Rajasthan has been awarded the National Award for Outstanding Performance under the Renewable Energy State Assessment Mechanism developed by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan gave away the award at the valedictory ceremony of the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi.
The honour was received by Rajasthan Energy Minister Heeralal Nagar and Rohit Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation – the nodal agency for development of renewable energy in Rajasthan.
Heeralal Nagar said that Rajasthan has emerged as the largest green energy hub in the country. He said that so far 51.6 GW of renewable energy capacity and 45 GW of solar power capacity have been installed in the state.
“Rajasthan ranks first in the country in solar energy efficiency and PM-KUSUM scheme with renewable energy production. At the same time, Rajasthan is playing an important role in achieving the national target of 500 gigawatts of fossilless fuel based installed power capacity by 2030,” he said.
RE-SAF calibrates green energy potential of states
Nagar said that the state is making continuous achievements in the field of renewable energy. In this sequence, Rajasthan has achieved the best achievement among the best states and union territories in the country under the Renewable Energy State Assessment Mechanism (RE-SAF) developed in collaboration with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Power Finance Corporation.
The assessment of the states has been done on the basis of various important parameters including renewable energy development, policy and regulatory framework, grid readiness, performance of DISCOMs and investment friendly environment.
The objective of this assessment is to promote best practices in the renewable energy sector while encouraging healthy competition among the states.
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