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| Renewable Energy will increase to 70,000 MW by next 10 years: Dr. Farooq | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, July 8: Emphasizing the need for building up human and institutional capacities, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah said that India has established many institutes which have tailor-made training programmes in various areas of Renewable Energy.
He called upon the African countries to sponsor suitable number of their nationals to these courses so that India could assist in their training and capacity building. The Minister said that India is ready to share its experience, knowledge and technology in the field of Renewable Energy with the African countries.
Speaking at the IRENA-Africa High Level Consultative Forum meeting in Abu Dhabi on Accelerating Renewable Energy Uptake for Africa’s Sustainable Development, Dr Farooq Abdullah said that India is already assisting African countries for electrification of villages through solar energy and aims to set up 40 solar charging stations, 40 biomass gasifiers and offer over 250 training positions in renewable energy for the region.
He said that at the recently concluded 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit held at Addis Ababa, Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh had announced an offer of 5 billion US dollars for the next three years under lines of credit and 700 million US dollars as assistance to help Africa achieve its development goals. As part of these efforts Dr. Abdullah announced over 250 training positions on Rural Electrification, Small Hydropower, Solar Energy and Wind energy for African learners and professionals,. He said that India is ready to depute experts to Africa for conducting dedicated training courses in the above areas and also assist in conducting Wind Energy Resource Assessment studies.
Outlining India’s achievements in the field of renewable energy, Dr. Abdullah said that India has an installed base of 20,000 MW of Renewable Energy which it aims to increase to 70,000 MW in the next ten years.
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