Developing Solar Cities in Assam
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), way back in 2010 set the ball rolling to harness all types of renewable energy (bio, wind, hydro, solar, geothermal & tidal) and lessen the dependence on fossil fuels by increasing the share of renewable and alternate fuels depending on need and resource availability in a city. The aim was to increase the share of clean power and thereby reduce the Green house Gas (GHG) emissions. The cumulative achievement target is 1, 75,000 MW by the year 2022. The break up is Solar Power (99533 MW), Wind (60000 MW) SHP (5000 MW) Biomass Power (10000 MW). The share for the North Easter States is 1820 MW out of which Solar Power is 1205 MW and SHP is 615 MW. The individual share of the North Easter States are Assam (Solar Power 663 MW and SHP 25 MW), Manipur (Solar Power 105 MW) Meghalaya (Solar Power 161 MW and SHP 50 MW), Nagaland (Solar Power 61 MW and SHP 15 MW), Tripura (Solar Power 105 MW), Arunachal Pradesh (Solar Power 39 MW...