National Initiatives
India’s renewable energy programme is a good example of a national initiative.
Both biogas and wind have emerged as significant and dependable renewable
energy sources. The Indian government is offering to help finance the capital
costs of community biogas plants and the early stages of operation and
maintenance. The government set a target of 120 new community and institutional
biogas plants for 1991–92 (India, 1992a). Among the developing countries,
India is moving forward with an ambitious programme that now includes over
250 installed wind turbines at 12 locations, with a capacity of more than
45 megawatts. The government has set a target of 3,000 megawatts of capacity
by the year 2000. Under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Energy’s Department
of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, India has undertaken a comprehensive
survey of its wind energy resources. Environmental audits have also been
carried out at all refineries as part of energy conservation programmes
(TERI, 1992).
Regional Initiatives
The SACEP Strategy and Programme (SPR-1, 1992–96) includes regional co-operation
in energy and environment as one of the 15 priority subject areas (SACEP,1992).
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