The government released the final guidelines to promote development of pumped storage projects in the country as they are non-polluting and more environmentally friendly. The guidelines have been finalised after receiving suggestions from stakeholders, according to a power ministry notification. As per the guidelines, state governments may allot project sites to developers through various ways, including competitive bidding, tariff-based competitive bidding process and on nomination basis to CPSUs and state PSUs. The ministry said that Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) provide the necessary scale of storage and have a long service life of more than 40-50 years, and results in a low cost of delivered energy over the life of the projects.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/guidelines-pumped-storage-projects
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Guidelines on Pumped Storaqe Proiects.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-power
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-storage
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india