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UP’s push towards green energy, receives investment worth Rs 4782 crore in Clean Energy

The UP government is setting up an infrastructure to transmit electricity from renewable energy projects as it seeks to boost the output from green sources

Lucknow, June 18: Ensuring a cleaner environment, Uttar Pradesh’s energy transition is gaining momentum with strong backing from major players investing in renewable energy sources. Investment proposals worth Rs 4782 crore in Clean Energy in the GBC 3 are a testimony of that.

Uttar Pradesh has become a preferred investment destination for renewables and creates an ecosystem for sustainable and green energy development. The reason behind this is that the Yogi government is providing a favourable environment and full cooperation to the investors.

A look at sector-wise distribution of proposals indicates that there are 23 projects in the renewable energy sector, coming up in 21 districts — Jalaun, Mau, Ballia, Azamgarh, Sitapur, Jhansi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kanpur, Noida, Auraiya, Sonbhadra, Agra, Ambedkarnagar, Badaun, Mahoba, Mirzapur, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Shahjahapur, and Unnao.

Under the category of projects worth more than Rs 500 crore, Jalaun has the largest investment with 2 solar plants at 2 villages in Orai by hydroelectric power generation company SJVN Ltd worth Rs 791 crore. SJVN is investing an amount of Rs 1000 crore by implementing three Solar Power Projects in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Apart from 2 projects in Jalaun, their third Solar Power Project is in Kanpur.

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While, under the category of between Rs 500 crore and 200 crores, AMP Energy invests in projects worth Rs 450 crore and Rs 300 crore in districts Ballia and Mau, respectively. There are several other projects in the same category coming up in districts Azamgarh, Jhansi, Sitapur, Banda, Fatehpur, Auraiya, Noida and Sonbhadra.

Projects between Rs 200 crore and Rs 10 crore, the largest investment has come up in Jalaun by SAEL Limited worth Rs 170 crores, followed by Badaun where Hindustan Petroleum corporation limited is making an investment of Rs 125 crores.

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The government is focusing on replacing traditional energy sources like hydrocarbon-based energy with green energy like solar, wind, and green hydrogen.

The UP government is setting up an infrastructure to transmit electricity from renewable energy projects as it seeks to boost the output from green sources and meet the state’s energy requirement from them. Large-scale investments in the renewable energy sector are going to change the biosphere of the state in the coming years.

Along with that, the PM-KUSUM scheme has innovative solutions such as the building of solar power plants on barren land, installation of solar pumps for farmers, and solarisation of existing pumps, with the overall goal of ensuring energy security for the agricultural sector.