Monday, April 14, 2014

SR Mohanty - In Conversation : “MP scaling new heights in RE”

To combat twin challenges of climate change and continuous decline in conventional energy sources, Madhya Pradesh government has devised an ambitious plan to meet the rising demand of power through renewables. IAS SR Mohanty, MP’s Principal Secretary – Renewable energy, talks about the plan to Energy Next

IAS S.R Mohanty Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Q: Consequent to the Union Government giving a serious thought to nonconventional modes of energy and setting up a separate ministry with ample outlay, what has been the downstream ‘action plan’ of Madhya Pradesh?

A: Madhya Pradesh focused on the speedy exploitation of RE resources for state’s sustainable energy mix. The aim set in 2012 was to make RE contributions from the level of about 4 per cent to more than 20 per cent in capacity mix by December 2015. In order to achieve the target, MP created separate ministry for focused growth. The new policies for each renewable energy technology were floated after extensive consultations with the investors and all possible steps were being taken to accomplish the goal.
Q: What has been the rating by the Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to this ‘action plan’ mooted by your department?
A: All the stakeholders have taken the state commitment positively. The responses are emphatic. State has achieved solar installed capacity from meagre 2 MW on 1st April 2012 to now at 330mw, the largest capacity addition growth. State has 1,448 MW of solar Projects ongoing, with 260 MW JNNSM response, state will reach 2 GW by December 2015. Wind which now has 2774 MW projects under construction & would add 700 MW in 2014-15 and would achieve 2 GW by December 2015. The state currently has 60 hydro projects of 276 MW under construction.
Q: Has your department been constantly monitoring the functioning of the renewable energy power plants for periodical review with innovative suggestions?
A: The department is proactive in all space in not only facilitation but also towards future requirements. State has proposed 100 MW energy storage project to enable grid stability issues, largest wind repowering wind project, solar farms with epc ready for small investors etc.

Q: How effective has been the recovery of cost of services and targeted subsidies as per your ‘action plan’? As such what are your views on the commercial viability of renewable power generation?
A: The grid connected projects are found to be viable at regulated tariff.
Q: As on date, how has been the response from the private enterprises in setting up new and renewable energy plants and also the level of quality services provided by them alongside keeping the consumers’ interests? Is there any nodal agency to address these issues.
A: As mentioned the response has been emphatic. At present 294 renewable energy projects of capacity 5265 MW are under construction.
Q: What is the future course of action for the development of the renewable energy sector?
A: In wake of the renewables holding the key to future, our main objective is to provide positive facilitation to the investors so that we can accomplish our goals.
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Renewable Energy Sector In Madhya Pradesh - Part 2 Presentation By Mr IAS S.R Mohanty Madhya Pradesh, MPNRED





Renewable Energy Sector In Madhya Pradesh- Part 2

S R Mohanty IAS Officer, Principal Secretary, MPNRED

Renewable Energy Sector In Madhya Pradesh- Part 1_ Presentation By IAS Officer SR Mohanty Bhopal, MPNRED



Renewable Energy Sector In Madhya Pradesh- Part 1

S R Mohanty IAS Officer, Principal Secretary, MPNRED

Thursday, April 3, 2014

S R Mohanty IAS Officer Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

                         S R Mohanty IAS Officer | S.R Mohanty Madhya Pradesh

Indian state Madhya Pradesh targets 1.4 GW of solar power by 2015 S R Mohanty IAS Officer

The government of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh announced this week its plans to install 1,200 MW of solar power by the middle of 2015, putting the state’s solar energy capacity at 1.4 GW.

Currently, Madhya Pradesh has 202 MW of installed PV power, but S R Mohanty, the state’s principal secretary, announced at an event at the Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry the government’s intentions to build upon its recent solar expansion.


Mohanty revealed that the state’s PV capacity stood at just 2 MW in April 2012, and will reach 220 MW by the end of 2013.


"In the second quarter of 2013, 191 MW of solar capacity was added in India, of which 145 MW was added in Madhya Pradesh, which is almost 80%," said Mohant

Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/indian-state-madhya-pradesh-targets-14-gw-of-solar-power-by-2015_100013239/#ixzz2xnuIrkVw

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Ridding healthcare services of their ills - IAS Sudhi Ranjan Mohanty M.P, Bhopal

The finalists have been invited to Japan from December 10-13 in order to deliver presentations on their projects. Mr S R Mohanty, managing director of the MP State Industries Development Corporation, and the driving force behind the RKS project, will represent the government of Madhya Pradesh at the event.


Mr Mohanty, who was district collector in 1994, explains the nature of the RKS movement: "The movement was an offshoot of the plague that hit Surat. It was started from the Maharaja Yashwantrao (M Y) Hospital in Indore." He adds, "A lot of people who were fleeing Surat were passing through Indore.S R Mohanty IAS Officer
So there was the danger of the epidemic spreading to our city. Moreover, there were half a million slum dwellers in the area that needed to be cleaned up. The situation was deplorable. You will be horrified to know that we cleared the M Y Hospital of over 12,000 rats during the early days of the RKS initiative."


Mr SR Mohanty IAS Officer got the 900 beds in the hospital evacuated so that the place could be "sealed, sprayed and fumigated" to get it into shape. And the effort continued. "The Rogi Kalyan Samiti is a self-sustaining, autonomous body even though it has been set up by the government of Madhya Pradesh," says Mr Mohanty. "We have trustees who oversee its running. We do not depend on the government for the upkeep of the RKS. We raise funds for the project by collecting user charges and donations."