India sets renewable minimum for utilities

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Source: UPI

India sets renewable minimum for utilities
Published: Jan. 5, 2009 at 11:17 AM

NEW DELHI, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Indian government recently announced new renewable energy standards for utilities.

As a part of the national action plan on climate change, the government will require that power utilities buy 5 percent of their power from renewable energy sources starting this year.

Utilities will be required to meet the new standard by the end of 2010, and then the minimum for renewable energy will be increased every year by 1 percent for the next 10 years, U.S.-based environmental publication Red, Green and Blue reported.

The effort is part of the Indian government's goal to encourage the use of clean energy and reduce carbon emissions. The decision follows last year's decision to increase the nation's use of solar energy.

According to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are already buying 10 percent of their power from renewable energy sources.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/01/05/India_sets_renewable_minimum_for_utilities/UPI-62131231172228/

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1. Southern Republicans here in the good 'ol USA blocked a similar federal RPS last year

and will do it again this year.

[Acadia Blue]

3. Greed is a virtue to republicons and so is destruction of endangered

species. Good ole greedy parasitic southern republicons.

[DemWynner]

2. This is great

India needs to put something in place and I am glad they are starting to care; it will make a difference.

[Acadia Blue]

4. India is so ahead of the USA in this respect.

[Deja Q]

5. Well, they're getting all the jobs, people in the US no longer care,

so when the US is shut down completely it's not going to matter.

/dystopicmeanderingandsarcasm