Energy Efficiency Could Save India 183.5 Billion kWh

[bananas]

(That's about 21 gigawatts)

Energy Efficiency Could Save India 183.5 Billion kWh

With an investment of US $10 billion dollars in energy efficiency improvements, India's economy would benefit from its potentially vast annual energy savings of 183.5 billion kilowatt hours, according to a new report from the World Resources Institute (WRI).

“India’s energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030. There is a dramatic need for domestic and international energy efficiency technology providers, service providers, and equipment manufacturers to develop innovative ways to conserve energy,” said Robin Murphy, WRI vice president of external relations.

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The majority of ESCO efficiency projects have payback periods of less than two years, and ESCOs save clients an average of 20 to 25 percent of baseline energy costs. For example, the large and energy-intensive Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai hired Sudnya Industrial Services, an ESCO, to undertake an analysis. The results showed that the air-conditioning system comprised 60 percent of the hospital’s energy usage and that an upgrade was necessary. The entire investment of the hospital to do this upgrade was US$12,000, the annual savings are US$17,000, and the payback time was nine months.

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To reach their conclusions, the authors conducted an extensive survey of more than 90 percent of the ESCOs in India, as well as interviews of various investors, government officials, and clients of ESCOs. Using the findings from this study, WRI is currently working with various banks in India to develop a financial product that will help build investments in energy-efficiency projects performed by ESCOs.

[bluebellbaby]

1. Wouldn't it be nice if it was done here?

I'd love to see some stats on savings here if it were done...

[Dead_Parrot]

2. ZOMG! 2.8%!? That's HUGH!

Given that the average Indian Per Capita consumption was 21.52GJ/yr, in 2003, and the population was 1,065,462,000, that makes 22,928,742,240 GJ/yr, or :
6,369.095 billion kw/h.

0,183.500 billion kw/h saving?

lol.

It is kind of funny - The solar religion quotes percentages when it comes to growth, but avoid it like the plague when it comes to impact.

Why is that, I wonder?

:shrug:

[bananas]

4. BWAHAHA!!! It's 14 times more than their nuclear energy generation!!!!

India only generated 13 Billion kWh from nuclear in 2008.
Stupid pro-nukes religion are full of shit!
:rofl:

edit to add: IAEA PRIS database: http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.powrea.htm?country=IN&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic

[Massacure]

5. It might only be 2.8%, but 185 billion kWh is a lot of energy.

If India were to generated 185 billion kWh less of coal fired power, it would represent 190 million metric tons less of CO2.

185 billion kWh used over a year averages almost 21 gigawatts of power.

[predfan]

3. Just out of curiosity, what effect would solar ovens and solar lanterns have on

those Indian towns?

[bananas]

6. "A bright future with solar lanterns for India’s poor—Women and children benefit most"

Just posted by OKIsItJustMe:
"A bright future with solar lanterns for India’s poor—Women and children benefit most"
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