Title :
Electrifying India
Author :
Gupta, Arjun P. ; Sathaye, Jayant
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents the efforts of the Indian government in the electrification of its urban and rural areas considering its impact on the environmental preservation. Some of the current initiatives undertaken by the Indian government in response are discussed and the roles of energy efficiency and renewable energy (RE) in meeting these challenges in the future are examined.
Keywords :
energy conservation; environmental factors; government policies; renewable energy sources; Indian government; electrification efforts; energy efficiency; environmental preservation; renewable energy; Costs; Government; Humans; Hydroelectric power generation; Law; Legal factors; Petroleum; Power generation; Power supplies; Renewable energy resources;
Journal_Title :
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPE.2009.933411
