Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for innovation and research to develop renewable energy like solar and wind power to provide affordable electricity to every household.
Inaugurating the first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet (RE-Invest), Mr Modi called for collaboration between the 50 nations with abundant solar power to develop technological solutions.
Stating that the role of energy in development was very important, he said, "We want to increase speed and at the same time scale new heights of development and one of the sectors is energy."
"We are focussing on renewable energy not for laurels but to lighten homes of the poor and bring a change in their lives," he said. "We have ponds, can we think of solar panels on top of these ponds? We need to think of innovative ideas."
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Hybrid power generation involving solar and wind energy should be encouraged as it will help save on transmission and power evacuation infrastructure cost, he said.
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Conserving energy, he said, is the need of the hour. "The more energy we save, the more we can save the next generations. Energy can be saviour of generations."
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