News - BESCOM : Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

The regulatory body is planning to reduce the rate paid to individual solar power generators
individual consumers under stallingsolar power systems
its grid-connectedsolar roof- .hasbeen brought downto 15
Bengaluru: The ,grid-con- top scheme for the year per cent from 30 per cent:
KERe has revised the tarnected solar power generat- 2014-16. To promote-the
, ing scheme, which has failed scheme KERC had asked iff for grid connected megapower companies to buy ex- WlI.ttscalesolar:photovoltaic
to garner much response
• since its launch in the first cess solar power being gen- and, solar thermal power
• week of November last year, erated for ~9.56 a unit f.om plants factoring the decline
is in for another shocker.The individuals who have not incapitalC-Jstof installation
Karnataka Electricity Regu- availed any subsidy and ofthesola't power generating
latory Commission (KERC) l':7~20from those. who have ~e~~Il),1(!,to the reduced
cost p(~l;u- modules.
availed subsidy.
set to review tariffs.
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KERChas calledfor objections, which are to be sub~he revision intarif(~,~m~
, mitted before December 16,
poor response from co
.
• for its discussion paper for
, determination of tariff for install solar photovoltaic
'. Grid~Interactive Rooftop '
, and small kilowatt scale so• lar photovoltaic plants in
IY;Bangalore
However, KERC revised
, Karnataka. '
ly'eompany
the
tariff
midway
and
In "additionto the new tariffs, KERC is planning to brought it down to ~8.40a (B '" '," 'was~bleto comunit for individuals without plete ,104 instalhltions in
introduce gross metering
ye8i"'lidtfdMpifehighel'tiir"I', and put a cap on generation subsidy. Now it is further
of solar energy by individual revisingthe rates to ~6.51per iffsand bettersubsidy, it has
unit. The rate will be accord- managed to reach an in: consumers.
The state government en- ingly revised for consumers stalled capacity of 2,4 MW
visaged solar power genera- without subsidy. Also the against its target.of 100 MW.
Energy expert M G Prab_ ~on ofaround 200 MWfrom r subsidy for consumers in-
by Nltlndra Bandyopadhyay
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hakar said, "The scheme
failed to pick up as the state
government did not promote
it The revision'intariffs will
only result in poor response
from consumers willing to
install solar photovoltaiceell
(SPV)panels."
KERC has also proposed
to end the net metering system and bring in gross metering for consumers with
solar power generating systerns.
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The state till date had the
highest tariffs for solar power generators and it elaims
.that highertariff Was a big
bindran~forsupply companies buYingpower.
The KERCpaper suggests
that many consumers are
intending to install small solarpowerplan.tsfarinexcess
of their sanctioned load.·For
example, as per the data furnished by BESCOMvide its
letter dated 1August. an installation with 100 KWsanctioned load and consuming
only637units a month on an
average, is proposing to install soo KW rooftop/small
solar plant and would be ex- .
porting 59,363units a month
on net metering basis.
Similarly,a consumerwith
sanctioned bad of 1KW intends to instill SRTPVof 100
KW which would result in
pumping a large quantity of
net metered energy into the
grid. This disparity between
the sanctioned and the installed capacity is resulting
in disproportionately large
surplus energybeingpumped
into the grid under the net
metering arrangement.
However, Prabhakar said,
"It is not a crime for an individual to earn by generating
power and the stat~is under
the reney.'abl~ power purchase obligation rules. ,the
capping of power generation
is against the norm and it
will work as a major deterrent for consumers in installingSRTPVs."
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energy technolQ9Y in ~ffortS to
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from countries. '~()mpanies
wo,~d be tn ~Ile tens 'of billions
of doHars, according to the
f~;ner I):;.gl,dernrrient official,
who I" familiar with the initiativp.,anj a document obtained
by t,'1eAP. The money would be
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geared'toward research and
" development of techAologies,
" such a~ ener~I}'storage that
'cl)uld make cle¥ pt-Ner f,-;ml
wind and solar more us,)ble
regapjless of weather vagaries. '
,"They i,' -: committed to making
increased ir:ve-trnents in exist"Ing technoioQies and new
breakthrough tec~nologies to
lower the cost of emi,>~iQns
, reductions," the tc-;;,er uS
government official
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former offir.iJ! sald what's
especi~ily importcll'lt to
Gat'"~ is the ic:leaof all~viating
energY-.I,)oyerty.That in.cludes
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The electricity distribution network in Bengaluru is at least 20
years old, and this network is now being upgraded
by the State government.
