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The Rising SunDate: Oct 17, 2012 Source: KPMG The challenges in the power sector continue. India is facing a power deficit of 9 percent1 and this is likely to continue over the next few years. In many states, industries are facing upto 502 percent power cuts. The gap between the power purchase costs and the power tariffs has severely constrained the finances of state power utilities with net losses estimated at around INR 88,170 crores3 in 2012-13. India faced massive power black-outs in July, 2012 due to overdrawing and grid indiscipline.... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
IEA Wind Annual Report for 2011Date: Aug 14, 2012 Source: IEA Wind Wind generation now meets a significant percentage of electrical demand worldwide. In 2011, the world added about 40 GW of wind generation, a 24% increase, to total more than 238 GW (GWEC 2012). This is enough capacity to cover about 3% of the world’s electricity demand (WWEC 2012). Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
Benchmarking and mapping Indian MSMEs energy consumptionDate: Jul 31, 2012 Source: TERI The MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) sector plays a vital role in the Indian economy. The sector contributes about 45% of manufacturing output, 40% of exports and employs more than 69 million people. MSMES are mostly located as clusters with the cluster size vary between 50 and 500. The MSME units generally use conventional and inefficient Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
The Millennium Development Goals ReportDate: Jul 10, 2012 Source: UN.org This year’s report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) highlights several milestones. The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline, as has the target of halving the proportion of people who lack dependable access to improved sources of drinking water. Conditions for more than 200 million people living in slums have been ameliorated—double the 2020 target............................ Achieving the MDGs by 2015... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
End of Life Reporting and Beyond - A Challenge that Keeps on GrowingDate: Jun 18, 2012 Source: CFO Protagonista This paper provides an overview of key global trends and regulations relating to packaging, electrical and electronic equipment and batteries. It lays out the challenges of compliance and consequences of non-compliance, and warns that the approach many companies are taking today will not scale with the rapid growth and increased complexity of regulations and industry or supply chain requirements. Finally, the paper addresses the benefits of best-in-class approaches to environmental management... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012Date: Jun 18, 2012 Source: Forest Trends State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012: Developing Dimension is the sixth annual report created to shed light on trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers voluntarily purchasing carbon offsets. Findings are based on data voluntary reported by 312 offset suppliers, seven exchanges, and all major registries. In 2011, the voluntary carbon market again demonstrated its resiliency, as buyers in Europe upped their offset purchases even in... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
Bonds and Climate Change – The state of the Market in 2012Date: Jun 1, 2012 Source: Climatebonds.net Bonds will play a crucial role in financ-ing the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. Investor interest in the asset class is growing, but what is the current investment opportunity already out there? This report, commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence and prepared by the Climate Bonds Initiative, presents a first estimate of the outstanding global bond market size linked to key climate change themes, and examines future drivers and trends in the short term... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
Renewable energy country attractiveness indicesDate: May 30, 2012 Source: E&Y The Ernst & Young CAI provide scores for national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures and their suitability for individual technologies. The indices provide scores out of 100 and are updated on a quarterly basis. The CAI take a generic view and different sponsor or financier requirements will clearly affect how countries are rated. Ernst & Young’s renewable energy advisors can provide detailed studies to meet specific corporate objectives. It is important... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
Living Planet Report 2012Date: May 28, 2012 Source: aws assets We are all familiar with the stark array of graphs – carbon emissions, deforestation, water scarcity, overfishing – that detail how we are sapping the Earth’s resources and resilience. This 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report tells us how it all adds up – the cumulative pressure we’re putting on the planet, and the consequent decline in the health of the forests, rivers and oceans that make our lives possible. We are living as if we have an extra planet at our disposal. We are... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |
Draft National Water Policy (2012)Date: May 26, 2012 Source: Ministry of Water Resources Water is a natural resource, fundamental to life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development. It is also a scarce resource. India has more than 17 percent of the world‟s population, but has only 4% of world's renewable water resources with 2.6% of world‟s land area. There are further limits on utilizable quantities of water owing to uneven distribution over time and space. In addition, there are challenges of frequent floods and droughts in one or the other part of the country. With... Subject Tags: Document/ report Source link... |