India' energy scene: Options for the future

Book · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Journal of Energy and Development; (United States)

OSTI ID:6866180

This book provides a concise yet thorough and up-to-date survey of the Indian energy scene, focusing on its major features, current problems, and future prospects. India's renewable and nonrenewable energy reserves are described and compared with those of a number of other countries. Trends in energy consumption and production over the 1970-1985 period are examined. Energy conservation methods are discussed. A detailed review is given on the renewable energy resources. Indias nuclear resourecs are assessed and it is recommended that nuclear energy be emphasized because of the nations ample thorium ores. How R and D can help alleviate Indias energy problems is discussed and specific recommendations are made on which a national agenda for action can be based. Information is provided on the contribution of nuclear power to electricity production in developing industrialized countries.

• OSTI ID: 6866180
• Journal Information: Journal of Energy and Development; (United States), Vol. 16:1; Other Information: From review by Ismail M. Cole, California Univ. of Pennsylvania, California, PA, in Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Autumn 1990); ISSN 0361-4476
• Publisher: New York, NY (United States); Advent Books
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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NUCLEAR POWER
INDIA
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY SUPPLIES
ASIA
DEMAND
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
MANAGEMENT
POWER
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