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Madhya Pradesh Energy Development Corporation Chairman Vijendra Singh Sisodia has underlined the needs for energy conservation besides the progress of industries. He stressed on taking positive steps in this direction. Sisodia was addressing during a one-day workshop on 'Energy Efficiency' in Bhopal today. The workshop was organised by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India.

In a significant boost to green energy, eight industrial sectors, including power and fertilisers, are set to invest Rs 30,000 crore over the next three years in energy-efficient technology, which will help them save 10 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

The power ministry has notified sectors, including thermal power plants, fertilisers, cement, pulp and paper, textiles, chlor-alkali, iron & st

The Union Cabinet had approved the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). The Mission will usher in the four new initiatives to significantly scale up implementation of energy efficiency in India. The flagship of the Mission is the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism, which is a market-based mechanism to make improvements in energy efficiency in energy-intensive large industries (known as Designated Consumers) making them more cost-effective by certification of energy savings that could be traded.

This report in Down To Earth calls for unbiased research on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to be launched in April 2011, as part of India’s National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). Suggests that the policy design has few distortions and calls for alternative ideas to be  explored.

Perform, achieve & trade - A market mechanism to enhance industrial energy efficiency - a presentation by Ajay Mathur from Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

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