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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
USAID/INDIA - Climate Change and Clean Energy Programs
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FACT SHEET
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
2000-0084FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rekha Chalasani
Monday, March 20, 2000
- India ranks sixth among greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters globally, and is the second fastest growing GHG producer after China
- India's power sector is largely state-owned. Currently, India relies on poor quality domestic coal for 73 percent of its electricity production.
- India is unable to meet domestic demand for electricity. Some 200 million Indians remain without any electricity.
India is a pivotal player in global efforts to address climate change. Regional cooperation and trade in clean energy offer great potential for advancing sustainable economic development in South Asia, and presents significant opportunities for domestic and international private companies.
USAID's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change are multifaceted:
The recently authorized $50-million South Asian Regional Initiative for Clean Energy (SARI) will aid in building the ability of India, Bangladesh, and Nepal to enhance energy cooperation. This cooperation can reduce costs, increase efficiency and reliability of power supply, and reduce the growth rate of net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the region.
USAID's newest $25-million Energy Conservation and Commercialization (ECO) project and $20-million Climate Change Supplement to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Prevention Project (GEP-CCS) are also addressing climate change issues. ECO will support market-oriented policy reforms to accelerate private and financial sector participation for widespread commercialization of energy conservation technologies and services. Focus of the GEP CCS activities will be in the power generation sector with transport and solid waste as supplemental focus areas.
USAID technical assistance helped BSES Limited (formerly Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Company) establish the first private sector power coal washing facility in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh with U.S. joint venture partners. Fifteen projects are being developed--largely waste-heat-recovery power generation, co-generation, or process-efficiency improvement projects. Development Alternative's (DA) Climate Change Center also received USAID technical assistance to screening and develop up to ten decentralized renewable energy projects to offset GHG emissions.
The Technology Cooperation Agreement Pilot Project (TCAPP) is co-funded by USAID and the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency. TCAPP will provide a model for the transfer of clean energy technology as part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
USAID is the lead development and international disaster assistance agency for the United States government.
This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
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