Kerala to explore floating solar, pumped storage projects: Minister Sunny Joseph

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (UNI) The Kerala Government will seriously explore the feasibility of floating solar projects, pumped storage facilities and community-level battery storage systems as part of a multi-pronged strategy to meet the state's long-term power requirements, Electricity Minister Sunny Joseph said on Thursday. Addressing a roundtable on "Renewable Energy Sources" on the concluding day of the three-day 'Reimagining Keralam' event here, the Minister said Kerala's geographical features and the impact of climate change posed structural and operational constraints on large-scale conventional solar and wind power projects. The state therefore needed to identify innovative energy projects suited to its unique…