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With a view to giving a focussed approach to renewable energy sources, the Andhra Pradesh Government will soon come out with a Solar and Wind Policy soon. This is expected to create a congenial atmosphere for better utilisation of solar and wind power.
“The Government has pegged the wind power potential at 10,000 MW. The power utilities in the State will draw an action plan to tap this opportunity with the help of the Union Government,” K. Vijayanand, Managing Director of APGENCO and Chairman & Managing Director of APTRANSCO, said.
He was addressing a gathering after receiving the Eminent Engineer Award by the Institution of Engineers (India) and A V R Foundation here on Sunday.
He said that the Centre had picked Andhra Pradesh for the implementation of renewable energy power projects. This, he said, would help the State reduce the gap between demand and supply to some extent.
“Utilities have targeted to achieve renewable potential of nearly 9,180 MW by 2018-19. The distribution companies have finalised bids for procurement of 2,000 MW of power for the period June 2015 to May 2016. Bids have also been called for procurement of 2,400 MW on long term basis,” he said.
The Government would set up ultra mega solar parks with an installed capacity of 2500 MW in the Ananthapur, Kurnool and Kadapa districts.
D.Prabhakar Rao, Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation delivered the ninth endowment lecture of noted engineer Atluri Venkateswara Rao, a Government press release said.
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