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Combining solar and wind energy essential for reliable grid: Dy CM Shri Singh Deo

in State News July 15, 2025 Comments Off on Combining solar and wind energy essential for reliable grid: Dy CM Shri Singh Deo 602 Views

Bhubaneswar-15/07/2025:A meeting on renewable energy today at Lokseva Bhavan conference hall under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Energy Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.

India has a history of wind energy generation spanning more than four decades. Odisha is working toward its renewable energy targets for wind and solar power, making progress in utilizing its natural resources, long coastline, and barren hilltops to generate wind power. Deputy Chief Minister Shri Singh Deo emphasized that combining solar and wind energy is essential for a reliable grid.

The meeting discussed the production potential, challenges, and a feasible way forward to enhance the wind energy generation capacity, which is essential to achieve the Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs). Wind energy is crucial to India’s efforts in achieving 50% of its electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030 and net zero by 2070. A South African company named Eveready gave a presentation on the establishment of wind turbines in some of the districts of Odisha.

The meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary, Energy Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, GRIDCO, MD Dr. Satyapriya Rath, FA-cum- Special Secretary, Shri Debidutta Tripathy, Additional Secretary, Shri Saidutta Biplab Keshari, Eveready South Asia Business head Shri Arijit Das, Senior officers from, irrigation & water resources, agriculture & farmers empowerment, energy department.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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