Prime Minister Narendra Modi has&nbsp;welcomed foreign investment in the renewable energy sector&nbsp;and described&nbsp;India the most&nbsp;attractive market for clean energy.&nbsp;He said solar energy will play a big role&nbsp;in Atmanirbharta&nbsp;or self reliance, and&nbsp;remains a core focus of the government.&nbsp;Prime Minister&nbsp;was&nbsp;inaugurating Asia's biggest solar project in&nbsp;Rewa, Madhya Pradesh&nbsp;through vodeo link yesterday.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The 750 MW plant in Rewa is the first&nbsp;renewable energy project to provide energy outside the state to Delhi Metro.&nbsp;Mr&nbsp;Modi said he expects Madhya Pradesh to become a hub of clean energy in India with the addition of this project.&nbsp;The state currently has solar energy projects in construction at Neemuch, Shajapur,&nbsp;Chattarpur and Omkareshwar.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Calling solar energy &quot;sure, pure, and secure&quot;,&nbsp;Mr&nbsp;Modi said India is one of the most attractive markets for clean energy.&nbsp;He said&nbsp;Solar energy is going to be a major medium of energy needs, not only today but in the 21st century.&nbsp;He&nbsp;said that Rewa's "ultra mega" project will reduce&nbsp;carbon dioxide emissions every year by about 1.5 million tonnes, which would have&nbsp;otherwise been a by-product of conventional energy sources.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">On reducing reliance on imports,&nbsp;Mr&nbsp;Modi said the government has realised the need for commissioning many such other projects which would manufacture PV cells, batteries and storage equipment.</span><br />
News On AIR | July 11, 2020 8:04 AM
PM welcomes foreign investments in renewable energy sector; Describes India most attractive market for clean energy