Association of Renewable Energy of States (AREAS)

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On 27^th August 2021, Association of Renewable Energy of States (AREAS) celebrated its 7th Foundation Day. Its key role in promotion of renewable energy.

To achieve the target of 450 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in the country by 2030.

Key Points:

💠On this occasion Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed between AREAS and the three institutions,
National Institute of Solar Energy,
National Institute of Wind Energy and
Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio Energy
which function under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

💠The MoUs between AREAS and these institutions will further cooperation for promotion of renewable energy technologies in India.
💠The AREAS Telephone Directory 2021 was also launched in the digital form by Secretary MNRE and President AREAS.
💠The AREAS should bring out a roadmap for achieving energy independence by 2047.

About AREAS:

• Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal agency at the central level for promotion of grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy in the country.
• Ministry’s programmes are implemented in close coordination with State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) for renewable energy (RE).
• Over the period the SNAs have developed considerable knowledge and experience in planning and implementation of RE programmes.
• In this background it is important that SNAs interact and learn from each other’s experiences and also share their best practices and knowledge regarding technologies and schemes/programmes.
• Association of Renewable Energy Agencies (AREAS) came into existence on 27/08/2014 on the initiative of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
• All State Nodal Agencies for renewable energy are members of AREAS. On this platform, they can learn from each came into existence and other’s experience in promotion of renewable energy in the country.

 

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Source: PIB