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‘N. Karnataka can be made State’s energy bowl’

BANGALORE: Managing Director of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) B. Shivalingaiah on Tuesday said that it was possible to convert north Karnataka into an “energy bowl” of the State by promoting bio-mass based power generation.

Releasing the vision document titled “Mission-2022” brought out by the Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals on “How India can achieve energy independence by 2022,”

Mr. Shivalingaiah noted that the backward region of north Karnataka, especially the districts of Bidar, Gulbarga and Raichur, had a wasteland of nearly one lakh hectares.

This waste land was ideal for growing trees, which were used for firewood.

These trees would not only grow fast, but could also be used for bio-mass based power generation.

According to an estimate, it was possible to generate about 2,000 MW of power through this method from this region, he noted.

The farmers in this region could also take up cultivation of such trees in parts of their fields as it would be remunerative, he said.

Mr. Shivalingaiah suggested that large power consumers such as star hotels and industries located in other parts of the State could think of taking up bio-mass based power generation in north Karnataka and wheel the power to their units.

Tapping renewable energy sources was a must to bridge the gap between the demand for power and the actual supply.

Mr. Shivalingaiah pointed out it that was possible to generate six megawatt of power with the methane gas released from the three sewage water treatment plants at the Vrushabhavathi, Challaghatta and Hebbal valleys in Bangalore.

The KREDL was ready to take up the project if the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board showed interest in this regard.

Referring to the proposal for power generation from the garbage in Bangalore, he said that the project would not only help generate power, but would also enable cleansing the city.

He stressed the need for making it mandatory to use Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) instead of the candescent bulbs to conserve energy.

IAEMP president S. K. Sood said Vision-2022 was a comprehensive workable plan, which if implemented, could make India energy independent by 2022.

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