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Experts say power producers are awaiting the development of inland waterways to transport coal. Last year, state-run power producer National Thermal Power Corporation started transporting imported coal through the inland waterways route to its Farakka plant in West Bengal. "I feel the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor may become a much more effective mode of transport for power plants in Uttar Pradesh. However, the fact that inland waterway development does not involve land acquisition, the projects may come on board faster than dedicated freight corridors," said Ashima Tyagi , senior consultant for metals and mining at lnfraline Energy. The river opens up an alternate channel and industries around that region can use the waterway to decongest the roads, said Jaydeep Ghosh , national head of transport and logistics at KPMG India. Courtesy: The Economic Times, Mumbai, 14.07.2014 · Renewable Energy GLOBAL SCEARIO IN TERMS OF ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY Technology Solar PV Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Wind (onshore) Wind !Offshore) Biomass & Saggese Cogeneralton Hydro Power Geothermal Ocean Energy Global India 100GW 2647 MW 2550 MW N.A. 283GW 21136.3MW 5.4 GW Nil Top Country(ies) I Regruns contributed in 2012 Europe with significant additions in Asia Spain. Australia. Chile. China US. China • United Kingdom 83GW 4013. 6 MW Mostly in Brics Countries 990 GW 3803.7 MW (SHP) 805 PJ N.A. (223 TWh) 527 MW N.A. China. Turkey US. China. Sweden. Germany. Japan us THE NEXT POLICY STEPS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY The new government, with a majority in Parliament, has the opportunity to reshape the energy sector. We can focus on energy security being a core element in the strategy for long-term growth. The new government has the opportunity to have a holistic review of the energy sector and to formulate a coordinated and synchronized approach to revitalize it. As the economy liberalised , the thrust of energy policy was on developing conventional energy as the primary engine to drive growth. As Top Fivw Courriiies Germany/Italy/China/ US/Japan Spain(more than 75% capacity) US/China/Germany/lndia/UK Northern Europe China/Turkey/Brazil/Vietnam/ Russia/ Canada US/Portugal ~eading .~lnindla ~· ·. 1 ... ~~ ~' . . ' . ..:_~. - .::t•~/ Gujarat/Rajasthan/Maharashtra/Madhya Pradesh/Andhra Pradesh N.A. Tamil Nadu/Gujarai/Maharashtra/ Rajasthan/Karnataka Draft offshore policy formulated by MNRE and a demonstration project may lake shape in near future in Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh/Maharashtra/Tamil Nadu/ Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh Karnataka/HimachalPradesh/ Maharashtra/Andhra Pradesh/Uttrakhand (small hydro power capacity) Himachal Pradesh/Jammu and Kashmir TamilNadu we progress, the contours of policy discourse on energy are shifting from rapid expansion of conventional energy sources to assessing their long-term economic, strategic and environmental consequences. The economic and strategic impact of reliance on imported fuel to the carbon footprint and environmental consequences of large thermal or nuclear plants have taken centre-stage in the energy debate. The role of non-conventional energy, especially renewables, has to move centre-stage. In a country blessed with abundant sources of renewable energy, the industry, market and the 24 ,/ 1