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Bengal to add over 2000 mw of power capacity in next 5 years

Bengal to add over 2000 mw of power capacity in next 5 years

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Bengal to add over 2000 mw of power capacity in next 5 years
Kolkata: West Bengal Power Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Pandey, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority Chairman Pankaj Batra with other dignitaries light the lamp to inaugurate the 9th Energy Conclave 2018, in Kolkata, on Aug 17, 2018. (Photo: IANS)
Bengal to add over 2000 mw of power capacity in next 5 years
Kolkata: West Bengal Power Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Pandey, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority Chairman Pankaj Batra during the 9th Energy Conclave 2018, in Kolkata, on Aug 17, 2018. (Photo: IANS)
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) West Bengal, which has been incorporating the latest technologies to reduce transmission and distribution losses, is expecting to add over 2,000 megawatt (mw) of power in the next five years including 300 mw of solar power, a state minister said on Friday.
"We will be adding over 2,000 mw of power in the next five years. There will be a mix of thermal, solar, hydro and other alternative sources in the capacity addition," West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said at the 9th Energy Conclave organised by CII.
According to him, the state has made progress in terms of adding capacity in solar power and the present capacity would be to the tune of 200 mw of solar power.
"When we came to power, solar capacity was merely at 1 mw and now the solar capacity would be around 200 mw. At least 300 mw of solar capacity will be added in the next five years of which, around 20 solar projects with 10 mw of each will be coming up in the next three years," he said.
He also said renewable energy has become an important component in achieving energy security and to diversify the power mix.
The state government has been "introducing latest technologies" to reduce transmission and distribution losses and at the same time is putting in efforts to improve the quality of power, Chattopadhyay said, adding that some old thermal power plants in the state have been dismantled and these will be replaced by modern ones to improve power generating efficiency.
--IANS
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