The State aims at increasing its dependence on green energy to 75% from 50%, Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce T.R.B. Rajaa said here on Thursday.
At the inauguration of the two-day energy conference EnVision at the IIT Madras Research Park here, the Minister said, “Tamil Nadu is 50% green, with 40% solar energy and 50% wind energy. We are now pushing ourselves to go up to 75%. Green hydrogen is something that is extremely promising. Pump storage is a key part of the entire green hydrogen initiative that we are taking up in Tamil Nadu,” he explained.
According to him the State was looking for 10 GW of initial deployment in the offshore wind energy sector. “People should have climate common sense,” he said, adding that the State government was trying to inculcate “in every single mind, from school to college” the significance of climate change.
