Govt. committed to transforming Andhra Pradesh into skill hub for solar and wind energy companies: Lokesh
He was addressing a green energy conference jointly organised by the AP State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) and Swaniti Initiative, a New Delhi-based social enterprise helping governments in implementing policy reforms and public service delivery, with the theme 'Empowering India's green future: AP as the talent hub for solar and wind energy' here on Wednesday.
Mr. Lokesh said that by facilitating the adoption of green energy, the State government was providing gainful employment to the youth and creating livelihood opportunities for other sections, and observed that the sector also offered jobs to women in their villages.
Keeping in view the potential of green energy, the government was focusing on wind, solar, pumped storage and Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) projects on a large scale. The government's endeavour was to provide jobs to 20 lakh people in five years (2024-29) in various sectors and green energy was a major one of them.
The Minister said the government was developing Kurnool as a renewable energy hub and Anantapur an automobile hub. An industrial cluster was planned to be established every 100 km and efforts were under way to bring the top 20 companies in each sector to A.P.
Mr. Lokesh said the government would be launching the Naipunyam skill portal on September 1. It was aimed at equipping the youth with industry-relevant skills particularly in emerging sectors like the green and renewable energies. The portal would be operated by the APSSDC with the support of C-DAC.
Minister for Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar said the government was implementing a robust Green Energy Policy with an ambitious target of generating 160 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable Energy (RE). He asserted that the Rayalaseema was suitable for the establishment of RE projects, for which several MoUs have already been signed with investors.
All the proposed RE projects in the pipeline were targeted to be completed and made operational by 2029,' he added, while pointing out that the setting up of CBG plants by Reliance Industries across the State was a major leap towards making A.P. a RE hub.
New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of AP vice-chairman M. Kamalakar Babu, APSSDC chairman B. Sesha Rao, Swaniti Initiative CEO Ritwika Bhattacharya and others spoke.
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