The Odisha Government should attract more investment for mega production of solar energy, since the calculated potentiality of solar energy in the State is more than 18,000 MW, opined speakers at a meeting here. It was organised by IPFP (Odisha), OXFAM (India) and ICDC.
They said the OERC need be proactive to ensure RPO with at least 10 per cent of the total annual consumption and utilities should be directed for citizen-friendly execution of rooftop production of solar energy and net-metering.
The OREDA should ensure different targets fixed each year and enhance the solar system development in domestic utilization, while the CESU with other distribution companies should be asked to cooperate in this movement and to expedite the work.
Besides, the Government of Odisha should make structural changes connecting together the Science and Technology department with the Energy department to make easy of distribution and production of green energy, they said, adding that a budgetary support needs to be made to have interest subvention at the rate of 1 per cent up to Rs 3 lakhs bank loan for solar energy units.
Chairman of IPFP Panchanan Kanungo presided. Among others, Akhyaya Biswal, regional director, OXFAM, DK Ray former Chairman of OERC spoke.