Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Nonconventional Energy Sources Vilas Muttemwar of India
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NEW DELHI, March 18 (UPI) -- India has unveiled a program to support megawatt-sized, grid-interactive solar power-generation projects up to a maximum capacity of 50 MW.
NEW DELHI, Feb 29 (UPI) -- India's biomass power potential has been estimated at 18,000 MWe, junior Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said Friday.
Speaking to reporters here, Mr Muttemwar said Mr Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, had wrongly claimed that Finance minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia had opposed the proposed transfer when the matter came up for discussion before the union cabinet last month.
Mr Muttemwar said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi had themselves written to him, complimenting him on the union cabinet's approval for transferring the city airport to MIHAN.
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In 1996, Muttemwar was defeated by almost 110,000 votes.
Inaugurating a three-day international exhibition and conference Renewable Energy India 2008 Expo, Muttemwar said India has abundant potential for harnessing energy from renewable resources such as solar, wind, biomass and hydro.
Muttemwar said concessional import duty on certain components, excise duty exemption and 10-year tax holiday on income generated from wind power projects will continue to be extended to private players.
The Indian government will come out with a policy on bio-fuels by the first week of March, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said here Friday.
The government will announce a policy on bio-fuels in the first week of March, Muttemwar said on the sidelines of a two-day national convention on bio-diesel organised by Biodiesel Association of India (BDAI), a body representing the bio-fuel industry.
Chairing the convention, Raghuvansh Prasad, minister for rural development, who along with Muttemwar is in the GoM on bio-fuels, reiterated his ministrys support for bio-fuels, which he described as the energy of the future.
While speaking at a conclave on hydrogen energy in the Capital on Monday, Mr Muttemwar said that the Ministry is confident of achieving over 10 per cent of the total installed power generating capacity in the country from renewable resources by 2012.
While participating in the national level function of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas at Panchkula, Muttemwar said there are 140 manufacturing units engaged in the manufacturing of water heater equipment in the country.
Emphasising the need for adopting non-conventional energy resources, union minister for new and renewable energy Vilas Muttemwar said today that Nagpur would soon have Asias biggest solar thermal generation project of 10 MW which would help meet the rising demand for energy.
Speaking on the eve of Akshay Urja Diwas, celebrated on August 20 every year on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhis birthday, Muttemwar said a special economic zone housing industries making equipment for non-conventional energy products was in the making at Nagpur.
Praising Haryanas initiative in the non-conventional energy sector, Muttemwar said 10 per cent of the total power generation budget was being spent on renewable energy by the state government.
Some 25,000 villages in India will get solar energy by 2012 as part of the governments plan to promote clean energy in the country, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said here Wednesday.
With such a vast pool of renewable resources available, the government wants to provide energy in every village and lighting in every house, Muttemwar said in his address at an event to mark Energy Day in memory of late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Mr Muttemwar said his Ministry is planning to make solar power affordable through incentivising its generation and research and development activities.
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Muttemwar was confident that the Government would take steps to translate the road map suggested by the group into a reality.
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) India's bio-fuel programme is to be developed on public-private partnership (PPP) to promote bio-fuel plantations on government, community and private lands, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The ministry of new and renewable energy will provide all help, support and co-operation if special economic zones (SEZs) are set up for the manufacture of renewable energy equipment, Minister of State for Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said here Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) India should adopt solar energy to make the country self-reliant in the energy sector, Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said here Saturday.
Speaking at a function to mark the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas, Muttemwar said India has the potential to produce enough solar energy to cater cater to the countrys total energy demand.
Speaking on the sidelines of an international power conference, Muttemwar said the SEZ will come up on 1,000-acres of land.
urban areas, through concessional loans from lending institutions.
New Delhi, Dec 7 - India can use its surplus agricultural residues to generate as much as 18,000 MW of electricity, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said here Friday.
Muttemwar said there were 25,000 non-electrified villages and more than two lakh villages on the fringes of forests without electricity in the country.
India's bio-fuel programme is to be developed on public-private partnership (PPP) to promote bio-fuel plantations on government, community and private lands, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said Friday.