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lagu<!d with power supply
and road infrastructure issues, Bengaluru has had a bad
year. However, the govetl;ment seems to have woken up
to the need to focus on the
largest city in the state and
has started addressing some
of the major infrastructure
problems.
The electricity distribution
network for the city is a[ least
20 years old and this network
is now being upgraded by the
government across the State.
The total outlay for these
works is Rs.5,100 crore and it
will be used for the upgradation of lines and the installa, tion of new sub-stations to
,cater to the demand.
The next few years will see
the addition of nearly 3100
mega watt of power' as the
Yermarus (1600 MW) station,
Edlapura {SOO MW) station
and the third unit of the Bellary Thermal Power Station
(700 MW) come on stream.
To evacuate this power, three
major 400 kV stations are being planned at Kalaburagi.
Chikanayakanahalli and Ballari. Recently, the Government also inaugurated three
new industrial areas in Nan-
t,.·_',
jangud taluk with a total land
area of 2,315 acres which will
be developed by the Karnataka Industrial Aress Developrnent Board,
The areas are expected to
provide jobs to 25,000 people
at an investment uf Rs.l5,OOO
crore.
As part of its land bank project, the Government also has
around 40,000 ao;:res of land
bank available for industrial
projects. A total of 87 infrastructure proj-;c(s with 2. combined value of Rs.8~',51S.77
crore are underway in Kamataka apd transportation
projects are leading the way with
llound
52· projects worth
Rs.36,237
crore' currentiy
underway.
Key focus areas for the state
are agri-infrastructure,
ener- I
gy and urban and municipal
infrastructure. In the coming I
years, the focus will be on so- I
cial infrastructure, education I
and health according to In. dustrks Department officials.
- Around 50 packages have i
also been launchedior 10,000 Ii
kIn of core road network
throughout the state to assist !
industry. Eight of these pack" I
ages 0£130253 km of roads are
under implementation
cur- I
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Battery-powered homes
f ElonMusk'svisionof millionsof households
producingalltheir own power becomes a reality,
it willprobablyhapp?n first in Germany.Butile will
face a battle for market share against localfirms
with years of experience in renewableenergy.
Musk'sTesla,best knownfor its electric cars,
sparkedglobalinterest in the idea of self-pow~red
homes in April,when it said it wouldstart seiling
lithium-ionbatteries for households next year.The
batteries connect to solar panels on the roofof a
house and aim to storeen~owe~fIie
day to drivekettles arltiwas;mac:esat
night,
raisingthe prospect that households one day Will be
able to relyfullyon cleali ener:y. --: Reuter~
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Paris: 'Prune Minister NarendraModiand French President
Francois Hollande will launch
a global solar alliance on Monday to kick off the two-week
long UN-sponsored climate
change negotiations in Paris,
India has been the key force
working to bring together J 20odd countries for Internation ..1.!
Agency for Solar 'Iechnologiss
& Applications (INSTA),marking its commitment to both col.
laboraxivs action and adopting
a cleaner developmentpath,
Described as potentially r.
"true game changer" by host
France's ambassador for elimate change 'Laurence Tubiana, the solar alliance indicates
India is interested in moving
away from traditional fossil
fuel energy systems, To this
end, it is looking at collabcrations, and not handouts or aid,
,tomake the transiuon,
"The solar alliance brings tcgethercountriesthathavehig.'1
solar resource, which have
been relativelyunderexploited,
and represents "llarge market
for solar technology,"said Ajay
Mathur, senlor negotiator and ,
India's principal spokesperson
, for the Paris summit. "The idea
is that larger markets and big-
ger volumes will lead to lower
costs making it possibleto spur
demand," he said.
The alliance will bring countries locatedwithin the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn on a
single platform. These typically have high solar resource,
some with as many as 300 days'
of sunshine. At the same time,
many of these countries have
high levels of energy poverty
The alliance proposesto bridge
this gap.In doing so, it endeavours to address the lackof energy access, and create economic
OPP0rtunitiesin a manner that
is clean and sustainable.
It will include,countries from
!Idoptionof
the alliance
monisation of
developingstandards ,'.. products and. processes. and procurementmethods.
