New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) The government will set up a committee to implement its programme to achieve higher energy efficiency and deploy low carbon technology.
Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh reviewed the progress in various energy efficiency programmes and the preparedness for climate change actions in the country at an inter-ministerial meeting, as the Narendra Modi government has gone for progressive electrification of the economy.
The committee will have all relevant ministries as members.
The Minister said a detailed action plan would be developed to identify potential areas for the greening of electricity and the economy, adding that a concerted push for renewables is already underway.
At the meeting conducted through video conferencing on Wednesday, Singh discussed activities being carried out in the field of energy efficiency across all the sectors of the economy to reduce CO2 emissions.
He said the sectors with highest emissions intensity such as transport, MSMEs and power plants should be kept on focus.
He discussed the activities defined under the Mission document – ROSHANEE – which has been developed for implementing a series of energy conservation schemes across the country.
Mission ROSHANEE envisages various energy efficiency activities across all the sectors of the economy to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 550 million tonnes by 2030.
He asked the ministries to take appropriate measures on the demand side initiatives to ensure minimum wastage of energy.
The Minister said that the deployment of low carbon technologies need to be taken up on a massive scale, especially in the MSMEs, where it is highly essential.
He instructed all the departments that electric mobility also should be more aggressively pushed.
The Minister stressed that for better implementation of all energy efficiency schemes, the institutional mechanism in Bureau of Energy Efficiency and in the States would be strengthened.
Power Secretary Alok Kumar highlighted that cooling sector, cold storage and cooking are key areas to focus on for achieving the targets for CO2 emission reduction.
He also discussed possibilities of exploring shifting goods movement from road transport to the Railways.
Power Finance Corporation would be the nodal agency for facilitating energy efficiency financing, said the secretary.
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