Renewable energy will ensure future world stability - Minister
Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that
renewable energy is one of the most important factors that would ensure
future world stability.
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Minister Champika Ranawaka |
He was addressing the 4th International Ministerial Conference on
renewable energy held in New Delhi, India.
Considerable renewable energy sources have been identified in Sri
Lanka and the Government is constantly conducting research with the
objective of developing them, the Minister said.
The Government is also taking steps to overcome technical obstacles
to the utilization of wind power and solar power with the help of
indigenous expertise, he added.
Special attention has been given to generating electricity by using
bio-fuels that could be developed using gliricidia and other available
plant species, the Minister said.
He also had a special discussion with Indian National Thermal
Electricity Institute Chairman Anup Roy Chandra during his stay in New
Delhi. |