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Lauding the alliance,aspokesperson of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),
an intergovernmentalorganisa_
tion focusedon transitioning to
a sustainable energy, future,
said, "IRENA commends PM
.ModiandIndiaforthis initiative
the African continent, China, which.further demonstrates a
Australia, United States, and strong commitment-to renewhost of the :lOll? UN-sponsored able energy. The agency looks
climate change talks, France, ' forward to collaborating as the
TheUnitedNationshas keenin- alliance takes further shape." ,
terest to join the alliance as a As ET earlier reported, New
foundingmember.
Delhi has already indicated it
India will organlse a two-hour ' will commit abou.t·~ million
meeting in Paris on Tuesday to ' ..to set up the alliance headquartake the al1ianc(lforward.
ters in the country and to meet
INSTA will work to increase recurringcosts for the first five
investments in solar technolo- years. The government is also
giesandapplir.:atfonsthatfocus working to build a corpus of
on income generation for the about $400million, drawn from
poor, pa!"ti.cularlyin rural ar- membership fees, eontrihueas. It will in partnership with tions from bilateral and multimember countries and other in- lateral.agencies. The interest
stitutions developprojects and on the corp,
'.us will be. ~
JP
programmes to promote solar meettherecurringco~
'Indif6bs~~hallenge to conference
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PARIS: If any single c·}u~try Ind".aargues ihat,its "
since 1850,shows th~t the US
embodies the challenge of
is responsible for a third of the
reaching an agree~ent a~the enduring povertY
total, Europe and the other ~e, climate conference m Pans on ensures that Indians
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In addition, India says I~Will '
the next 15years.
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make huge investments tn. reWhat is more, unhke vututonnes. the average
newabletechnologies.It ~
allyeveryothercountryatt~dJapanese for 10.4
to have the most ambltl<?us
ing the Paris conferenc~.,.-m- tonnes and the average plansto deve!opsolar and ~d
eluding the two bl~gest
European for 7.4
power irt ~~C world, plannmblg
to add 175GWs of renewa e
polluters, th e US an d Chinatonnes. The world
India has not set a future cap
power by 2022.
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on emissions; let alone pro- average Is4.9 tonnes
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posed cuts.
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New Delhi: On the eve of the
Paris climate summit, PM
Narendra ,Modi on Sunday
held up the example of Noor
Jahan from Kanpur w!?-o
formed a group of women
engaged in making and renting solar lanterns, and he also urged farmers not to burn
crop residue and instead use
It asorgenicmanure. ..
"One Noor Jahan IS mspiring everyone else.. J:Ier
name also signifies giving
light to the world," the PM
said inhis 'Mann ki Baat' radio address. Noor Jehan has
set up a factory of solar
lamps. These lamps lID:! rentedoutto about 500households
for Rs 100 each per month
while the charging costs
aboutRs 3-4 dally,the PMsaid.
"Her work can be an inspiration for all those want to fight
climate change," he added.
Urging people to adopt
measures for energy conservation and efflciency so that
global warming was avoided Modi said the governm~nt was running a number
of schemes, like LED bulbs,
and asked people to take ad
..
One Hoor Jahan is
inspiring everyone else.
Her name also signifies
giving light to the world.
_Her work can be an
inspiration for all
those want to fight
climate change
NARENDRA MODI
PrimeMinister
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vantage of these. He also
said it was everyone's i-esponsibility to combat the
challenge of climatechange,
He also held up the example of one LfavedAhmed who,
disabled after a terror attack,
has engaged in social work.
This is the third instance
in recent weeks that the PM
ha s held up examples of per ....
sons from the Muslim community to highlight how individuals are making a
difference to society.
, Modi also 'expressed
sympathy for the people. of
Tamil Nadu who were facing
hardships due to :Qoods.
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happens,
havreall); ~:gre!SSi've
research project in solar energy,
to new cutting-edge technology ill,'tne neia ana aiso
fully absorb advanced technologies that others produce.
Yet, it would be a mistake to put allour cliIitaiElcrumge
' fighting eggs in the solar basket.
