September 19, 2009 12:23 PM

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Low carbon growth strategy for power sector on cards

A low carbon growth strategy for the power sector is on the anvil to address the growing challenge of climate change. Official sources said that super critical technology will be used in thermal power plants for rapid reduction of green house gases. The Power Ministry has already started partnership with prominent international companies for setting up of super critical manufacturing facilities in India. Apart from this the Government is planning a capacity addition of 20 thousand mega watt of solar energy by 2020 to address the concern. The Centre has already launched an eight mission national action plan on climate change to reduce the emission of green house gases. An investment plan of over 300 billion US dollars of foreign direct investment is being tapped for the expansion and the growth of the power sector. New Delhi has already signed six civil nuclear agreements with several countries including United States, France and Russia to produce clean and green energy. Our correspondent reports, the Union Environment and Forest Ministry has also mooted a proposal to set up national climate change mitigationl authority. The move assumes importance in the wake of climate change conference being held at Copenhagen in December this year.

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