Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
The report presents a point of view on the Solar Energy sector in India. This report focuses on the solar cost trends and looks at segments of the market which are most suitable for adoption of solar power within the coming few years. Given the financial position of the power …
ABB is tweaking its products, systems and services to make sustainability an integral part of its business model, much like a Unilever or a GE. It is finding this to be a pathway to new business opportunities and a source of competitive advantage, reports Naren Karunakaran Bazmi Husain, the managing …
Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards? After failing to check air pollution through the usual enforcement methods, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has introduced a market-based mechanism to reduce air pollution. It is called …
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday launched the ‘perform, achieve and trade’ scheme to improve energy efficiency of sectors such as iron and steel, cement, fertilizers, aluminium, textiles, thermal plants and paper. The scheme of the bureau of energy efficiency (BEE) aims to improve the efficiency standards of these …
Industries that over-achieve targets will be awarded energy saving certificates that can be traded like carbon. With the aim to make the industrial sector energy efficient, India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) launched its 'Perform, Achieve and Trade' (PAT) scheme on July 4. The scheme has set energy efficiency targets …
Mumbai: The Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s (BEE’s) much talked about PAT (perform-achieve-trade) scheme, which came into effect in April, has hit early hurdles. Very few companies have submitted roadmaps after the government set energy reduction targets and asked for initial updates by June 30. The PAT regime would see energy …
As many as 144 thermal power stations across the country will be able to save . 3,000 crore in three years by being energy efficient and save on coal consumption as well. Under its PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) scheme, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has notified these thermal power …
The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to encourage energy saving in energy intensive sectors such as power, steel and cement has begun to attract companies to its fold, according to CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, has included cement manufacturers among …
The industry is wellversed with commodities like steel, copper, gold, sugar, wheat, oil, etc. Now, it will get to know environmental commodities. It is a new term being used to describein addition to greenhouse gases, air/water pollutants causing harmful effects, the mitigation of which is expected to result in a …
The power ministry plans to impose huge penalties of over . 1 lakh per day on industries that fail to achieve energy efficiency targets under the threeyear Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme starting April 1. PAT, which aims to increase industrial energy efficiency, is expected to bring down energy …
Madhya Pradesh Energy Development Corporation Chairman Vijendra Singh Sisodia has underlined the needs for energy conservation besides the progress of industries. He stressed on taking positive steps in this direction. Sisodia was addressing during a one-day workshop on 'Energy Efficiency' in Bhopal today. The workshop was organised by Bureau of …
India has set itself an ambitious target by committing to reduce the energy intensity of its GDP by 20 to 25 per cent by 2020. The promise is entwined with outcome of the recent Cancun climate meet that marked a major shift in burden-sharing in climate mitigation, with developing nations …
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: The Union ministry of power would be launching a scheme ~ Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) ~ to enhance cost effectiveness in improving industrial energy efficiency under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) from April this year. The scheme is likely to save 9.78 metric …
In a significant boost to green energy, eight industrial sectors, including power and fertilisers, are set to invest Rs 30,000 crore over the next three years in energy-efficient technology, which will help them save 10 million tonnes of oil equivalent. The power ministry has notified sectors, including thermal power plants, …
The Union Cabinet had approved the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). The Mission will usher in the four new initiatives to significantly scale up implementation of energy efficiency in India. The flagship of the Mission is the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism, which is a market-based mechanism …
This report in Down To Earth calls for unbiased research on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to be launched in April 2011, as part of India’s National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). Suggests that the policy design has few distortions and calls for alternative ideas to be explored. …
Perform, achieve & trade - A market mechanism to enhance industrial energy efficiency - a presentation by Ajay Mathur from Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
