Solar energy costs to beat fossil fuels, as China, Japan introduce feed in tariff
“The likelihood that Japan will follow China in rolling out major policy incentives to scale up renewable energy production is an exciting prospect. The demand created by these two Asian giants could well provide the global tipping point that accelerates the emergence of renewables as cost-competitive or indeed cost-beating alternatives to fossil fuel power generation.”
Japan’s Feed In Tariffs Could Accelerate Global Solar Grid Parity, Renewable Energy News, 24 Aug 11,. New legislation in place in China and laws about to be enacted in Japan could be the global tipping point for renewables achieving grid parity with fossil fuel based power generation sooner than most expected. Continue reading
Doubts about the safety of India’s nuclear energy programme
How safe is India’s nuclear energy programme?A. Gopalakrishnan in his recent article said, “DAE management classified the audit reports as ‘top secret’ and shelved them. No action was taken on the committee’s findings. LiveMint.com,23 Aug 11,”M. P. Ram Mohan Continue reading
Nuclear power plans scrapped by government, West Bengal, India
West Bengal government rules out Haripur nuclear project, THE HINDU 18 Aug 11 The West Bengal government has ruled out the nuclear power plant at Haripur in the State’s Purba Medinipur district.Replying to questions in the Assembly here on Wednesday, State Power Minister Manish Gupta said the government had decided to scrap the proposal. The government had no plans for the present to set up nuclear plants elsewhere in the State….
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been maintaining that Haripur is not the proper place for a nuclear power plant as it was a densely populated area and fishermen in the region would be affected.
When in the Opposition, Ms. Banerjee had vowed that her party would scrap the project if it came to power……http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2366598.ece
Delay for India’s Jaitapur nuclear power project
First phase of Jaitapur nuclear project may be delayed by 1 year, Business Standard, 15 Aug 11, Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 15, 2011, The commissioning of the first phase of the 9,900-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra is likely to be delayed by a year, since the developer, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), would first have to upgrade and strengthen the safety applications in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
The first evolutionary pressurised reactor (EPR) of 1,650 Mw would be operational in 2018-19 instead of the originally planned 2017-18. French nuclear energy firm Areva was asked by the country’s nuclear safety regulatory authority ASN to conduct a safety audit after the Fukushima disaster. The audit is expected to be completes by September….
Something hidden in USA – India nuclear technology deal
Government must clear mist about nuclear deal The New Indian Express, 11 Aug 11, “.…..S M Krishna’s latest statement in Parliament ….. His claim that new guidelines issued by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), banning transfer of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technologies to countries that do not sign Nuclear Proliferation Treaty do not negate NSG’s 2008 ‘clean waiver’ shows that the government continues to remain in a state of self-delusion. ……
As the gap between the prime minister’s assurances to Parliament before inking the nuclear deal and the reality keeps widening, it is clear that India was misled at the time of signing the deal. A bland, vague and simplistic statement from Krishna is not enough to dispel genuine concerns voiced by the Opposition as well as security experts that there was something hidden in the India-US civil nuclear deal. The government must now come out with a white paper on the subject and explain its position to Parliament and the people…http://expressbuzz.com/opinion/editorials/government-must-clear-mist-about-nuclear-deal/303299.html
India’s National Green Tribunal wants study of nuclear radiation’s effects
The occurrence of adioactive substances from the sites of Thermal Power Plants in India have been been reported widely. A recent study by National Geophysical Laboratory found high quantity of nuclear radiation in Chandraapur Thermal power plant in Maharashtra. …..
The tribunal has also asked the ministry to study the impact of radiaton on local population who live in close vicinit of the thermal plant. “We have been informed that there is large population residing within 2 to 3 KM from the project site,” the bench said….http://www.hindustantimes.com/Green-tribunal-asks-govt-to-study-nuclear-radiation/Article1-730553.aspx
India’s Jaitapur nuclear ambitions up against the people’s opposition
Regardless of their passionate convictions, the locals haven’t been given a choice in the matter, as the land acquired for the site was forcibly done so. Residents were offered money for their seized property, but many refused to be reimbursed as a form of protest. The government offered 1.5 million rupees ($33,000) per hectare (2.5 acres) and has seized over 2,300 acres, but roughly only 150 of the 2,000+ landowners accepted the money…….
India’s Nuclear Power Future: Tensions Rise As Plans Commence, Green Answers, By Elizabeth Barris , 07/28/2011 Jaitapur is one of India’s most productive agricultural ports, renowned for Alphonso mangoes, cashews, and its abundant fishing industry. Although many homes lack electricity, life is good for villagers, who thrive on fruit and fish exports. But this way of life is threatened by the Indian government’s plans to build the world’s largest nuclear power plant on forcibly-acquired farmland. The people of Jaitapur are not happy about this at all, and since Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi disaster, tensions are running higher than ever. Continue reading
India not giving in to USA pressure to change its Nuclear Liability Law
“Government cannot tinker with Liability Law”, THE HINDU, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, 22 JULY 11, India feels the civil nuclear logjam with the United States is out of the political realm because it will be difficult for the government to substantially tinker with its Liability Law despite suggestions to this effect by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference here on Tuesday.
Ms. Clinton raised hackles here when she suggested that India get its Liability Law vetted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) so that it “fully conforms” to the international Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Nuclear Damage.
Washington feels that two provisions in the Indian law have prevented two U.S. companies — GE and Westinghouse — from opening talks on setting up six civil nuclear plants each. The potential business opportunity is estimated at over $ 50 billion, the highest-ever for the two companies outside their home country.
