Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003 |
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Industry & Economy
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Power Seminar on small hydel power from today Our Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram , Nov. 10 THE Unido Regional Centre for Small Hydro Power here, in association with the Unido-sponsored International Centre on Small Hydro Power and International Network on Small Hydro Power based in Hang Zhou, China, and the Government of Kerala, is conducting a regional seminar on small hydro power (SHP) from Tuesday. A spokesman of the Energy Management Centre (EMC) said here that the seminar would be an opportunity for participants from India as well as from the other Asian and African countries such as China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Nigeria and Tanzania to benefit from knowledge generated from this international faculty brought in by the EMC at a time when India was reaffirming its faith in small hydro power for dependable rural electrification. According to the spokesman, the seminar was specially catered to: exchange views on SHP development and its potential for meeting the current and future rural electrification needs; study the various models of SHP development in the region; examine the potential for development of Pico, Micro, Mini and SHP development take note of the financing options and policies for SHP development explore possibilities for local user participation from concept to completion of SHPs; identify action programmes in each of the participating countries and develop a strategy for accelerated development of SHP as a means of sustainable development with involvement of Unido, UNDP and bilateral or multilateral agencies. The Unido opened its first Regional Centre for Small Hydro Power In Thiruvananthapuram in April this year. This is a project financed by Unido, the Government of India and the Government of Kerala.
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