The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and other relevant departments have given the Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) their full support in their efforts to introduce low-carbon technologies into Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Andhra Pradesh with the help of the Japanese government.
Senior Director of TERI Girish Sethi stated that the Japan-India Technology Match-Making Platform (JITMAP) was working to raise awareness among MSMEs in India at a two-day conference on "Building a Resilient De-Carbonised Society in India through Environmental Infrastructure and Technology" held in Delhi in association with the Institute of Global Environment Strategies (IGES).
Change to Low-Carbon Technology
He asserted that the MSME sector in Andhra Pradesh had a sizable opportunity to adopt Japanese low-carbon technologies. According to data from the AP DISCOMs and a TERI study report, the industrial sector in Andhra Pradesh used about 18,844 MU (as per the APERC tariff order 2022–2023) of energy annually, of which MSMEs consumed 5,000 MU on average.
"Even if 10% of energy is saved by implementing energy efficiency measures in a phased manner, 500 MU savings could be achieved with an estimated financial saving of 300 crores per year," Mr. Sethi said.
The seafood processing industry in Bhimavaram was estimated to save electrical energy to the tune of 65 MU and 12 MU in the foundry cluster, as well as thermal energy equivalent to 2,400 metric tons of coal in the refractory cluster in the East Godavari district, according to TERI's energy efficiency studies carried out in significant MSME clusters in the state.
Energy Efficiency Technology
It was projected that this would result in annual CO2 emissions reductions of about 65,000 metric tons across all three clusters. According to Mr. Sethi, TERI is currently investigating the viability of implementing Japanese energy efficiency technologies in MSMEs in Andhra Pradesh.
A. Chandrasekhara Reddy, the CEO of the Andhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM), spoke about the innovative, nationally recognized IoT-based energy efficiency technology project that was implemented in the state in about 65 MSME units.
Approximately 98,000 MSMEs and 19 sub-sectors of MSMEs, including metal processing units, food processing units, fisheries, foundries, ceramics, refractory materials, poultry, spinning, and cold storage, are being identified by the state as having potential for energy savings.
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