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India must be equally aggressive, if not more, in exploring clean coal technologies, to exploit the country's
most abundantly available fossil fuel in the least damagingfashion. The technology options arenot Iimtted to going ultracritical with power plants, so as to double ther.mal etflciency and deploying high'quality filters and precipitators and
catalytic converters to miniinise emlsston of greenhouse gases from thermal plants. Another route is to convert coal into natural gas, preferably
in.~itu,and burn the gas in combinedcycle plants to raise thermal efficiency to close to 60%. Experiments are on elsewhere in the
, world to crack natural gas, that is, separate the molecules of carbon and hydrogen that combine to form methane, and use hydrQgen as fuel. When hydnlgen burns,
the output is heat and water. Some try to use biotechnology to raise sunlight-to-food conversion in photosynthesis. Others seek to'grow tough plant fibre, absorbing carbon dioxide in the process, and use the fibre to reinforce
concrete. Nuclear fission and fusion remain attractive
research propositions for the future.
Apart from energy Source, India has to'also focus on
how cities are planned to minimise commutes and to
maximise use of public transport for the commute that
cannot be avoided. As India urbanlses fast, ho~
it is
planned will determine our carbon footprnw
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The best outcome at COP21will be one where governments acknowledge the r~alit~iof the climate
challenges they all face and build mutual trust around their stated national commitments
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mitmenl s drn:'of'lstraleIndia'sdeterminat ion to make genuine progress in ltmiting
ib~l'ecnh()llsel$.lSemissic~\soverti.me.
India's INIlCshaveto be seen in the light
If its pn )pmuon. telysmall contribution to
1(100.1 horoenhouseg;.s emissions. Despite
havingclrneto~% 0{ thewc,rld's popula.
tion, India only accounts for.' % of t:istori· toenergySClUI'CeS,of
which themostea~ily
cal global emis.;;ons.And while itsat-:gte- accessibleandplentifuliscoal.
gate emissio; currently aocount for just
OCortunately, C"Jal.firecj.powel'
isone uL
under6%of .. ,nualglobalemissions,mak· tPtemaprcorun6U1Ol'Sto greenhouse ga.
inglndiathethird.highes,greenhouseWlS -1!IIIISSlOns, and over 60% of lndi:b i!f'ee·
emitter inthe woriC, II';";is still significant· 1I'ieity generauon IScurrenlly pc,weredby
Iylower than its share A globalpopu1ation coal Thesolutiontothiscomm<L"Im i,for
would warrant, Acknowledgment that India to migrate to a low carbon gmwth
India's percapitanumbersare lowis~,eyto future, which requires the rapid adopt ion
the Indian posiL~n,
of newrenewablepowl'rtechnologi,,,,th:1'
i,
Succef";'iveIndian governments have
maintacne<lthe "",ition that India has a
silPlificant development deficit, reflected
in the fact that lbe country accounts for
over 30% of the global poor population.
with hundreds 0{ millions 0{ pea Ie
.
ing access to e ec IClty m tM~gtld,._
~growthandthe
creation of at least 12 million jobs f!!Very
yearforthemnumbersO{ yoongJrid!an<;'
enteringthe world'orcewillrequireaccess
.
.U'iif aev&'f
he UN·brokered
21st
Confurenceo{ Partles(COP21)
inParisthisweekrepresen18a
.
milestone opportunity for
reaching an international agreement to
limit future global warming to 2QCabove
the pre-industrial era. Unless we do that,
global warming will have pOtnntiallycatastrophicoonseqoc-ncesfurusandfurfuture
generations. India, alongside over 100 other countries, has announced i18Intended
Nationally I:etermined Contributions
(tNDCs), with threekeymeasurablecom·
mitments to the effect that India will reduce theemissions intensity of its GDP by
33·35 % by 2000 from 2005 levels, achieve
40% cumulative electric power installed
capacity from non-fossil fuel-basedresources hv 2030, and cr-e.ate an additional
carbon s.ill<of 2.:;",\bilhcn tonnes of carbondioxideoq.tr-a1entthroUJl1add:tionai
forest and" ee cover by 2030. These com-
CLEAMlIIC;UP DUMACT
. in-
.f<;matiOI1IIl
are appearing on I he scene, sueh a~ Ilt 1tt
techniques tohanu-.;'. ~)I.lrp(Jwt.·!~
wi'ul.
nuclear energy. <' ':id major .met In ~:;()r
hydelprojects,Ad, p!.',n ,~' IWW doan co,,1
technologies, such as ultra'super critlr.al
thermal power technology, can Ills" help
reduceemissiollS.Old, inetllcientaJl<!po!.
lutingthermal power installations largely
In the hands of the public sector are good
candidates for replacement with ultra·
modern technology.
