The Kerala government will soon unveil a new solar energy policy as part of its initiatives to ramp up the state’s energy security, said power and transport minister Aryadan Mohammed.
“We have finalised the power policy and it will be announced after getting approval from the Cabinet,” he told a sectoral session on ‘Energy, including Green Energy & Environmental Technologies’ as part of the Emerging Kerala Global Connect here on Friday.
The minister also said the government would launch a pilot project —10,000 solar home programme — in the state under the National Solar Mission.
Union minister of state for power KC Venugopal, said the Centre had drawn up a plan for radiation mapping in the country, and Kerala’s Palakkad and Kannur districts were proposed to be included in the scheme. He said the power requirement of the state would be around 6,500 Mw by 2022.
