Efficiency enhancement through pricing and non-pricing methods is the need of the hour in meeting our energy adequacy. With India's energy efficiency estimated to be the fifth lowest in the world, there is a tremÂendous scope to improve efficiency. DependÂence on oil imports is expected to rise.
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Power proj to rural AP
The AP Government is planning to start execution of works for the AP Rural High Voltage Distribution Project by March next year.
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Fin Min clarifies infra definition
Infrastructure will soon have a wider and uniform definition that will encompass some aspects of education and health as well, ensuring asset creation across a number of sectors by making them eligible for various incentives. A panel of secretaries of various ministries is expected to clear the finance ministry's proposal.
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Gujarat wind power capacity leaps 500%
The wind power generation capacities of Gujarat have seen a sharp increase since 2006 from 338 MW to 2175.5 MW in 2011. The share of Gujarat in the country's total wind power generation capacities has jumped from a mere 6.32 per cent in 2006
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India as an emerging refining hub
In 2010, India’s total primary energy consumption was 433.3 million tonne of oil equivalent (mtoe), an increase of 5.6 per cent over 2009. Of this, 135 mt of oil contributed 31 per cent of the overall energy consumption,
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Analysis: Natural gas infra is new buzzword
In the next four years, the natural gas transmission capacity will be doubled, placing India in a good position to accomplish the goals set by energy planners and to transport the increased natural gas availability which is expected to reach 375 mmscmd by 2015.
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Energy prizes go to…
Efficient energy should perhaps be accorded higher priority in the Indian context than generation - give the largely inefficient distribution systems and high costs of generation through renewable energy.
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Piggybacking: Riding on gas boom
By 2020, India will need 115 to 135 billion cu m of natural gas supply, much of which is planned as an alternative to both power and energy needs.
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R-LNG to meet gas demand-supply gap
The demand for natural gas, the cheapest available energy option, is rising exponentially. The current domestic supply of gas is just over 150 mmscmdwhile the demand is around 225 mmscmd.
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1,360 MW power plant near Jhansi
Foraying into energy sector, diversified business group JK Organisation will set up a 1,360 MW power plant near Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh.