(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM)
Abhay Kumar Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC Limited was invited to deliver a Special Speech in the Energy Leadership Summit 2022 held at New Delhi on 16th June 2022. The event was inaugurated by RK Singh, Union Minister of Power, New & Renewable Energy and was also attended by Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy & André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Brazilian Ambassador to India & several distinguished guests from the Energy sector. Abhay Kumar Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC Limited spoke in-length about the critical need for hydropower for grid stability to balance the planned large scale capacity addition of solar and wind power which are intermittent in nature. He spoke at length about the importance of hydro, challenges faced by the sector, immense benefits provided by it, the recent measures taken by the government to promote hydro power and NHPC’s plans for capacity addition. The speech drew huge applause from the audience.