DocumentCode
1302131
Title
Electrifying India
Author
Gupta, Arjun P. ; Sathaye, Jayant
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
7
Issue
5
fYear
2009
Firstpage
59
Lastpage
61
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPE.2009.933411
Filename
5208423
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