Powerless : India's energy shortage and its impact / Sam Tranum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tranum, Sam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--India.

Energy policy.

Energy industries--Government policy.

Energy industries.

India.

Power resources--India.

Power resources.

Energy industries--Government policy--India.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2013.

Summary:

The power goes out every day somewhere in India, for lack of power plants and fuel. Businesses can't get enough coal in the legitimate sector and are forced to turn to the back market or cut back production. Hospitals are forced to spend precious funding on diesel generators instead of treatment. With coat production stagnant, gas production falling, oil production growing only slowly, and goals for budding new power plants falling by the wayside unmet, the country does not seem to be on the path to closing the gaps. This book aims to provide a clear picture of India's energy needs and resources, explaining where the supply-demand gaps are, and a few of the impacts of those gaps Hopefully, this will help to inform debate about the difficult choices India is going to have to make about its energy economy. And make no mistake, they are difficult choices. Book jacket.

Contents:

. Introduction: India's energy shortage

Demand : India's thirst for energy

Domestic production : India's energy resources

The shortage : where are the gaps?

Imports : depending on others

The future : domestic production

The future : increasing imports

Emissions, pollution, and climate change

The impacts of the shortages

The path ahead : hard choices

Glossary

Reference list.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788132113140

8132113144

OCLC:

858749536