The state govern ment will offer its transmission wires to carry additional green energy -solar or wind power -that people generate so that they can sell it to consumers of their choice. The move is aimed at promoting open access, or the selling and buying of green power according to the consum er and generator's choice.
The decision is expected to encourage people to take up cap tive green power projects on a larger scale by helping them earn attractive profits.
The state cabinet on Tues day cleared the green energy policy and announced that, on the lines of Gujarat, it will close its water canals with photovol taic plates to generate solar pow er. Such a model will be adopted for nearly 250 MW of the total so lar power generation target.
At a press conference, ener gy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that the new policy would let people set up green power plants even on leased lands without too many permissions and approvals such as environment clearance.
The new composite policy on renewable energy sets a tar get of 14,400 MW of installed ca pacity in five years and attract ing a Rs 1 lakh crore investment “To ensure maximum investments in these projects, we have the target of bringing down the tariff of green power up to Rs 4.5 per unit by offering tax waivers and investment opportunities,“ Bawankule said.“The policy is worth Rs 4,156.43 crore. By implementing this policy , the state will get electricity fee of Rs 3,885 crore and thus the actual expenditure is only Rs 271.43 crore.“
Principal secretary of energy department Mahesh Khullar said the share of renewable energy today is around 9%.
“We are targeting 15%,“ he said. “The projects will get deemed NA permission, deemed industry status, deemed open access permission. There will be no need for NoC and consent letter from MPCB and method for registration with Maharashtra Energy Development Agency will be simplified.“
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted: “ According to the policy , the state can produce 14,400 MW power through non-conventional resources and will take a step towards becoming self-sustainable.“
The policy aims at achieving an installed capacity of 7,500 MW of solar energy , 5,000 MW of wind energy , 1,000 MW of bagasse-based co-generation, 400 MW small hydro, 200 MW of industrial waste and 300 MW of agriculture waste-based products. Today , installed capacity of renewable energy is 6,700 MW .
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