BEE expects to save 2,308 Mw energy by 2017
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22/05/2012
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Business Standard (New Delhi)
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union ministry of power, is planning to save 2,308 Mw of energy worth around Rs 11,540 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) by mandating the labelling of electronic products. Of this, 400 Mw, worth Rs 2,000 crore, is expected to be saved from the air-conditioners segment.
The central government has already mandated four products – split air-conditioners, fluorescent lamps, transformers and frost-free refrigerators – under the energy efficiency star-labelling to reduce energy consumption, and identified 10 products on a voluntary basis.
“Currently, we are doing feasibility studies on three products – geysers/water heaters, direct cool refrigerators and television – to add to the mandate list, which may happen in the next two years,” SP Garnaik, energy economist, BEE, told mediapersons here on Tuesday.
BEE, which launched the second phase of star labelling for air-conditioners here on Tuesday, also plans to bring another eight products under the energy-efficiency drive.
BEE has identified eight sectors, including thermal power plants, pulp and paper, textiles, iron and steel, cement, aluminium and fertilisers.