Telangana Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka at the Telangana Rising Global Summit on Monday
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SIDDHANT THAKUR
Telangana needs to draw a roadmap for decarbonisation for each sector to achieve net zero emissions while ensuring adequate power to achieve goals of Rising Telangana Vision 2047, according to experts.
Participating in a panel discussion on ‘Powering Telangana 2047: Energy Transition, Climate Finance & Just Transition’ at the two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit in Bharat Future City here on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the ambition of the State Government was to become a $3 trillion economy contributing nearly 10 per cent of India’s GDP by 2047.
“We intend not only to grow, but to grow responsibly, inclusively and in harmony with the planet that our children will inherit. Energy is the beating heart of this vision,” he said. The government had already taken steps for a decisive shift toward 100 per cent clean mobility. “Hyderabad’s ambition is to host India’s largest e-bus fleet by 2030. A roadmap to add around 20 GW of renewable energy capacity on top of the existing nearly 11.4 Giga Watts (GW) is on cards,” Vikramarkai said.
Power demand could exceed 1.39 lakh MW and about 780 Terra Watt Hours (TWh) by 2047 if growth and industrialisation targets are achieved, he added.
Rajkiran V Bilolokar, Director, Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India, said Telangana should be future ready to meet power requirements and decarbonisation, along with power grid stability, was vital.
Sarith Maheshwari, CEO, NTPC Green Energy, said the pace of green energy today was unprecedented but challenges were resilience of the grid and expansion of the storage facilities. NTPC Green was working on investing in Telangana, he said.
Harish CP Yarlagadda, Founder-Mentor, Malaxmi Group, said focusing on energy ‘’trilama’ involving cheap, reliable power and sustainable power was the need of the hour.
Published on December 8, 2025