Experts point to alternative sourcesAJIT PATOWARY
GUWAHATI, May 19 – The recent ten-day power crisis in this power deficit State that resulted from the collapse of two towers on the two 400 Kv circuits of the Power Grid of India Ltd (PGCIL) near New Alipurduwar, has made people seriously think about utilising the alternative power sources. Experts in non-conventional power sources here claim that it is high time for the State to go for non-conventional energy in a big way.
Though the State has less wind power potential to meet its power demand, it has the solar power potential that can be utilized to meet its power demand to some extent.
The State has around 4.4 to 5.6 KWh of solar power potential per square metre per day, as per an estimate made by The Energy Research Institute (TERI), whereas, its wind power density is concentrated in three pockets --- in its western part, in Karbi Anglong and in parts of North Cachar Hills and Cachar, as per the study done the Chennai-based Centre for Wind Energy Technology. The number of clear days in Assam is estimated to be approximately within 240 to 260.
With the announcement of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission with a target of exploring 20,000 MW of solar power in the country by the end of the 13 th Plan, that is, 2022, the country is gearing up to realise this goal.
GUWAHATI, May 19 – The recent ten-day power crisis in this power deficit State that resulted from the collapse of two towers on the two 400 Kv circuits of the Power Grid of India Ltd (PGCIL) near New Alipurduwar, has made people seriously think about utilising the alternative power sources. Experts in non-conventional power sources here claim that it is high time for the State to go for non-conventional energy in a big way.
Though the State has less wind power potential to meet its power demand, it has the solar power potential that can be utilized to meet its power demand to some extent.
The State has around 4.4 to 5.6 KWh of solar power potential per square metre per day, as per an estimate made by The Energy Research Institute (TERI), whereas, its wind power density is concentrated in three pockets --- in its western part, in Karbi Anglong and in parts of North Cachar Hills and Cachar, as per the study done the Chennai-based Centre for Wind Energy Technology. The number of clear days in Assam is estimated to be approximately within 240 to 260.
With the announcement of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission with a target of exploring 20,000 MW of solar power in the country by the end of the 13 th Plan, that is, 2022, the country is gearing up to realise this goal.
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