Vijayawada: The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has suggested that state governments take active part in implementing “perform, achieve and trade (PAT)” scheme to accelerate implementation of cost-effective improvements in energy efficiency in large energy-intensive industries. It has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to play a pivotal role in view of huge untapped potential in the energy efficiency area in the state.
In a webinar by BEE on Sunday, it was informed that Andhra Pradesh saved 2386 million units of energy worth Rs 1600 crore in 22 energy intensive units. This is equivalent to 2,05,204 tonnes of oil under the PAT scheme.
Andhra Pradesh for the first time will conduct a webinar on October 6 on the PAT scheme with all energy intensive industries wherein officials and sector experts of BEE will interact with consumers.
The BEE said the industrial sector alone was consuming 40 per cent of total energy in India and the sector might record a rapid increase in energy consumption in future.
The energy consumption is expected to reach 443.4 million tonne by 2031 against the present total energy consumption of 347 million tonne in the industrial sector.
BEE director-general Abhay Bhakre along with BEE secretary RK Rai and BEE (PAT) director Ashok Kumar said that the PAT scheme achieved tremendous success with energy savings of 8.67 million tonnes of oil equivalent, monetary savings of Rs 9,500 crore from saved energy consumption, emission reduction of 31 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, capacity building of over 5,000 engineers and operators, and encouraged investments of about Rs 26,100 crore in energy efficient technologies.
Energy secretary Srikant Nagulapalli said that the AP government would invite every initiative that promotes cost effective energy which helps to improve the potentiality of industrial development. The industrial sector is consuming 40% of total energy in India. PAT cycle-I realized 30% more than targeted energy savings of 8.67 million tonnes of energy equivalent.
