Chandra Bhushan
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Environmentalist. CEO @iForestGlobal. Words in @timesofindia @FinancialXpress @NavbharatTimes. RTs ≠ Endorsement
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https://www.chandrabhushan.net/ 14-05-2013 09:34:09
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⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Chandra Bhushan, CEO & President, iFOREST, described the beginning of a 'vicious cycle' in 'low-#RE' states, "Underestimating RE potential leads states to develop sub-optimal policies, with less ambitious #targets".
⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Shri Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), highlighting the findings of our report on the #ISTS #waiver, emphasised that, "The exemption on #transmission charges will be phased out by 2028".
⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Shri Bibhu Bhuyan, MD, ASSAM POWER GENERATION CORPORATION LIMITED, highlighted the role played by #LandNeutral technologies, "#AgriPV enables #yield to grow alongside #generation, solving the dilemma of whether to use land for #energy or #agri".
⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Shri Gagan Swain, Director, GRIDCO Odisha, described the cost paid to finance the #ISTS waiver, "In #Odisha, we paid Rs 80 Cr (800 mil) for the last 2-3 months... it makes up 7 to 8% of total #transmission costs".
⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Ms Surbhi Goyal, Sr Energy Specialist, World Bank India, described the need for #policy #reforms in the segment, "In states where land is scarce, the govt needs to identify sites, establish benchmarks and more".
⚡️From 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India': Mr Ajit Pandit, Founding Director & CEO, Idam Infra, highlighted the role of #EnergyEfficiency, "For the next 10 years, #energy #demand should be the focus. Energy #planning needs to include the #appliance sector".
⚡️At 'Enabling Balanced #RenewableEnergy Growth in India', Chandra Bhushan, CEO & President, iFOREST, drew a parallel between #FreightEqualisationPolicy and the present #policy #framework for #RE, "National #policymaking in India has unintended consequences at the #regional level".
⚡️Should the waiver on #ISTS charges available to #solar and #wind #power projects be extended or phased out as planned (between 2025 and 2028)? Read below 👇 Find out more in our report, 'Decoding ISTS charges waivers', here: shorturl.at/gAOR0 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Ministry of Power