Green Industry Base | 17 Feb 2024

Why in News?

The state government will position Uttar Pradesh as a state with ‘green industry base’ in the Ground Breaking Ceremony scheduled on 19th February, 2024.

Key Points

• The industries department will project its solar, biofuel, pumped storage, and EV battery ecosystem to attract new players.
  • According to the officials, UP’s capacity to produce solar energy was 22.38 gigawatt (GW) which is significantly higher than many states.
  • The state is coming up with a Green Energy Corridor that has a land bank of approximately 1,54,000 hectares for solar use.Government has approved six solar parks with capacity of 3,600 MW.
• 25% of total EVs in India are used in UP. The state has already developed a network of 450 plus active charging stations while another 100 plus are in the pipeline with locations already identified along expressways, public places, and buildings.
  • An exercise of EV planning for seven freight smart cities is underway.
• UP has approved eight projects in Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli with cumulative capacity of 13,250 MW.
• Considering that UP alone can consume 1/5th of the target under National Green Hydrogen Mission, the state has come up with single window approval for setting up compressed biogas plant, biodiesel/ethanol production plant.