Jaipur : To encourage funding within the state, a pre-summit of the Energy Department was organized immediately earlier than the Rising Rajasthan Investment Summit. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma inaugurated the summit on the Marriott Hotel within the capital, wherein funding MoUs price Rs 6.57 lakh crore have been exchanged. These MoUs pave the way in which for organising initiatives in varied segments of the renewable vitality and energy technology sector together with photo voltaic, wind, inexperienced hydrogen, hybrid, pumped storage, battery storage and inexperienced ammonia initiatives.
In this system, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma stated that about 70,000 new jobs will probably be created within the state because of the grassroots implementation of the signed funding proposals. Calling upon buyers to make Rajasthan self-reliant within the vitality sector, the Chief Minister stated, “Rajasthan presents a golden alternative for funding within the renewable vitality sector. The state has the world’s largest photo voltaic park with a capability of 2245 MW, We have greater than 325 days of sunshine right here. Our goal is to make Rajasthan an energy-surplus state which might meet the calls for of not solely the state but additionally different states and nations. Be succesful. During this, the Chief Minister additionally stated that the federal government will quickly carry the Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024, by way of which many new prospects within the vitality sector, equivalent to pumped storage, inexperienced hydrogen, battery storage, renewable vitality like bio-energy and many others. will probably be inspired.
Minister of State for Energy Hiralal Nagar stated, “The authorities is dedicated to work in the direction of early implementation of the MoU by way of complete monitoring and steering of buyers. Our authorities has organized the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ Global Investment Summit within the very first yr of its tenure. 2024, which displays our sturdy intention and dedication to translate the MoU into operational initiatives on the bottom within the coming 3-4 years.” Expressing happiness over signing of MoUs in varied sectors of renewable vitality earlier than the summit, Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant stated, the vitality sector has been on the forefront in garnering enormous quantity of funding beneath the Investment Summit.
Although the state stays a serious participant within the photo voltaic and wind vitality sectors, it’s heartening to notice that immediately plenty of buyers have proposed to arrange initiatives in new areas of renewable vitality. Speaking on the event, Additional Chief Secretary-Energy Alok stated, “Rajasthan has created an investment-friendly ecosystem and proper coverage surroundings within the vitality sector, which can contribute not solely to the vitality transformation of Rajasthan however for all the nation. During this system RREC Chairman and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Alok Gupta, Discoms Chairman Aarti Dogra, RVPNL Managing Director Nathmal Didel, RRECL and RUVIT Managing Director Om Prakash. Bhanwarlal, Managing Director of Kasera, Jodhpur Discom was current.