Sri Lanka has set a goal of attaining 70% of all its power wants from renewable sources by 2030.
see picturesRenewable and hydroelectric energy at present accounts for about 35% of the nation’s electrical energy demand.
Addressing the United Nations International Energy Forum on Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mentioned Sri Lanka will cease constructing new coal-fired energy crops and obtain net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Sri Lanka has set a goal of attaining 70% of all its power wants from renewable sources by 2030.
“Sri Lanka is delighted to be the co-leader of Energy Compact for No New Coal Power,” Rajapaksa mentioned.
According to local weather advocacy group Sustainable Energy for All, governments together with Sri Lanka, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Montenegro and the UK have introduced a No New Coal Power Compact to halt the development of coal-fired energy crops.
Renewable power sources resembling wind and photo voltaic, and small and enormous hydropower crops collectively account for half of the island nation’s put in electrical energy capability, with coal and oil-fired electrical energy accounting for the remainder.
Rajapaksa mentioned Sri Lanka would additionally discourage imports of fossil fuel-powered automobiles, encourage the adoption of electrical automobiles and funding in inexperienced power.
Renewable and hydroelectric energy at present accounts for about 35% of the nation’s electrical energy demand.
“Our aim is to move away from fossil fuels, promote de-carbonization and make Sri Lanka a carbon neutral country by 2050,” he mentioned on Friday.
Faced with what they see as an existential risk, leaders of low-lying and island nations urged wealthy nations to behave extra vigorously in opposition to a warming planet on the UN General Assembly this week.
Sri Lanka is the newest Asian nation to vow to finish the creation of recent coal-fired energy, following related strikes by South Korea and Japan earlier this 12 months. Asia accounts for a big proportion of worldwide coal consumption.
Sri Lanka’s announcement follows China’s pledge on the UN General Assembly earlier this week to not construct new coal-fired energy tasks overseas.
China has made vital investments in infrastructure and power tasks in Asian international locations resembling Sri Lanka and Pakistan and in African international locations resembling Kenya.
Rajapaksa mentioned Sri Lanka would additionally discourage imports of fossil fuel-powered automobiles, encourage the adoption of electrical automobiles and funding in inexperienced power.
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“I urge countries that have the necessary capabilities to support developing countries as they attempt this transition to more sustainable energy production,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from NDTV
