The government is promoting policies to generate potential of non-conventional energy, said deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.
Deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, said Maharashtra would have zero load-shedding by the end of 2012. He said the state government is formulating a policy to ensure that surplus power will be distributed to industries at concessional rate.
Speaking at the inaugural function of Kenersys first manufacturing facility for multi-megawatt wind turbines in Baramati on Saturday, Pawar, who is also the state power minister, said the government would ensure that 10% of the total power produced would be from renewable sources.
"The Union government has framed a policy to ensure 10% of the total production of power is generated from renewable energy. This we will be implementing in the state. Earlier, when Maharashtra had surplus energy, we were selling it to neighbouring states like Karnataka and Goa. But now on, this will be supplied to help industries that are ready to work in the non-peak time, particularly at night," he said.
He said Maharashtra has an estimated potential to produce 5,000 MW energy from renewable sources. "India has a potential of 48,000 MW renewable sources. The state is promoting policies to generate the potential of non-conventional energy, which is the need of the hour," he said.
Kenersys Group chairman and Bharat Forge Ltd chairman & managing director, BN Kalyani, said, "Renewable energy represents the next big frontier in the technology industry and wind power is one of the fastest growing energy sources in the world. At Kenersys, we have been able to successfully combine German expertise with the global supply chain capabilities of the Kalyani Group to offer premium, state-of-the art wind energy solutions to our large quality and technology-conscious customers."
The Baramati plant is set up over an area of 35 acre with an investment of Rs50 crore. This would entail a production of hundreds of wind turbines of type K82 2.0MW with 82m rotor diameter and a total height of 140 metres, and space enough for aggressive expansion plans.
Kenersys group director, Amit Kalyani; the company's global chief executive officer, Paulo Fernando and Center for wind energy technology's executive director, S Gomathinayagan, were present.
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