……..we had a problem with her message,” said officials. Ms. Clinton had suggested India approach the IAEA to establish whether its Liability Law was in harmony with the CSC. “This is because the Americans were 100 per cent sure that the IAEA would suggest changes,” they added…..http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2282626.ece
India’s ambitious nuclear energy program might fall apart
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N-deal with Japan in limbo, Ashok Tuteja/TNS, The Tribune, New Delhi, July 17 ….Setback for India n Tokyo has decided to suspend talks with India and four other countries concerning the sale of N-power equipment and technology after Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s recent declaration that he wants to phase out the use of nuclear energy. n If the deal is called off, it will be a major jolt to India’s ambitious civil nuclear energy programme. India and Japan have been negotiating a nuclear agreement since June last year. Top officials of the two countries have so far held two rounds of talks. n If Japan pulls out, American and French nuclear majors too would find it difficult to enter the Indian nuclear market. They can’t sell N-plant technology to India without the approval of the Japanese industry. |
India wants, with Canada, to export nuclear reactors
India courting Canada for partnership to sell nuclear reactors, The Star, 17 July 11 OTTAWA — India is pursuing a potentially lucrative partnership with Canada to sell nuclear reactors in new markets, The Canadian Press has learned.
India’s ambitious aspiration, if realized, would represent a dramatic new phase in a landmark agreement it signed last year with Canada on civilian nuclear co-operation…..
A key technical aspect of the civil nuclear deal still has to be worked out before it is formally ratified by Canada. An independent monitoring system must be put in place that would prevent India from diverting the uranium to its nuclear weapons program.
Last year, Singh pledged that India would not exploit this new deal to repeat what it did in the early 1970s: use technology from a Candu reactor it purchased from Canada to develop a nuclear weapons program.
Suspend Jaitapur nuclear plant, extend liability for reactor suppliers
Accusing the UPA government of not being transparent on the issue of nuclear power, Mr. Karat said it had “failed” to take people into confidence, especially after the nuclear crisis in Japan.
Mr. Raja demanded that the nuclear liability law be reformed to extend the liability to the supplier in case of design defect.
Left demands suspension of work at Jaitapur nuke project, MUMBAI, juillet 13, 201, THE HINDU, The Left parties on Wednesday demanded immediate suspension of work at the proposed 9900 mw Jaitapur nuclear power project and said it favoured an independent review of existing nuclear installations in the country. Continue reading
India wants USA to agree to it enriching uranium
Hillary Clinton to visit India, nuclear waiver, AfPak tops agenda, The Economic Times, 8 July 11–– NEW DELHI: Amid anxieties about new guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India will press the US for the transfer of sensitive technologies to enable full civilian cooperation when secretary of state Hillary Clinton comes to New Delhi for a strategic dialogue July 18.
Clinton will be on a three-day visit for the second strategic dialogue, with external affairs minister S.M. Krishna, said well-placed sources…. Continue reading
India not happy with restrictions on nuclear technology purchases
The guidelines restrict the sale of such technology to countries which, like nuclear-armed India, have not signed up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
India sees the move as a challenge to the waiver from NSG rules — negotiated by the United States — that the country was granted in 2008.
Companies from France, Russia, the United States and Japan are competing for a slice of the $175 billion India plans to spend on nuclear reactors, and Rao hinted that a willingness to provide technology transfers would be a factor in awarding contracts…….http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jkXesvZlAN_8w4o-iAseAmj42rUA?docId=CNG.a2927e2a2a9f66d6246282cccdc54dd8.651
Decentralised solar energy boom taking off in India
solar technology presents an elegant and immediate solution to powering everything from light bulbs and heaters to water purifiers and pumps…….most new grid capacity will be sucked up by industry, leaving little for the poor who live in off-grid desert outcrops, mountain hamlets and jungle villages like Nada. For them, the surest way to get electricity anytime soon may be to get a solar panel and make it themselves.
Fuel for solar boom could come from rural India, where thousands give up on grid, buy panels, Washington Post, 2 July 11 “……….Across India, thousands of homes are receiving their first light through small companies and aid programs that are bypassing the central electricity grid to deliver solar panels to the rural poor. Those customers could provide the human energy that advocates of solar power have been looking for to fuel a boom in the next decade.
With 40 percent of India’s rural households lacking electricity and nearly a third of its 30 million agricultural water pumps running on subsidized diesel, “there is a huge market and a lot of potential,” said Santosh Kamath, executive director of consulting firm KPMG in India. “Decentralized solar installations are going to take off in a very big way and will probably be larger than the grid-connected segment.”…… Continue reading
India’s North Eastern States call for renewable energy funding
North Eastern ministers call for 90% funding The Assam Tribune Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI, July 2 – The Power Ministers of the NE States have called for 90 per cent funding from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the renewable energyprojects in the region.
The Power Ministers also sought help for preparing the State-specific action plans forrenewable energy. They were participating in a meeting convened by New andRenewable Energy Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah to review the implementation of renewable energy policies and programmes in the NE States, here in Delhi today. The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya and the Power Ministers of other NE States, senior officials from the ministry and the State governments.
Official sources said that Dr Abdullah agreed for getting the resource mapping of solar, wind and micro and small hydro projects prepared for these States. The States in the region have also been advised to put in more efforts for popularization of renewable energy for maximizing use of these technologies. The ministers of NE States would be given opportunities to visit showcase projects within and outside the country…..
It was informed during the meeting that out of 4,965 remote villages to be electrified and illuminated through renewable energy systems in the region, 3,841 villages have been provided solar lights. There are over 160 small and micro hydel projects installed in the NE States with 275 MW aggregate capacities… http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0311/at07
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