File photo: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
Environmental Advisor to United States' President Barack Obama and Chairman of Rocky Mountain Institute Amory B Lovins called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday and discussed the prospects of sharing of environment technology for the development of the state.
Mr Lovins, a well-known American physicist, environmental scientist, writer and an authority in the field of energy policy and other areas, offered to share the latest innovations in promotion of soft energy technologies based on solar, wind, bio-fuels and geothermal to augment the power demand and supply scenario in Andhra Pradesh, an official release said in Hyderabad.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh was a front-runner in exploitation of soft energy technologies like wind and solar power and apprised him of the headway made by the state in using pollution-free and environment friendly technologies in power generation.
According to the release, Mr Naidu also highlighted the road map of solar and wind power generation in Andhra Pradesh.