Per capita power consumption rising, says Power Minister

“The demand for power will continue to grow at a rapid pace going forward, thanks to rising per capita consumption. We have already added 26.6 million new consumers and they will also contribute to the increase in demand. Currently, renewable power accounts for 10% of generated power and this percentage will only increase in the coming years.”, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh while Inaugurating the 9th edition of NTPC O&M-India Power Station (IPS) 2020 conference on Thursday at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay auditorium in Raipur.

He further added, “While blending of renewable will continue to happen at a sustainable pace, we should not compromise with our primary goal of providing affordable power on sustained basis 24×7. This can be done by adopting newer forms of technology.