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August 17, 2012
India: ICT penetration
While 70 to 80 per cent of India lives in its villages, only about 2 per cent of Indian villages have internet connectivity. This has left the rural poor unable to become economic beneficiaries of internet connectivity and its advantages. Their contact with ICT remains limited to SMS based services […]
August 17, 2012
Mobile web access preferred in China
According to the data released by CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Centre), more Chinese people prefer accessing the internet through their phones rather than traditional computer devices. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
India: Odisha state to be RE funds beneficiary
According to sources, an investment of INR 25 billion is going to be made into the RE sector of the Indian state of Odisha, in accordance with the 12th 5-Year Plan. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
German Bank to invest € 100 billion in RE sector over the next 5 years
The government run bank in Germany KfW Bankengruppe recently announced that it will increase its RE and efficient energy investment over the next five years by €100 billion. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Rate of global installations of renewable distributed energy
In its newest report called “Renewable Distributed Energy Generation” (available on purchase here), Pike Research estimates that the annual global renewable distributed energy will rise three-fold between 2012 and 2017. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Chinese RE plan
China has released newly updated RE targets for the period 2011 to 2015. Hydro power is supposed to touch 290 GWs (Giga Watts), wind 100 GWs, and solar at about 21 GWs. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
FiTs – The proven road not taken
FiTs, or Feed-in Tariffs are meant to be a policy mechanism which would naturally accelerate investment in the RE (Renewable Energy) sector. It has been deemed responsible for the rapid spread of RE adoption in countries like Denmark, Germany and Spain. This post talks about how USA could benefit from […]
August 17, 2012
UN’s carbon credits create perverse outcomes
A company or an institution acquires one carbon credit for destroying or sequestering a tonne of CO2. There are other gases with stronger greenhouse effects than CO2 – a gas called HFC-23 is worth 11,700 credits, a waste byproduct of HCFC-22 the most common refrigerant in the world. While HCFC-22 […]
August 16, 2012
Diesel subsidy: an “inconvenient truth” for India
India’s diesel subsidies have long bled government finances. They drained about USD 9 billion from the national exchequer in 2011-12. Though governments have mustered the courage to alter petrol prices in the past, they have not dared to touch diesel. The rationale so far has been that of how heavily […]
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