KOLKATA: Rajarhat is set to become India’s first near-zero energy satellite town (ZEST), thanks to efforts by the US department of energy (DOE) and the renowned Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
The BNL and DOE have initiated a special project that involves turning Indian and Chinese cities into energy-efficient hubs. A team led by Vatsal Bhatt, research engineer and energy policy analyst, BNL, was in the city on Friday to launch the project, which will be replicated in townships across India. Rajarhat is expected to house around one million people in the near future.
According to BNL, cities are responsible for nearly 75% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Katie Bolcar of the DOE explained the concepts of a near-zero energy community and the importance of creating ZESTs at a meeting of the Union urban development ministry in New Delhi on May 31. Debashis Sen, principal secretary, state urban development department, attended the meeting.
Bolcar told the participants that BNL wished to work with a satellite town to showcase the concept and set up a model of a zero-energy town in India. Rajarhat was picked as a pilot project.
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