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Nice gigawatt if you can get it
Low-carbon energy solutions in India may depend on Tata |
Nathan Wyeth |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Amid analysis of the G8's latest climate pronouncement, the announcement of India's first national climate action plan received less attention than it otherwise might have. Even in the Indian media, the plan was also overshadowed by the release of a McKinsey & Co. report that projects massive power demand growth in the country -- 100 gigawatts more demand in the next 10 years than previously estimated. Yet the very same day, the government's Investment Commission c ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, economy, energy, India (all these topics) |
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Having naan of it
India's 4,000 MW coal plant is a bad answer to electricity woes |
Nathan Wyeth |
10 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A few more thoughts on the 4,000 MW coal plant in India recently approved for international aid financing, which David and Joe have noted. I think this deserves attention because it's at the center of the biggest climate question out there: how to meet tens of thousands of megawatt hours of unmet and projected power demand in India and China without huge coal plants like this Tata Mundra 'Ultra-Mega' plant. It's not simple. But following the logic for this project invol ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, economy, energy, India (all these topics) |
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