Green Options » OAPEC http://greenoptions.com/tag/oapec Posts tagged 'OAPEC' Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Towards Sustainablity: What Is India’s Stand On Alternative Energy? http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/03/towards-sustainablity-what-is-indias-stand-on-alternative-energy/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/03/towards-sustainablity-what-is-indias-stand-on-alternative-energy/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:12:21 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/03/towards-sustainablity-what-is-indias-stand-on-alternative-energy/ In the India Energy Conference 2008 just held in New Delhi by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed) reiterated the fact that as one of the fastest growth economies of the world, India’s energy strategy is critical for achieving her development objectives and that government and corporations must improve access to economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sustainable energy sources.

While discussing alternative energy sources, the conference focused on India’s potential for developing alternative energy sources and identified policy imperatives required to push these sources to move the economy towards a sustainable pathway. Specifically the conference focused on prospects of bio-fuels in the light of the controversies on the use of land for food v/s fuel.

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