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10 States of INDIA Excel at
“REPA STATE Awards 2015”
“REPA STATE Awards 2015”
· Rajasthan Outshines Gujarat in 2-key areas by Winning the Award for being the “State of INDIA Affecting Transformation Through Convenient Action Versus Climate Change” and also is the “Best in Solar State of India”
· Tamil Nadu Wins 2-Awards for being “Best Renewable Energy State” & “Best in Wind Energy” -becomes First to cross 10GW of Renewable Energy with 7.2 GW of Wind Energy Portfolio
· West Bengal Wins as “Best State of India in Rural and Remote Access”
· Telangana declared “Best State in Energy Security, Governance & Sustainability”.
· Punjab Wins Award for being “Best Bio-Energy State of India”.
· Himachal Pradesh declared “Best HydroPower State of India”.
New Delhi, 2nd July 2015
“REPA STATE Awards 2015” – State Excellence in Renewable Energy & Carbon Defrayment, Energy Security, Energy Access & Sustainability in Governance were announced in New Delhi. The Awards are instituted by Renewable Energy Promotion Association (REPA) – India’s Apex Umbrella Association and non-profit Body for promotion of Renewable Energy (RE) including Wind, Solar, Bio-Energy, Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), Energy from Waste (EFW), Bagasse and Agro residual Co-Generation etc.
10 States of India excelled at the “REPA STATE Awards 2015” giving confidence to the Renewable Energy (RE) sector and economy as a whole that the nation’s direction in New and Renewable Energy of Solar is on a growth trigger, while sustaining its wind portfolio growth. India aims at adding an ambitious and game-changing 175GW of Renewable Energy by 2022, when the country’s installed power capacity is poised to cross 500GW.
Rajasthan outshined Gujarat in the key areas of Carbon Defrayment and Climate Change as it was declared winner in 2-categories “State of INDIA Affecting Transformation Through Convenient Action Versus Climate Change” and also was declared as the “Best Solar State of India”.
Southern State of Tamil Nadu won 2-awards for being “Best Renewable Energy State” and “Best in Wind Energy” as the state became India’s First to cross 10GW (10,577MW) of Renewable Energy portfolio with highest Wind Energy installations at 7.2 GW.
West Bengal won the award for being “Best State of India in Rural and Remote Access” as the State provided 18 hours of“Electricity Access to 83% of its Rural Sector population”, highest remote and rural access state in the country. Chattisgarh won the“Jury Commendation Award” in the same for its electricity access to remote tribal belts and naxal affected areas.
The youngest newly formed state of Telangana won the award for being “Best State in Energy Security, Governance & Sustainability” as the State excelled in 24/7 Access to Urban Hyderabad as well as sustained access to its rural interface thereby being best in electricity governance and uninterrupted access to its 2 crore population. Andhra Pradesh the elder sibling state won the “Jury commendation Award” in the same category.
Himachal Pradesh won the award for “Best HYDROPOWER State of INDIA” as the state generated 3.4GW of Hydropower of a total installed capacity of 4.3GW (77.6% Share of Hydropower in its installed power generation portfolio-Highest amongst all states of India). Southern State of Karnataka won the “Jury Commendation Award” for highest standalone Hydropower capacity of 3.6GW in the country, with 24% share in its overall portfolio of installed power generation capacity.
State of Punjab won the award for being “Best Bio-Energy State of INDIA” with highest success in agro waste based power generation at 2GW, while Maharashtra won the award for “Best Co-Generation State of INDIA” for its excellence in sugar sector power co-generation thanks to its organized delivery in the co-operative and private sugar sector energy moves.
“REPA STATE Awards 2015” were adjudicated by an eminent jury panel Chaired by Prof. A.G. Iyer, President, Renewable Energy Promotion Association (REPA) and ENERTIA Foundation and Editor-in-Chief, ENERTIA – Asia’s premier Journal on sustainable Energy & Power” and Author of the Path-breaking book “Powering in Crisis”- A Strategic Direction for “India’s Security, Energy Sustainability & Power Access for All” by 2022.
“REPA STATE Awards 2015” were given away at the hands of Tarun Kapur, Joint Secretary (Solar), Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India who is the architect of India’s success in Solar and had earlier achieved transformational success in hydropower in Himachal Pradesh in his previous stint.
“REPA STATE Awards 2015” were held concurrent with the “4th ENERTIA Summit & Conclave 2015” – Future of Energy India Vision 2032 discussions and “5th GRID Smart 2015” which was Supported By Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) & Ministry of Power, Government of India. This exclusive ENERTIA Foundation and REPA supported forum and think tank laid stress on India’s urgent need to focus on distribution reforms and adoption of ICT technology and Smart Grid to support and sustain the Renewable Energy (RE) progress in Solar, Wind , Bio-energy etc.
Critical issues hitherto not in the public domain like control of “ELECTRONIC POLLUTION” across “Harmonics” generation that pose severe challenges to the National Electricity Grid System were brought out on the day. Controlling and mitigating “Harmonics” becomes critical in the course of dynamic large-scale multi-access injection of Solar and other Renewable Energy (RE) in the electricity transmission systems and distribution networks and need urgent redressal via deployment of “Active Harmonic Filter (AHF)” and other such Smart Grid technologies for RE integration.
Such technologies of “SMART Grid” bring in or retrieve “Virtual Power” in quick-time 1-year to 18 month implementation schedules at investments as low as 50-75lacper MW while having zero carbon emission increment. At the same time when new green-field coal fired power plants need whopping Rs. 6-7 crore per MW, have long gestations of 4-5years of commissioning and result in large scale carbon emissions that are the principal driving reason for Climate Change and its negative environmental impacts on the planet earth.
Issued by :
A. Prakash Iyer
Jury Co-Chairman & Convenor
“REPA STATE Awards 2015”
Sr. VP & Secretary General
Renewable Energy Promotion Association
Email: repa.india@gmail.com
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