IrtImediate adoption of all of these al·
ready available techno:ogies wo.lid allow
commitments tb r¢ew,raising fears in
Indiathatthenextstepwouldentailpena1ties for non-fu)filment c( targets that will
bemade~~Inthecur.
rent envIrolunent. with developed conn,
,tries conftvntedwith Weak.d<mestic.economic~ndi~
Jndia'scause may be
. best served w~.It to outline specific
proposals [or utilising the large financial flows towards technology transfer
thatdevelopedcountrleshavepromised.
'l'bat is the ~
there 1>; aIr!la<lyfQll'
slderable interest in some o[ India's recent. initlatl~ fQWard$ expanding its.
renewables base, especially solar, and
'the prime minister's expected an,
nouncement atParis 0[" grand solar
alltance of all countries between the
Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn,
India's stated intention 0{ deveiopinglW
.GWrK soiarcapacitybyaJ22wouldmake it
the largest solar power pi'oducer ir: the
wo1,1d.More s1ich inifuttives, including in
. areas like v.ind pawi!S; .1lIclearpowI.'I; and
India tole!lpfi:o[ageneratioc;:l poil'lting smart citieS with rapid masstransit 00sed
1Echnologit'SanJdirectlymov,toa1ovi'car· oncleanfuel, would capturathe public lm- .
bon future. However, this ,hill wonld re- aginatiro. Thiswoulda]sushittfucusav.ay
quire significant financial resources, fi'om purely rbetorical aI'!;uments armmd
Delivering the commitments outlined i.l'l climate justice and equity that, absent
thecurrent :~'DCslii,self expec'..ed tocos! chin.a's endorsement, would potentially
India d mas;jve $'l;l tr:Jlion between now fall on deaf ears in the developedworld.
Asthe·"IOrld],poksforclarityandcertain·
and:ml,Additionalspendingiseffectively
ty 0{ international commitments at Paris
J'uledoutrorthepresent-unIesssupport·
to
address the issue 0{ climate change, the
00 by (cchnolog:.-transferand sjgnifir.ant
financial t1r:"':~,from·overseas.This is best outcome would be one where govern
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temperature under control, advocating u.seof solar energy; says impact of fast-changing climate felt in TN rains
by Pradlp R Sagar
New Delhi: On a day when
protesters linked hands in
Paris, giving an emotional jolt
to world leaders flying into the
French capital to try and save
Earth from climate catastrophe, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi said it was the responsibility of all to ensure that the
Earth's temperature did not
rise as global warming was already creating disasters like
the recent heavv rainfall in
Chennai. He alsoaskedpeople
to go for solar appliances to
avoid global wanning.
Speaking in his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat
on AIR hours before leaving to
attend the global meet on elimate change in Paris, Modi
recalled his proposal for setting
up a SAARCdisaster response
mechanism and said the recently held 'table talk exercise
and best practices seminar' in
Delhi was a good beginning in
this regard.
"We keep receiving news
about the natural disasters'
from every comer of the world.
Such are the, tragedies which
have never been heard earlier
or imagined. We are nowexpe-
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contributing in their own way.
he cited the case of one Noor
NARENDRA MODI MAY HOLD A BILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S.
Jehan of Kanpur, who wasapPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON THE SIDELINES OF SUMMIT
patently not much educated,
but had set up a factory of solar
" 'lalteins' (lamps). These laIteins' were rented out to about
500 households for <tOO '~ach
per month while the charging
cost about \3-4 daily, he said.
. in the context of climate
change, a caller from Jalandhar highlighted the problem of
burning of crop residue.
Responding to this. Modi
said the problem was not eonfined to Punjab and Harvana,
riencing the impact of fastprogramme. His emphasis on' but was there all over the counchanging climate, In our own the responsibility of al I as- try as farmers found it ~(J be the
country, massive rains recent- sumes significance as the de- easiest way to dispose of the
Iy hit Tamil Nadu and caused veloped world is placing great-crop
residue. He asked farmers
losses to it as well as other
er onus on developing nations to have a rethink on this while
States. Several people lost their like India on climate change.
telling them that the residue
lives. I offer my condolences to
While asking people to take could be used as fertilizer.
them," he said.
advantage of various gu' ernModi noted that till about 15
"The whole world is wonied
ment schemes like LED bulbs, years ago, the natural disaster
about climate change. There
Modi also asked them to adopt W,IS seen cnlv in the context of
are discussions everywhere
measures for energy concerva- crop failure due to drought.
over it and concerns are being ticn and energy efficiency.
