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New Delhi, Aug 14: Backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Indo-US initiative, especially on the energy cooperation front, President APJ Abdul Kalam, in his Independence Day message to the nation, said that the country needed to evolve a “comprehensive renewable energy policy for energy independence within a year” which should address all issues relating to generation of energy through wind, solar, geo-thermal, biomass and ocean.
The country should also work towards establishment of thorium-based reactors, he said, adding this is one of the immediate requirements for realising self-reliance in nuclear power generation.
He said the strategic goals for energy independence by 2030 would call for a shift in the structure of energy sources.
“For true energy independence, a major shift in the structure of energy sources from fossil to renewable energy sources is mandated,” he said.
He said the country needed to critically look at the requirement for energy independence in different ways in two major sectors — electric power generation and transportation.
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