The West Bengal government is burning midnight oil to ensure that 20 per cent of its total energy comes from renewable sources by 2030, said Md Ghulam Rabbani, minister-in-charge, department of non-conventional and renewable energy sources. Interestingly, the state government has already started taking several initiatives to achieve the target and the 900 MW Bandu Pumped Storage Project in Purulia in PPP model is a “prime example”. Barun Kumar Ray, additional chief secretary, department of non-conventional and renewable energy sources, said that there is a need to adopt innovative methods including putting in place a hybrid system by supplementing solar and wind power and integrating it with biomass in order to ramp up renewable energy adoption. Source: https://www.thestatesman.com/