| Lighting India Efficiently |
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The Bachat Lamp Yojana
April 2010India’s domestic lighting and appliances sector accounts for close to 22 percent of the total electricity demand, and contributes significantly to peak loads. An estimated 400 million light points across the country use incandescent light bulbs (ICLs) - highly energy inefficient lighting appliances. An estimated 95 percent of the electricity...
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| Basic Group Policy Briefs February 2010 |
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Brazil, South Africa, India, China Brief insights into climate...
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| The coming of the renewables |
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Renewable Energy Certificates
January 2010
India unveiled a policy to help boost power generation from renewable energy sources on 14th Jan 2010. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the central electricity regulator in the country, issued a regulation on the framework of Renewable...
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| 20,000 MW of solar ambition |
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Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
January 2010
India’s pet mission - the National Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), was launched on 11th January 2010, nearly two years after the release of the NAPCC in June 2008.Under the brand name ‘Solar India’, and officially called the
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| Perform, Acheive, then trade if you will |
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Perform Achieve and Trade
Indian industries are the primary consumers of energy in the country with demand in 2004-05 being 138 billion kWh. With high growth rate across all industry sectors (small, medium and large enterprises) the electricity demand is expected to soar to 588 billion kWh by 20451. The Indian government hopes to meet some of the deficit by improving energy...
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