Friday, November 27, 2009
Obama's ideas for India on global warming
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab will partner with India's Solar Energy Centre and Centre for Wind Energy Technology to map potential, develop technology and, ultimately, aid in its deployment—potentially allowing rural Indians to "leapfrog" directly to distributed solar energy, without the need for costly transmission lines. And there will also be enhanced cooperation in agriculture—helping to revitalize the Green Revolution in India that dramatically reduced starvation there in the 20th century. "India is important to the energy and climate change problem for several reasons," said U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during a visit to the country this month. For one, "eighty percent of the infrastructure in India has yet to be built. What we have today and what we are going to have by 2030. So this is an incredible opportunity for India to build its buildings, its cities, its highways, its infrastructure, its transportation in the most energy efficient way possible."
According to "The Hindu", India believes that there is recognition in the joint statement of the need for substantially scaled-up financial resources to support climate change action in developing countries.
IMO: Hopefully, an improvement in the electrification position in Vasai, and a more efficient Western Railways will result but I'm not yet clear how. Mamata Banerjee is already intending to make use of solar power to operate Indian railway stations. But it can also be hoped that increased and more efficient use of nuclear power will generally occur.
According to "The Hindu", India believes that there is recognition in the joint statement of the need for substantially scaled-up financial resources to support climate change action in developing countries.
IMO: Hopefully, an improvement in the electrification position in Vasai, and a more efficient Western Railways will result but I'm not yet clear how. Mamata Banerjee is already intending to make use of solar power to operate Indian railway stations. But it can also be hoped that increased and more efficient use of nuclear power will generally occur.
# posted by uv : 3:41 PM
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