 Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh government has drawn an ambitious plan to generate 800 MW power through solar, wind and biomass by 2013, to bridge the widening gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the state.
"We have embarked on a plan to generate 200 MW of power through solar energy, 400 MW from wind energy and 200 MW from Biomass by the year 2013," Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVN) Managing Director Neeraj Mandloi told reporters.
"At present, we are generating 167 MW from Wind Energy and 19 MW from Biomass," Mandloi said today. Under the New and Renewable Energy Department's plan to develop solar cities, the state government has urged the Centre to include Bhopal, Jabalpur and Rewa also in the list of cities to be developed under the scheme, he said.
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