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According to Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday, the Delhi government would increase the city's power generation capacity by 6,000 MW over the next three years use of renewable energy sources.
He stated that the municipal government is making bellicose efforts to use renewable energy to meet Delhi's electrical requirement.
In June 2022, Delhi had its largest electricity demand, at 7,695 MW. Officials stated in the conference that the electricity disms now have ties for a total of 8,471 MW, of of which 33% (or about 2,826 MW) is generated by renewable sources.
According to them, the main renewable energy sources are about 2,000 MW of Delhi's power supplies are solar and wind power.
A generation-based incentive (GBI) of Rs 2-3 per unit of power for residential customers and Re 1 for commercial customers are proposed in the Delhi government's new solar energy policy, which will boost Delhi residents to install solar panels on their roofs. A subsidy of Rs 2,000 per kilowatt per consumer, up to a maximum of Rs 10,000, is also included in the scheme.
The new solar policy, which aims to develop a further 500 MW of rooftop solar power plants in Delhi Over the next three years, it also suggests that all government buildings with a roof space of 500 square meters or more are sunned.
The discoms are in talks with various organizations about an additional supply of 3,000 MW to renewable energy. Delhi would receive 1,100 MW more electricity from renewable sources after the Solar Energy Corporation (SECI) 1,000 MW solar power plant and the 111 MW wind plant are installed employed, the officials said.
In addition, they said that a number of renewable energy are already being built. producing projects totalling 2,100 MW to be completed soon. According to the statement, all of these actions will result in a 6,000 MW increase in renewable electricity capacity generation over the next three years.
The Delhi government signed power purchase agreements with a number of companies in 2018. And then to meet the city's rising electricity demand, it noted.
