A consultative workshop with State agencies on Market Transformation and Removal of Barriers for Effective implementation of the State level Climate Change Action Plan was organised by the Department of Forests & Environment, Government of Jharkhand in collaboration with Department of Energy, Government of Jharkhand, UNDP, GEF and International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) on 15th December, 2014.
The consultation focused on Stakeholder Analysis; Baseline Survey — Energy Consumption Pattern of 24 Districts; capacity strengthening and building of all the agencies and stakeholders; in-house capacity to be enhanced; collaboration among the organisation and within; energy efficient building construction; use of fly ash in building construction; biomass production outside the forest area — for energy production; roads — urban and rural both — to be all weather ones; use of energy efficient devices — Government devices to be used; differential tariff as incentive for energy conservation; renewal energy policy to be promulgated; solar parks preferably on wastelands; Incentives to Consumers for use of renewable energy; Awareness Campaign; Reduction of T&D losses; Collaborating Cell at the State level; Mobilizing CSR money for pilots and PPP; Sector wise consumption analysis, and Creation of a separate body for energy
conservation & energy use efficiency.
It was further suggested by the participants to consider taking up of pilot projects on Energy audit of Government buildings — demand side generation; solar street lighting through private participation; energy efficient municipal water pumping Roof top grid connected solar power project in Government buildings.
The consultation was attended by different stakeholders. Sudhir Prasad, DG, SKIPA and Additional Chief Secretary; RK Srivastava, Principal Secretary, Energy; Alka Tiwari, Principal Secretary, Department of Forests & Environment; DK Srivastava HoFF, PCCF; AK Gupta, PCCF-ED; BC Nigam, PCCF, Wildlife; DD Sharma, Additional PCCF (CAMPA & Head- Climate Change) and representatives of the departments concerned with climate change, representatives of PSUs, Financial Institutions, Universities and Technical Institutions attended the consultation.