Industrial units and businesses across the country will soon be able to meet their entire power requirement via renewable energy (RE) sources, a move that could boost their goodwill image and help reduce their carbon footprint.
Announcing a ‘green tariff mechanism’ towards this end on Tuesday, Union power minister RK Singh said the necessary guidelines would be issued shortly. Currently, in most parts of the country, discoms supply power to industries from a common pool created out of purchases that include thermal and hydel power too, besides RE.
