The State Government will soon launch a Renewable Energy
Policy to promote renewable energy utilisation for ensuring energy access,
security and sustainable growth for people, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
announced here on Thursday.
Inaugurating a legislators’ meet organised by Climate
Parliament Odisha Chapter on the Assembly premises and attended by more than 56
MLAs cutting across party lines, Naveen emphasised on acceleration of
renewable energy mechanisms and outlined a series of measures to be taken up by
the Government.
The Climate Parliament presented the recommendations of the
expert report ‘Re- Energising Odisha: An Assessment of Renewable Energy
Policies, Challenges and Opportunities’ along with guidelines for Model Renewable
Energy Policy in the State.
The report stressed the need to strengthen renewable energy
institutional framework in the State by recasting Odisha Renewable Energy
Development Agency (OREDA) under the Department of Energy. There should be more
emphasis on clean cooking energy with focus on household coverage. Renewable
energy programmes should be integrated with rural development and at the same
time, generate investor interest by providing single window clearances for
projects.
Legislators can use MLA LAD funds to demonstrate several
possibilities for renewable energy applications for both rural and urban
development in the State, the report recommended.
Speaker Niranjan Pujari, Deputy Speaker Sananda Marandi,
Finance Minister Pradip Amat, Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari
Arukh and Convenor, Climate Parliament and MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy were
present.
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