Solar power policy for Jammu & Kashmir 2010
The State Government introduces the Solar Power Policy
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Nuclear power in India
India has a flourishing and largely indigenous nuclear power program and expects to have 20,000 MWe nuclear capacity on line by 2020 and 63,000 MWe by 2032. It aims to supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by 2050.
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Energy infrastructure for a high humane and low carbon future
Presently India is facing the twin challenge of energy universalization as well as emission reduction. Nearly 0.4 billion people in India
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Renewable energy for rural applications
<p>The role of new and renewable energy has been assuming increasing significance with the growing concern for the country’s energy security.
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Report on barriers for solar power development in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new World Bank report focuses on problems and barriers that developers are facing in the solar power sector in India. It analyses the risk perception of domestic and international developers and shows how these could be mitigated.</span></p>
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India energy handbook 2011
PSI Media Inc presents the India energy handbook 2011 to identify business opportunities and track the progress of projects in rapidly growing markets for technologies that minimize pollutant emissions associated with the use of fossil fuels. These technologies include renewables and nuclear power, which displace traditional primary-energy resources.
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Modernizing energy services for the poor
This study focuses on the World Bank
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Market assessment of solar water heating systems in the himalayan region
At present, use of SWH is rather limited and scattered in Indian Himalayas. Most of the existing systems are in commercial and institutional buildings (hotels, resorts, hospitals, defense establishments, etc); in general the use of solar water heaters in the domestic sector is very scarce.
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The impacts of biofuel targets on land-use change and food supply
This study analyzes the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions using a global computable general equilibrium model, augmented by a land-use module and detailed representation of biofuel sectors.
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Access to energy - enhancing effectiveness in electricity distribution and end use
This report provides an overview of the joint Ministry of Power-UNDP project that seeks to improve access to clean energy and demonstrate mechanisms to manage more effectively, energy and electricity at district levels in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Access to clean energy is an important ingredient of any energy and development policy.
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Access to clean energy: a glimpse of off grid projects in India
<p>This publication presents case studies from across the country that illustrate the utilization of renewable energy sources with a wide range of applications across various sectors. </p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml-->
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New initiative for development and deployment of improved cookstoves: recommended action plan
<p>A large percentage of world’s population continues to depend on biomass for their cooking needs. The cooking devices used by majority of them have very poor thermal efficiency and serious health impacts due to unclean combustion.
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Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC)
<p>The Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC) is a regulation made by the<br /> Central Commission in exercise of powers under clause (h) of subsection (1) of Section 79 read with clause (g) of sub-section (2) of<br /> Section 178 of the Act. The IEGC also lays down the rules, guidelines
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Solar generation 6: solar photovoltaic electricity empowering the world
<p>This report aims at providing a clear and comprehensible description of the current status of the developing Photovoltaic power generation world-wide and its untapped potentials and growth prospects in the coming years. During 2010, the Photovoltaic (PV) market has shown unprecedented growth and wide-spread deployment of this environmentally friendly source of power generation.
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Empowering rural India: expanding electricity access by mobilizing local resources
<p>A new World Bank Report says decentralizing power generation and distribution to the local level through the distribution grid of the state utility by using renewable energy sources will help reduce prolonged outages and increase electricity supply in rural areas.
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Shifting of goal posts: rural electrification in India - a progress report
<p>In this report commissioned by Christian Aid India, the Vasudha Foundation presents a clear analysis of the lack of progress in rural electrification across India. The report highlights the failure the conventional national grid approach to deliver reliable electricity supplies to rural people in India and presents a viable alternative approach using decentralised renewable power.</p>
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Market assessment of solar water heating systems in five potential states/NCR region
<p>The country-wide Market Assessment Study of Solar Water Heaters carried out in 2009 under the UNDP/GEF Project identified high potential States and Regions. This study focuses on five states/regions which are likely to contribute 49% of the SWH realizable potential up to 2022. These are: Maharashtra, Gujarat, <br /> Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, National Capital Region (NCR).
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Wikileaks expose UPAs cash-for-votes deal
<p>A set of India-related diplomatic cables on the Indo-US nuclear deal released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, claims that an aide of Congress leader Satish Sharma had told a US diplomat that the party had paid crores to several lawmakers to ensure that they voted for the deal in Parliament.</p> <p> </p>
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Debate: No lesson from Japan?
<p>A debate on Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant's safety.</p> <p> </p>