Deliberations to set up Energy Research Institute

Updated on: Thursday, May 21, 2009

Srinagar: Underling the need to produce clean energy, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N N Vohra, on Tuesday called for harnessing of all possible sources of energy meet the "rising demand" of energy requirements.

"There is need to explore and harness the possible sources of energy like wind, geothermal and hydroelectric in Jammu and Kashmir. But we must produce clean and cost effective energy and meet its rising demand," he said in his speech during the inaugural function of the 3-day international workshop on "Energy Challenges in J&K: A Case for Energy Research Institute" at the University of Kashmir.

The workshop was organised by the KU’s Department of Geology and Geophysics in collaboration with the University College, London, University of Jammu and ENI, Italy.

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