SRINAGAR, JULY 30: Commissioner Secretary, Science and Technology (S&T), Saurabh Bhagat today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to discuss and review the progress regarding the strategy for saturation of Solar Rooftops on Government buildings in J&K under RESCO mode by NHPC-REL.
Chief Executive Officer, NHPC-REL, Chief Program Manager, REC-India Ltd, Additional Secretary, S&T, Nodal Officers from Forest Ecology & Environment, Home, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Jal Shakti departments, and JAKEDA attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the Commissioner Secretary took a review of the action plan from the NHPC-REL for the solarisation of Government buildings across UT under RESCO mode.
The Commissioner Secretary directed NHPC-REL to sign an MoU with four beneficiary departments regarding the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders and share monthly progress with the S&T department every month.
He also advised REC to conduct a Business Investment Seminar in the UT of J&K where investors across the country would be invited to showcase the business prospects in the solar sector. He further directed REC to conduct an awareness/capacity building program in collaboration with JAKEDA for the holding of respective departments about RESCO mode of implementation, and methodology of payment to the developer for installation of the rooftop solar power plants.
During the meeting, it was informed that NHPC-REL being a Project Implementing Agency has been given the task of carrying out solarisation of about 2838 Government buildings with a cumulative capacity of about 63 MWs.
The meeting was also informed that the Prime Minister’s office has sought a firm commitment from all States and Union Territories to solarize all Government buildings through the installation of Rooftop Solar Power Plants to reduce energy bills and dependence on fossil fuels to achieve renewable power obligations under various national and international commitments. Accordingly, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has nominated REC Ltd. and CPSU-NHPC as the project monitoring and project implementing agencies respectively for the said project.
