(MENAFN- KNN India) Karnataka Additional Chief Secretary, Energy department, P Ravi Kumar affirmed that the state government has already taken appropriate steps to arrest a further slide in the power scenario in the coming months.
"Water is being already being stored for power generation during summer," he said, while inaugurating a seminar on MSMEs and Renewable Energy Potential in Bangalore on Friday.
The programme was organized by Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA), Tamil Nadu Small & Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA), FNF Service Center, and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, a German body at KASSIA Auditorium.
"While we cannot wish away the problem being faced by us on account of our inability to anticipate the deficit in rainfall and temporary problem in our thermal power stations, we are addressing the supply side power shortage keeping in mind the situation during the onset of summer," he added.
He also appealed to the industry fraternity to come forward with a calendar of staggered days so as to cope better with scheduled power outages, while urging the entrepreneurs to refer to the ministry's official website for full details and schedule of load shedding, data relating to volume of power generated and existing demand met.
Responding to a query from Halappa, an exporter from Shivmoga who explained how unscheduled power cuts caused avoidable losses of several lacs of rupees to his machinery worth a few crores on account of sudden stop in operations, Kumar promised to look into the issue immediately.
On the occasion, vice-president, KASSIA, A Padmanabha requested the government for withdrawal of levy on captive power which was being used only because of the inability of the government to supply uninterrupted power to the industries. He also said that the irony of no power supply being provided in industrial estates developed by KIADB, a government agency, and said all these indicate a lack of proper management of the power scenario by the state.
Director, TSFC, Chennai, R Vijayalakshmi said climate change, global warming concerns, high oil prices, and increasing government support are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization.
She reiterated a 2011 projection by the International Energy Agency according to which solar power generators may produce most of the world's electricity within 50 years, reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases that harm the environment.
She also observed that India is the only country in the world to have an exclusive ministry for renewable energy development namely the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Resources.
MD, Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd (KREDL), GV Balaram stated that the state had targeted 2400 MW of solar power from rooftop generation in the future. He also referred to the excellent response from farmers when the government sought land on lease basis for generating solar power, in the districts of Tumkur, Kolar, Raichur, Gulbarga, Bellary and Chickmagalur.
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