27 October 2009
"It is first important to understand the particularities of India's energy "system" well. This system is highly heterogeneous and it is necessary to supplement the macroeconomic analysis with a view of the extreme disparities that exist in the distribution and production systems. The macroeconomic principles indeed do not at all reflect the consumption habits of a majority of India's population. The first characteristic of the Indian system is that it has one of the lowest per capita energy consumption rates in the world?"
Gas in India ? Issues, Opportunities and Challenges
"The first is to use a low risk project structure. This will entail an integrated project structure where the pipeline is treated as a single asset. The pipeline will be under a single harmonised legal and regulatory framework and therefore avoid national segmentation and multiple-ownership. The project would maximise effort to integrate and align different parties' interests. This would mean strong country to country commitments. This is a robust framework and it reduces risk of unilateral action..."
OIL & GAS
- Will RIL earn profit by selling gas at $2.34, enquires SC
- Subsidy burden weighs heavy on Gail
- Bengal Energy bags 340,000 acre exploration block off India
- ONGC told to explore option of hiving away Assam asset
- OPEC may boost output at oil over $75, president says
- Iran Oil Co invests in new phases at South Pars
POWER
- Indonesia's cap on coal exports may hit power sector
- Power capacity addition target falls
- Private players could be roped in to boost coal output
- Toshiba, others developing small nuclear reactors
- Hydropower industry braces for glacier-free future
- World's CO2 plan poised to fail, Deutsche Bank says
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