"1~1!1now its form has changed.
expressed. There is acceptance
Giving examples of how We haw to build capacities at
for it (climate change) as an some common people were all levels." he said. MORE: P10
index before any work is done.
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Talkingabout the Chennai
rains, Prime Minister Modi
said while the State government was trying to tide over
the situation, the Centre was
working shoulder-to-shouder with it. He expressed
confidence that the State
wi!! keep moving forward
despite this crisis.
I1t'
Clean Energy fund
to create the Cle,arl,~q¢rg¥;,~Mi~,
described as the largest such effort in history
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In a blogpost in .July,Gates wrote: "Ifwe
create the right environment for in.
' .J: ,,(c(i.;askednot to be inentified because they
novation, we C<iil accelerate the pace of
Wasblngton: Bill Gates will a~.'; "i~!'Hwe~ not authorised to discuss the fund.
progress, develop,angdeploy new solunounce the creatlcn of a mulUQP. c , ,', TManMuncement of the fund, which
tlons, and eventually proVideeveryone,
lion-dollar clean energy fund on «., y"ha,s'thejoint backing of the governments with reliable, affordable energy that is .. ?"
Monday at the opening of aParisY)!'" .Ofibe United States, China, India and
carbon free. Wecan avoidthe worst ell- '.',
summit meeting intended to forge a, ' other countries, the peoplesaid. is inmate-change scenarios while alsoUfting' Ii
global accord to c';ltplanet,war~ing .'."tended to)!:iv~
momentum to the twopeopleout of poverty,growing foodmore
emlsstons, according to people.with
~eek Pans climate talks.
efficiently andsavingUves byreducing
knowledge of the plans.
Aspokesman for the Bill and Melinda
pollution."
T~e fund, which one of the people de- Gates Foundation did not respond to a reo "Bill's been making this point for years,
scribed as the largest such effort in his- quest for comment.
,
and he's goingto make it more smphattory,is meant to pay for research and de- If·successful,the Paris meeting could
ically in Paris, said Hal Harvey chief of
velopment of new.cl~an-energy .
spur a fundamental shift to the use of r"
Energy Innovation, an energy consul- '
t~chnologies. It wi:ll~cl~de contrlbunewable energy (':oUI
ces sJlchas wmd
tancy garvey noted that at the core ofthe
tions from other billlonaires and philan- '!mil~
"l'hissummer, Gates
emerging Paris agreement are plans and
thropies, as wellas a commitment by the p1e'Qgedtospend $1!:JilllOnof his person- pledgesalready put forth by more than
United Sta~esand ?ther partlcial fo. tune on researching and deploying 170countries. "If youtote up the plans,
patmg na~lOnsto double clean energy terhnology,but the people
yousee a very significant demand signal,
theirbudgetfor
with knowledgeof his plans said the new and Bill wants to see that wemeetthat
clean energy re- funo. would include larger commitments. cheaply,"he said 1-NYTN~
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cora. D.venpoi~ -: .: " "',,,\' ,,'peoplewith knowledgeof the plans, who
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G..ANAl'rrHAKRlSHNAN 't"beinglP~debycountries
, .with sr~fltant emissions
pAI1S:.As a signal ofIndia'$ ,"" 'inc;:lUdlil.glndiato reduce
own resolve toaet on the
·'theirearbon use, are seen
emissiQQ8issu~, Prime"
L,' "~$,keY:lIteps
that can aid the
, Ministe}';~"endraMQ4i ,ij; :rparis process.
.'
,: wmiItaugUrateth~ solat .. " '"" "There is little doubt that'
...al!iance Of touptt~ with: ' pa~i$ will be a success,"
f the mjl~llote.nt~:to'
,iifaid an official in the Indian
tap the sun's eoa, '.an~,,"~"' delegati()B.The voluntary
also de ver his aMres&,a$' • pledges indicate a bottompart of the Leader$,Eventat . up.approach to cut emissthe U.N. climate¢~ange ..',' ions which will help an
conference begiJ:ming te! ;agreement to be adopted.
on Monday.
