Power pinching in the past three years has saved the country electricity worth one ultra mega power plant, or 5,000 mw. What’s more, the country’s avoided power capacity addition has been doubling annually over the past three years.
Energy Efficiency
Suzlons new corporate headquarter One Earth in Pune, which is completely powered by renewable energy, has got Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Platinum certificate.
India is proposing to impose a mandatory fuel efficiency cap, enforce an energy-efficient building code for all public buildings, and push the share of renewables to mitigate climate change.
The global Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is set to look up. The Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) credits issued under CDM would double by 2010, says new research by IDEAcarbon, a carbon rating agency. CERs are issued by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to projects in developing counties for reducing the emission of planet warming greenhouse gases (GHG). Reduction of one tonne of carbon dioxide per year earns one CER.