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India Launches UTPRERAK: Centre of Excellence To Accelerate Adoption Of Energy Efficiency Technologies In Industry
Swarajya Staff
Jun 27, 2023, 03:19 PM | Updated 03:19 PM IST
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Union Ministry of Power has set up a dedicated Centre of Excellence to accelerate industry adoption of clean technologies.
The newly inaugurated Centre, known as UTPRERAK (Unnat Takniki Pradarshan Kendra), seeks to play a catalytic role in improving energy efficiency of Indian industry.
UTPRERAK, named otherwise as the Advanced Industrial Technology Demonstration Centre (AITDC), has been set up by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) at the Badarpur campus of the National Power Training Institute (NPTI).
The Centre was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Power Krishan Pal on Monday (26 June).
The Centre's primary objective is to serve as a reference institution for industrial energy-efficient technologies.
As its name suggests, the Advanced Industrial Technology Demonstration Centre will showcase and demonstrate cutting-edge energy-efficient solutions across key industry sectors.
"It will act as an exhibition cum information centre and knowledge repository. It will be a knowledge exchange platform, where best practices from across various key sectors could be diffused among industry professionals through workshops and seminars," the Ministry of Power said in a statement on Monday.
UTPRERAK will also serve as a strategic capacity-building institution and seeks to be a one-stop solution provider for energy professionals from across India for trainings and education in energy efficiency.
"It is expected to provide intensive training to more than 10,000 energy professionals from the industry and other potential sectors over the next five years," the ministry said.
Besides these, the Centre envisages to also provide key inputs for national energy policy formulation, link education and research in energy-efficient solutions, and develop innovative applied solutions for energy efficiency.
Inaugurating the Unnat Takniki Pradarshan Kendra, Union Minister Krishan Pal underlined the necessity of adoption of advanced technologies in a bid to help realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making India a developed nation by the year 2047.
Noting that the government has introduced Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes in various sectors for this very purpose, the minister said that the latest technologies are necessary for us to progress and to compete in the global market.
“There is a need to manufacture good technology at low cost. UTPRERAK will play an important role in improving energy efficiency of Indian industry; moreover, saving energy will help not just industry, but the nation as well," he added.
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