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dcxxix “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dams FAQ”, May 1, 2007, http://www.internationalrivers.org<br />
dcxxx “Lesson for India: Large dams lead to global warming too”, May 28, 2007,<br />
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007<br />
dcxxxi See, for example: “A Trojan Horse for Large Dams”, http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk; Himanshu<br />
Thakkar, “Future Water Solutions for India”, http://indiawaterportal.org<br />
dcxxxii http://www.sandrp.in/hydropower/Hydro_Tariff_CERC_Proposal_CWP_Submission_March08.pdf<br />
dcxxxiii A discussion on this can be found in “A Trojan Horse for Large Dams”,<br />
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk<br />
dcxxxiv Cited in: Balam Vincent and Patrick McCully, “Supreme Contradictions”,<br />
http://www.indiatogether.org/opinions/sc-ssp.htm<br />
dcxxxv Source: Integrated <strong>Energy</strong> Policy, Planning Commission, pp. 81-82; and “Still Waiting: A Report on<br />
<strong>Energy</strong> Injustice”, Greenpeace India Society, op. cit.<br />
dcxxxvi As on March 2010: CEA, http://www.cea.nic.in<br />
dcxxxvii A. Shyam, “<strong>Energy</strong> Efficiency options for thermal power plants in India”, Jan 21, 2010,<br />
http://www.energycentral.com<br />
dcxxxviii<br />
CEA, Monthly Report March 2010, http://www.cea.nic.in<br />
dcxxxix<br />
“India’s Electricity Transmission and Distribution Losses”, July 26, 2008,<br />
http://cleantechindia.wordpress.com<br />
dcxl<br />
“South Korea to help India cut power T&D losses”, Jun 3, 2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com<br />
dcxli<br />
“Power Sector Inefficiency – Economic & Legal Implications”, http://www.groundreportindia.com<br />
dcxlii<br />
Shankar Sharma, “Power sector reforms: a pilot study on Karnataka”,<br />
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in<br />
dcxliii<br />
CEA, Monthly Report March 2010, http://www.cea.nic.in<br />
dcxliv<br />
Same point has been made by Puneet Tayal, “Power Generation: Power saved is power generated”,<br />
http://www.waterenergynexus.com<br />
dcxlv<br />
Girish Sant, et al., “<strong>Energy</strong> saving potential in Indian households from improved appliance efficiency”,<br />
March 2010, http://www.prayaspune.org<br />
dcxlvi<br />
Assuming T&D losses of 15% and average availability of 90% for new capacity: Girish Sant, et al., ibid.<br />
dcxlvii<br />
Shankar Sharma, “Power sector reforms: a pilot study on Karnataka”,<br />
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in<br />
dcxlviii Integrated <strong>Energy</strong> Policy, 2006, http://planningcommission.nic.in., p. 49.<br />
dcxlix CEA, Annual Report 2007-08, http://www.cea.nic.in, pp. 54-55.<br />
dcl Shankar Sharma, a well-known consultant to the electrical industry, has made these calculations for the State<br />
of Karnataka and shown that the power supply deficit in the State can be met just by adopting energy<br />
efficiency measures. The gross power availability in the state was 8954 MW as on Oct 21, 2008. Therefore,<br />
net power availability – after accounting for auxiliary consumption and unplanned outages – should have been<br />
about 8046 MW. The peak power requirement for the state was only 6583 MW for the year 2007-08. This<br />
indicates that had the state electricity sector functioned at the international T&D loss level of less than 10%,<br />
the electricity generation capacity in the state was more than enough to meet not just the peak demand but also<br />
the annual energy requirement of 40,320 MU. In fact, there would have been a surplus generating capacity,<br />
and there would have been no need to set up new power plants in the state for the next few years. In reality,<br />
due to the inefficiency prevailing in the power sector, there was a power supply deficit! The maximum demand<br />
the state met during that year was only 5,567 MW, and the annual energy supply was just 39,230 MU,<br />
resulting in a deficit of 15.7% and 2.7% respectively. (Reference: Shankar Sharma, “Power sector reforms: a<br />
pilot study on Karnataka”, op. cit.).<br />
dcli Shankar Sharma, “Power sector reforms: a pilot study on Karnataka”, ibid.<br />
dclii Helen Caldicott, <strong>Nuclear</strong> Power is not the answer to Global Warming or anything else, Melbourne University<br />
Press, 2006, pp. 161, 168.<br />
dcliii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power; Union of Concerned Scientists, “How wind energy works”,<br />
http://www.ucsusa.org; http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php<br />
dcliv “Wind Power”, http://en.wikipedia.org, accessed on Feb 25, 2011; “World Wind <strong>Energy</strong> Report 2009,<br />
Executive Summary”, Mar 10, 2010, World Wind <strong>Energy</strong> Association,<br />
http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=266&Itemid=43<br />
dclv Union of Concerned Scientists, “How wind energy works”, http://www.ucsusa.org<br />
dclvi “Global wind energy markets will continue to boom”, Sept 4, 2009, Global Wind <strong>Energy</strong> Council,<br />
http://www.gwec.net<br />
dclvii http://www.wise-cleanenergy.info/green-energy/GE-May-June09.pdf, p. 17.<br />
dclviii Union of Concerned Scientists, “How wind energy works”, http://www.ucsusa.org<br />
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