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Odisha needs Rs 13,500 cr investments in green energy by 2022

The state government has envisaged a renewable energy capacity of 2,750 Mw by 2022

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Nirmalya BeheraJayajit Dash Bhubaneswar
As Odisha bets big on renewable power sources to meet its energy requirement in the future, it needs an investment of Rs 13,500 crore by 2022, according to the estimates of KPMG.

The KPMG analysis is based on the premise of Odisha's capacity addition targets from green power. The state government has envisaged a renewable energy capacity of 2,750 Mw by 2022. Of this, solar would have the lion's share at 2200 Mw, followed by wind at 200 Mw, biomass at 180 Mw, small hydro electric projects at 150 Mw and waste to energy sources at 20 Mw.

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