Telangana to get new green energy policy soon, says Bhatti

Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the State government would soon introduce a new Clean and Green Energy Policy to achieve green energy target of the State.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Bhatti said Telangana aims to generate 20,000 megawatts of clean and sustainable renewable energy by 2030 and to achieve this, the government was coming up with a new policy.

In order to meet the growing demand for green energy and achieve the target set at the national level, a meeting with stakeholders would be held on



January 3 in the city, he informed.

Prominent industrialists and representatives of various organizations from the country and abroad would participate in this meeting, he said.

Due to various development initiatives undertaken by the State government, the peak power demand of Telangana was expected to increase from 15,623 MW in 2023-24 to 20,968 MW in 2027-28 and 31,809 MW in 2034-35, he said, adding that the electricity requirement was estimated to reach 1,15,347 million units in 2027-28 and 1,50,040 million units in 2034-35 from 85,644 million units in 2023-24.