Punjab taps agricultural residues to speed up lean energy transition
Punjabs agriculture — the states mainstay — holds a huge potential for energy generation from agro-residues, an alternative model of diversification, besides clean energy transition by tapping solar power even in the agricultural field.
Energy experts told IANS the farmers who have leased out land for solar power generation are happier than those tilling it.
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh, in a reply in the Rajya Sabha this month, said Punjab has taken the lead by generating over 6,034 million units (MUs) of solar power in the last four years, leaving Haryana (1,059 MUs), Himachal Pradesh (104 MUs) and Union Territory Chandigarh (54 MUs) far behind.
