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Efforts should be increased to meet the 175 GW of renewable energy generation capacity by 2019-20, said the Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal, on Thursday.
Inaugurating the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), the centre for research and development of solar energy, Goyal said that while the target is for 2022 – seven years from now, all efforts should be made to achieve the target by 2019-20.
“The role of NISE will see a quantum leap as the energy security of the country is linked to the success of the renewable energy mission,” the Minister said.
The institute is under the administrative control of the Ministry for New & Renewable Energy. It will coordinate technology related work under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Research is conducted under five divisions, solar photovoltaic division, solar thermal, resource assessment & information technology, hydrogen and training & human resource development division.
Goyal also announced the establishment of the International Solar Policy and Applications Agency, which is aimed at being a coalition of solar resource rich countries. The secretariat of the agency is proposed to be housed in NISE.
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