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In 2047, erstwhile India marks its centenary twelvemonth of Independence, Tamil Nadu’s imaginativeness for sustainability and an inclusive system volition besides go the blueprint for the nation, said Srivats Ram, contiguous past president of CII Tamil Nadu and managing manager of Wheels India, successful Chennai connected Friday (November 7, 2025).
While speaking astatine the inauguration of the Sustainability Summit 2025 organised by The Hindu, successful relation with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) and co-presented by Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), helium said, the State has been astatine the forefront of renewable vigor for galore years. “At present, we are 3rd successful presumption of the full renewable vigor [capacity] successful the country. The State is archetypal successful presumption of upwind capacity. It could proceed to absorption connected this sector, and this volition [benefit] the manufacturing ecosystem,” helium said.
He observed that the confederate States are advancing successful tandem and are comparatively much progressive than the remainder of the country. “We tin marque important advancement by moving connected sustainability and towards enabling aboriginal growth. Sustainability is simply a profitable venture, thing that is not spoken about,” helium added.
CPCL and sustainability
H. Shankar, managing director, CPCL said, the institution is 60 years aged and has a arrogant bequest of being 1 of the foremost pioneers successful the industry. It has fixed precedence to sustainability from its inception, helium said.
In 1969, erstwhile the archetypal portion called ‘refinery I’ was commissioned, sustainability was fixed importance, and India’s archetypal sulphur betterment portion was built alongside that, helium said.
“Thereafter, erstwhile the institution progressed further and whenever capacities were added successful the refinery, we ever took attraction of the environment. The maturation of CPCL has parallelly moved successful the absorption of sustainability. At a clip erstwhile renewable vigor was not truly talked about, we were the archetypal to person a windmill workplace successful 2007. Whatever vigor was generated done the windmill workplace has been fed into our desalination works successful Kattupalli,” helium added.
He noted that CPCL’s is the lone refinery successful Tamil Nadu that not lone takes attraction of the vigor needs of Chennai but besides of the State. The full aviation fleet is babelike connected the Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) that is produced by CPCL, helium added.
The satellite is shifting its basal from agrarian to municipality areas and a batch of information centres are coming up, starring to higher vigor consumption. “So, we indispensable look astatine a liable mode of vigor addition. Fossil fuels, renewables [bioenergy], and hydrogen indispensable coexist and complement each different successful specified a mode that the full vigor requirements of the satellite tin beryllium met successful a beauteous basket, which is disposable successful a sustainable form,” helium added.
‘Journalism for nationalist good’
Suresh Nambath, Editor, The Hindu, said, the acme was an accidental to amusement corporate committedness to a sustainable aboriginal and liable usage of resources. “At The Hindu, we firmly judge that journalism indispensable spell beyond reporting events to contributing to the nationalist bully by inspiring change. By bringing done voices from government, industry, academia, and civilian society, we anticipation to physique actionable partnerships,” helium added.
The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025 is presented by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) and co-presented by Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC). The Sustainability Partner is Navin’s and the Associate Partner is NLC India Limited. The Green Partner for the lawsuit is Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Television Partner Puthiya Thalaimurai. While the Industry Partner is Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Knowledge Partner is Sustainable Energy and Environment Council (SEEC). The Digital News Partner for the lawsuit is The Federal.
