Kerala can make appreciable gains by 2030 in terms of energy savings by increasing the number of electric vehicles and green buildings and enhancing the overall energy efficiency of households and industries, the draft State Energy Efficiency Action Plan has indicated.
The draft plan for Kerala, prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with support from the Energy Management Centre, Kerala, under an initiative of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), said increased penetration of electric vehicles could save Kerala 0.56 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE) under a ‘moderate scenario’ and 0.84 MTOE under an ‘ambitious scenario’ by 2030. In these same scenarios, it would also mean a reduction of 1.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2) and 2.6 MtCO2 respectively in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
