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Far From A Clean Sweep [1]

Millions of rural Indians have never experienced how electricity can change their lives. So, their life grinds to a halt as soon as the sun sets. But providing power to the villages would mean more coal-burning by power plants that already emit more than 50 per cent of India

Publication Date: 
24/11/2008
Pierre Mario Fitter [2]
Business World (Kolkata) [3]
Tags:
CFL [4], Renewable Energy [5], Biomass [6], Wind Energy [7], Solar Energy [8], Energy [9], Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) [10], India [11]
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