Government promotes energy efficiency projects: Shinde

New Delhi, Nov 4 : Union Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde at the Economic Editors’ Conference today announced that the Ministry of Power is promoting a company called Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for implementation of energy efficiency in India.

The company will promote energy efficiency projects like Bachat Lamp Yojana, Agricultural Demand Side Management and Municipal Demand Side Management. It will also act as a Resource center for capacity building of State Development Agencies, Utilities, financial institutions, etc.

Speaking on the Economic Editors Conference, Shinde pointed out that the overall size of energy investment market under Energy Service Companies (ESCO) in India is 74,000 crores and till now, only five percent of the market has been tapped.

“India has huge potential for energy efficiency. An improvement of 20 percent energy efficiency can result in avoided capacity addition of around 30,000 MW which amounts to an avoided investment of 1,20,000 crores,” he said.

--ANI