World energy issues monitor 2024
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
IBM on Friday announced the launch of the second phase of Project Big Green (PBG 2.0) in India, and also introduced new modular data centres it said can reduce energy consumption by as much as 50%. As part of PBG 2.0, senior company officials told a news conference here, IBM is introducing new products and services in the country to help enterprises build "greener" technology infrastructures that can meet growing business requirements.
Companies should come forward and reduce their costs by setting up state-ofthe-art data centers. Kiran Karnik Ex-President, NASSCOM and Conference Chairman CIOs must not merely be IT leaders, but must also be responsible for key business functions Partha Iyengar Regional Research Director Gartner India Companies need to invest in business continuity to help bring businesses back up in minimal time Manoj Suvarna CountryManager, StorageWorks Division, HP India Companies can mitigate risk by standardising IT and data center processes.
Papia Lahiri, Ishta Vohra, Durba Ghosh New Delhi IN the wake of global warming and concerns over environmental degradation, companies are integrating green agenda into their business models. The concept of Green-IT is awakening India Inc to IT's responsibilities IT towards environment conservation. More than 500 million computers became obsolete worldwide by the end of 2007, while energy consumption from data centers touched 123 kWh. "The concern is now to make IT infrastructure energy efficient,'' Suresh Menon,head, storage business, Dell India, observed at the IT conclave.
AUSTRALIA lags behind most rich nations in taking the easiest steps to make an emissions trading scheme as cheap as possible: becoming more energy efficient at home, work and on the road. Due largely to a love of petrol-guzzling cars and an energy-intensive manufacturing sector, Australia's energy efficiency improved at only a third of the rate of the OECD average between 1990 and 2004. According to a report released today by the Climate Institute, only Canada and the US, among developed countries, use more energy than Australia on the goods and services they produce.
India
The National Action Plan on Climate Change is only half a beginning that is neither fully vision nor plan. (Editorial)
A national-level workshop on promoting Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) is being organised by the Haryana Renewable Energy Department in collaboration with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of the Union Power Ministry on July 11 at Gurgaon. Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Renewable Energy and Power, Ashok Lavasa said the workshop is aimed at highlighting the issues of energy efficient and design, create awareness about ECBC, technological options and project achievements made in energy efficiency in building operational strategies.
Three months after Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal mooted the Rs 80-crore energy saving Atal Bijli Bachat Yojana, envisaging free distribution of CFLs, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board is finally ready to introduce the scheme. Yesterday, HPSEB top officials finalised the tender documents to start bulk purchase of compact fluorescent lamps directly from the manufacturing firms. At least eight leading CFL manufacturers have already shown interest to supply lamps as per specifications of the state government.
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In a first of its kind initiative for energy conservation undertaken by the city, the Jan Marg will be lit up by Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). An order of around 218 LEDs has been placed with a Pune based firm. A grant of nearly Rs 65 lakh has been given by the Central Government. The LEDs are superior in quality and will enable conservation of energy. While LEDs consume around 37 watts of power, the fittings at present require nearly 260 watts.