Target for Renewable Energy in Agriculture Sector

Sakshi Education

Central government has set the target to replace diesel with renewable energy in agricultural sector by 2024.
This target was set in line with Government’s commitment of increasing the share of non-fossil fuels by 2030 and becoming a net zero emitter by 2070.
Through KUSUM Scheme, central government is also running a scheme to solarize the agriculture. This would help in installing solar-run irrigation systems.
PM-KUSUM scheme was announced in Budget 2018, and was approved in 2019. It is dubbed as “KisanUrja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme”. Under the scheme, farmers are given option to sell additional power, generated through solar power projects installed on their barren lands, to the grid. The scheme seeks to add a solar capacity of 30.8 GW by 2022.

Published date : 14 Feb 2022 05:25PM