Energy

Position paper on the power sector in India

India is the fifth largest producer of electricity in the world and according to the Planning Commission, while the State Governments account for 51.5% of the total generation capacity, the central sector and the private sector account for 33.1% and

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Ministry of Finance
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Power Transmission, Hydrogen Energy, Private Sector, India, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, Energy
Energy

 Minimum nuclear liability

In case of accident, US does not want firms to pay it all nuclear reactor suppliers will not be liable if there is an accident in an atomic power plant in India. The onus of the accident would be on the operator, only partly. The rest would be on the Indian government. This, if India clears the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill. The bill, though, has not been put up for public discussions in

Publication Date: 
30/08/2009
Savvy Soumya Misra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Accidents, International Cooperation, Private Sector, Legislation, United States Of America (US), India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat
Energy

Boosting the economy with energy efficiency financing

From the New Deal to responses to blackouts, history teaches us that crisis times can result in salutary reforms. Recent international economic developments

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Environment, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Finance, Private Sector, Economy
Energy

 Sodium vapour or fluorescent lights?

An ambitious plan to lower municipal electricity bills THE Centre will monitor electricity consumption pattern of municipalities from March. This is to reduce the 10 per cent power deficit and 16 per cent peak power deficit in the country.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2009
Arnab Pratim Dutta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Urban Habitat, Nagarpalikas, Energy, Private Sector, India, Indore (T)
Energy

Inclusive partnerships for creating wealth from waste: Namakkal showing the way

Namakkal district, located in Tamil Nadu in southern India, is committed to be an

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Mustafa Ali Khan
Development Alternatives
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Organic Farming, Natural Fertilisers, Animal Dung, Poultry, Farm Residues, Urban Sanitation, Garbage, Waste To Energy, Energy, Biogas, Subsidies, Private Sector, Namakkal (D)
Energy

Power sector reforms: a pilot study on Karnataka

The State Planning Board, Karnataka, and the Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore had arranged a two day seminar on 11th Five Year Plan of Karnataka: Perspectives, in Bangalore on 4-5 May 2007. The author was invited to make a presentation on Power Sector Reforms in Karnataka to take into account the possible steps during the 11th Plan period.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Shankar Sharma
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Green House Gases, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Electricity, Power Transmission, Power Industry, Private Sector, Karnataka, Sustainable Development
Energy

Verified sustainable Brazilian ethanol in Swedish pumps

While exporting and importing governments are often at loggerheads over the legitimacy of sustainability criteria for biofuels, private companies have agreed on a certification scheme that allows verifiably sustainable ethanol to be imported from Brazil to Sweden.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Bridges
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Ethanol, Trade, Energy, Imports, Private Sector, Sweden, Brazil
Energy

Action taken on the recommendation contained in the 22nd report (14th Lok Sabha) of the standing committee on energy on UMPPs

This Report of the Committee deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-Second Report (14th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Energy on the subject Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs).

Publication Date: 
31/12/2008
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Development, Hydroelectricity, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Energy, Electricity, Private Sector, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry of Power, India
Energy

No N-power plants by pvt firms for now

PRIVATE players looking to set up nuclear power plants with full management control may have to wait as the government is yet to develop any mechanism for assessing the liability of operators in the event of an accident.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2008
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy Policy, Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Private Sector, India
Energy

 Nuclear power is a must

India is expanding uranium mining, a hazardous activity. Anil Kakodkar, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, recently inaugurated a uranium mine at Bagjata in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Kakodkar, who is also secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, spoke to ALOK GUPTA about safety concerns and the country

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Uranium, Nuclear Power, Energy, Nuclear Wastes, Private Sector, Purba Singhbhum, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

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