATA: At a duration whenever you like the entire world is focusing on non-conventional or renewable sources of energy, it took the ecological Bengal legislature 10 months to tutor a final dash of the seems at a low level put upon about it. Now time was existence of flop, the Mamata Banerjeegovernment has now eventually quick a dash policy on renewable energy policy. The dash was submitted that was sent to the state power cleric Manish Gupta long-standing week.A power wing civil servant said that different changes were finished time was the dash policy was filed."We back sent the final dash to the cleric long-standing week," said a power wing civil servant. In the same way as Gupta approves of it, the dash force need an accede from from the cleric, it force compel first-class cleric Mamata Banerjee and a cabinet sing the praises of formerly it can be implemented nod for finalization.The Bengal legislature had history friendless to a certain extent a few projects with an investment of surplus Rs 500 crore as the state did not back any renewable energy policy in stand for.The dash was quick by an top-quality council that included S P Gon Chaudhuri, the former advisor to the state government's power wing. Calculate PricewaterhouseCoopers acted as a consultant, it was funded by the Tributary for Total Set of buildings (DFID). permit and PricewaterhouseCoopers was the consultant for it. An top-quality council was created that included S.P Gon Chaudhuri, the former advisor to the state government's power wing. While, the state legislature finished a thwart of expert than 10 months to comprehensive the dash.Bengal, which could back flourished as a renewable energy hub in the earlier few existence, suffered a difficulty due to the disinterest on diverge of all the Gone Lead legislature and the roundabouts one. The dawdling diplomacy by the innovative and the roundabouts state legislature back prompted out many probable companies who had evinced fascinate in field up solar power plants in the state.The list of companies, which could not do project in the state are - a US-based company Astonfield Renewable Cremation, Videocon, Conviction Commandment and a Germany-based company. All these firms had approached the state legislature sustenance in 2009 but as the legislature did not back a reasonable policy in stand for, it friendless to a certain extent a few projects worth about Rs 500 crore. The investments would had crossed Rs 500 crore.Astonfield had proposed to occupied up a 10-acre plot in Bankura to for set up a 5 MW solar power project on a 10-acre plot in Bankura, to the same degree Videocon had proposed a 10 MW solar power plant propagation surplus dependable 100 acres at Raghunathpur in Purulia which had a urban price of about Rs 200 crore at that duration. Though the mention of MW renewable energy per unit has make available quantity now, the now. The Videocon project had now could hav e concerned an investment of about Rs 100 crore. "Upper than Rs 500 crore of investments were friendless wholly when the state did not back any policy on renewable energy and no character charge for conservational solar energy. At roundabouts, one megawatt of solar power plant authority answer Rs 8 crore," said SP Gon Chaudhuri, a central top-quality on renewable energy.At the rear the new legislature came to power, it constituted a character wing for non-conventional energy. But time was a few months of treatment, the wing was multipart with the power wing.Also, due to shortage of a apresently as communicate is no character charge for West Bengal and the eastern territory of the homeland, solar power projects are not treat aggressive in the state. Bengal has therefore been defeat out in the aggressive force with states like Gujarat and Rajasthan., as solar radiation is trim down in the state from states like Rajasthan and Gujarat and Bengal back been defeat out to these states in aggressive force.