ACT Apr-Jun10.p65 - Petroleum Conservation Research Association

I N T H E N E W S
Cabinet OKs energy
efficiency plan
The Union Cabinet has approved the
ambitious National Mission for Enhanced
Energy Efficiency, one of the eight missions
under the National Action Plan on Climate
Change. The mission is expected to save
23 million ton oil equivalent of fuel and
avoid the need to build additional capacity
of over 19,000 MW.
Speaking after the Cabinet approval, the
Secretary, Ministry of Power said: “This is
a significant development for India. During
the next four years, the mission will help
achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction
of 98.55 million tons per year.” The mission
will also kick-start the country’s first marketbased
trading in energy efficiency savings.
Just like the international carbon trade, a
domestic trade in energy saving certificates
would facilitate this process.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
india/Cabinet-OKs-energy-efficiency-plan/
articleshow/6088416.cms
India tops energyefficient
cement
production
With some of the plants operating at the
lowest energy consumption levels, the
Indian cement industry has become a
forerunner in energy-efficient cement
manufacturing in the world, according to
FE-EVI Green Business Survey 2009-10.
Elaborating about the initiatives taken up
by companies, FE-EVI Green Business
Survey 2009-10 quotes numerous
examples. Companies are also taking other
initiatives to minimize their ecological
footprint. These include substitution of
fossil fuels used in cement kilns by fuels
derived from waste, installation of waste
heat recovery system, modification of the
composition of cement by using cement
constituents which require less energy to
produce than cement clinker.
Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/
india-tops-energyefficient-cement-production/
629108/
India’s Ajay Mathur
among energy-efficiency
‘visionaries’
Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE), is one of the energy
efficiency “visionaries” from Africa, Asia,
Europe and South America to be honoured
by the Alliance to Save Energy.
Mathur received the award in Washington
recently during a conference. Mathur is also
a member of the Prime Minister’s Council
on Climate Change and has been involved
in driving India’s market transformation
towards energy efficiency. His work
includes India’s standards and labelling
programme for equipment and
appliances, its energy conservation
building code and programs for industrial
energy efficiency and demand-side
management in the buildings, lighting,
and municipal sectors.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
articleshow/5920414.cms
Berkeley Lab Report:
Simple Energy Efficiency Measures can Eliminate Electricity Shortage in India
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Electricity in India can be a dicey
proposition. Half the population lacks
access or is too poor to afford it. The
other half is using so much that demand
far outstrips supply, resulting in daily
power outages. As chaotic as things are,
there is a solution: simple energy
efficiency measures, according to a new
report from Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), can eliminate
the electricity deficit as early as 2013.
What’s more, doing so will add $505
active conservation techniques
billion to India’s gross domestic product
(GDP) between 2009 and 2017
(compared to India’s total GDP of $911
billion in 2007-2008), as businesses that
have had to cut back due to electricity
shortages can restore production.
“None of these measures are retrofits; they
are all new sales of items such as light bulbs
and refrigerators. We tried to keep it as
simple as we possibly could—no buildings,
no transport,” said report co-author Jayant
Sathaye, a Berkeley Lab senior scientist
who leads the International Energy Studies
Group in the Environmental Energy
Technologies Division. “Air conditioners
alone are growing at 25% per year in
India. But because of this rapid growth,
you can capture the new sales, sell only
efficient products and make a difference.”
Source: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/featurestories/2010/05/25/energy-efficiencymeasures-can-eliminate-electricity-shortage-inindia/