A total of 60 cities of the country are proposed to be developed as Solar Cities during the 11th plan period. The objective is minimum 10 per cent reduction in projected total demand of conventional energy. At least one city in each State to a maximum of five cities in a State will be supported by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

In an effort to increase the output of renewable energy to the national capacity, a contingent from the American non-profit InvVest is on a nine-city tour along with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The tour

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Govt Wants Projects To Use Energy-Efficient Technology
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

THE government is likely to make the energy efficient supercritical technology mandatory for all future power projects as part of its efforts to contribute significantly towards global efforts to contain emission of greenhouse gases.

All nations have to move to a low greenhouse gas emissions and energy-efficient development path
The Copenhagen meet made "limited progress" and no one was satisfied with the outcome, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday, while observing that taking the path of low greenhouse gas emissions was the only alternative and India "must not lag behind" on this.

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