India to set-up Investment Promotion Cell to attract investment in energy sector

14 Jun 2012 Evaluate

In order to provide a single point of contact for global investors, India is expected to set up an Investment Promotion Cell for the energy sector. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah while addressing an Investors’ meet said, ‘the cell will be our window for the potential investors to engage with us and bring their efforts and ideas to fruition.’

The minister asked global investors to support India’s chase for a low-carbon and environmentally sustainable growth path and invest in its renewable energy sector, wind and solar. Since investor friendly policy framework has given a strong base for the growth of the wind sector in India. However, in India the average per capita consumption of energy is still low at about 800 units per annum, with 33% of India's rural households still deprived of access to commercial energy sources.

India has seen a notable increase in installed power capacity, to about 200,000 MW at present. Further, in the next 5 years, India is planning to invest $50 billion in renewable energy, including $19 billion in wind, $25 billion in solar and $3 billion each in Hydro and Biomass segments.

Today, India stands at fifth place in terms of renewable energy capacity, after the US, China, Germany and Spain, with an installed base of over 25,000 MW, which is around 12.5% of the total power generation capacity thereby contributing to about 6% in the electricity mix.

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