Niti Aayog to estimate gap between states' renewable capacity, future needs

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The Niti Aayog is working to project the potential gap between states' renewable energy capacities and their future electricity needs under existing purchase obligations to help them plan their power resources, a senior government official said...

"We have assessed the potential of these states related to solar, wind or hydro to figure if they will be able to meet renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) with their own resources or depend on other states for it," the official told ET...

The timelines for the analysis and projection are for 2030 and 2047, another official said..

The gap analysis is based on the power load curve of the states and available capacities, the first official said...

There are four subcommittees with all stakeholders in the CCUS technology comprising carbon capture, transportation and storage, utilisation, and on standards, the official said..

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