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On the issue of raising
The voluntary pledges
.'i4nds,t() h,elpdeveloping
4F
countries mitigate thei{~, 'LMinister Piyush Goyal, who
carbon emissions, and ~~lp ri.js also in Paris, said no
,communities ad~pt W '.... )or spec;fic climate funding
climate change .
.
c,had come t.1 India so far,
.consequences, Ministerior ' "although several countries
Environment and Forests ; were interested in
,Prakash JaVadekarsaid
.oxtending assim.nce.
here on Sunday thatthis
Funding iJoor countries
was easily achievable if
with 100billion dollars a
rich countries taxed their
year by 2020 is oneof the
coal use as India did, at the
decided l1.ct;onsunder the
rate of about 4 four dollars
UNFCCC, although only
a toone.
pledges totalling about ten
During a recent
billion have ,:omdn so far.
interaction with an online
Moreo"er, in the United
audience, Union Power
States, there is little
support fer funds being
given for emission cuts
aoroact.
On the lia£ure of the
agreement that is like!~'~o
erol"rgein Paris, UNFCCC
exec:u~ivesecretary
Christiana Figueres Said
recently that it would take
into account "a much more
complex reality [unlike the
peril,d of the Kyoto
Protocol] and it would be
legally binding but hav4
different components' with
":ifferent nature of binding
commitments.
U.S. secretary of State
John Kerry had said that
the Paris outcome would
not be a legally binding
tr~aty, apparently hinting
at the difficulty of getting
such a deal through t,lleU.S.
Congress. Mr. Kerry' is '
expected to stay in Paris
during the Conference for
negotiations, unljj{ethe
experience inCopenhagen
in 2009 wh~n world leaders
were seen as intery:efii~g
too late. ~/"
W~J~ptInGroup··Likely··to·····s·(;if"ofi
ItsRencwables Euetgy Business .~
Coseeks to trim. debt amid concerns of a fall in solar power prices htJrtlnglllargil1;'apPoints.Barclays to 10okforbuYeJ ",
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Melha Mandavlar. BalJu Kalesh
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Mumbai: TheWelspun Group has put its
renewables energy business on the-block
and has appointed British bank Barclaysto
look for a buyer, two people with direct
knowledge of the plan said. as the pipe-totextile maker seeks to trim debt amid concerns of a fallinsolar power prices hurting
its margln.
.
"The process has just begun/"said one of
the people. "Some overseas strategic investors have shown preliminary
interest." The $3 billion group, controlled by btl
lionai.re BK i, Goenka, generates.· 494
megawatt (MW) trom renewable sources
and has plans to commlsslon 1,000 MW by
the end of tlscal2016. One of the early Indian companies. to bet on solar energy. the
group has in~eciroughly
t'5,000 crore in
the past eight years in the segment. The renewables business, which mostly comprises solar, but also has a small percentage of
windoperations,nowhasanenterpriseval~
ue of nO,OOOcrore. incl.ucUngfEi,500crore of
debt, aseniorcompany.xecutivesaid.
Vineet Mittal. vice-cha1rman of Weispun
Renewable$. denleri
group baS put the
businessuP.."sale.butsaidtbeCQDPUlY
is seekingtotaiselD()llllf fn:lQi
"Today there liremUltiple optionS to hl,l.:>e
money, especially 'poSt;,the· governments
push and vlston to powera clean and a
green India with a focus on solar," he said
inan~maUresponSeET's'queries.
u.,
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The Group has recently sold its sponge
iron making unit to JSW Steel and two
ready-to-build coal-fired power plants to
the Adam Group to raise money and pay
back debt. The two people who spoke to ET
said the latest move to sell the solar bustness, housed under Welspun Energy; is a
part of Welspun's plan to further trim debt.
It comes also at a time when there are concerns about falling solar power prices
hurting the return on capttalemploved bs'
companies like Welspun.
In NO"iember, American renewable ener-
gy company Sun Edison won a bid to supply
the cheapest solar power in the country at
N.63 per kilowatt-hour from a 500MW proJ~t in Andhra Pradesh. The previous lowest was about 1!'5.05per unit by a project in
Madhya Pradesh by Canadian company
Sky Power. Coal-fired power costs between
'!'l.50 and 1!'58 unit. Welspun's solar power is
priced t'&7 a unit. .
Many sollil'~P6~r producers who paid
higher prices for solar panels. land and
technoJ0gy
~g
the pain of lower
tariff no
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