<p>He was speaking at the inauguration of a day-long workshop on 'Green Technologies' organised jointly by KREDL and The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here on Saturday.<br /><br />Dr Raju pointed out that an energy budget should calculate the demands along with the funds allocated for maintaining supply. Once the energy deficit is identified, people should find alternative renewable sources to bridge the gap, he added.<br /><br />Emphasising on such sources, he said that there was a need to adopt strategies of conservation such as implementing solar hybrid units on rooftop and replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs.<br /><br />Lack of solar policy<br /><br />While disclosing that the State lacked a solar policy, Dr Raju mentioned that solar energy was not viable because production of each unit cost around ` 20, while power was available through other sources for meagre ` 3.80.<br /><br />Transmission losses<br /><br />He mentioned that even though 45,000 million units of energy is generated annually in the State, 40,000 million units is consumed, while the remaining 5,000 million units is lost in transmission and distribution.<br /><br />Dr Raju stated that the State had the potential to generate 7,000 MW of electricity using wind power; but they have tapped only 1,700 MW. <br /><br />In small hydroelectric projects, the State can produce up to 2,000 MW, but they have not even crossed 400 MW, he added.<br /><br />Agricultural waste is burnt without realising that nearly 1,000 MW can be generated through biomass. Only 150 MW is being generated at present from biomass, he mentioned.<br /><br />Energy conservation<br /><br />While the National Energy Conservation Act mandates that 20 per cent of the total energy produced be conserved, there are no concrete measures to follow the rules, he said.</p>
<p>He was speaking at the inauguration of a day-long workshop on 'Green Technologies' organised jointly by KREDL and The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here on Saturday.<br /><br />Dr Raju pointed out that an energy budget should calculate the demands along with the funds allocated for maintaining supply. Once the energy deficit is identified, people should find alternative renewable sources to bridge the gap, he added.<br /><br />Emphasising on such sources, he said that there was a need to adopt strategies of conservation such as implementing solar hybrid units on rooftop and replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs.<br /><br />Lack of solar policy<br /><br />While disclosing that the State lacked a solar policy, Dr Raju mentioned that solar energy was not viable because production of each unit cost around ` 20, while power was available through other sources for meagre ` 3.80.<br /><br />Transmission losses<br /><br />He mentioned that even though 45,000 million units of energy is generated annually in the State, 40,000 million units is consumed, while the remaining 5,000 million units is lost in transmission and distribution.<br /><br />Dr Raju stated that the State had the potential to generate 7,000 MW of electricity using wind power; but they have tapped only 1,700 MW. <br /><br />In small hydroelectric projects, the State can produce up to 2,000 MW, but they have not even crossed 400 MW, he added.<br /><br />Agricultural waste is burnt without realising that nearly 1,000 MW can be generated through biomass. Only 150 MW is being generated at present from biomass, he mentioned.<br /><br />Energy conservation<br /><br />While the National Energy Conservation Act mandates that 20 per cent of the total energy produced be conserved, there are no concrete measures to follow the rules, he said.</p>
