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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is preparing a database to identify the land available for solar and wind energy projects in the country. Plans are on to introduce location-specific bids to strengthen transmission facilities, said Anand Kumar, secretary, MNRE.
"We are trying to assess the land available for solar and wind projects, and assess how much transmission is available. We would match the available potential with the available transmission, and then augment it accordingly," he said at Green Power 2018, a conference and expo on renewable energy here. MNRE officials visited states, including, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
