BANGALORE:
Have a penchant for renewable energy? If you pay four paise per unit more, you will get solar power to your house blended with other forms of energy.
To encourage use of renewable energy, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has made it mandatory for electricity supply companies (Escoms) to purchase 0.25 per cent of total power consumption from solar energy.
KERC chairman M R Sreenivasa Murthy announced this at 10th Green Power 2011 – a conference and exposition on renewable energy organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry on Tuesday. “Already, it is mandatory for Escoms to purchase 10 per cent of renewable energy. Over and above that, they have to buy 0.25 per cent of solar energy. For instance, Bescom will purchase 125 million units (mu) of solar energy (keeping the energy consumption base as 50,000 mu). Consumers will not know that they are using solar power.”
GREEN TARIFF
Industries who wish to support green energy can pay Re 1 more than the fixed power tariff. This is voluntary and introduced to support renewable energy generation.
Go creative the green way
The US consulate general, Chennai, will hold a series of contests and programmes to promote environmental awareness. It plans to organize a series of events, including blog and video contests, web or video chats, DVCs and a project titled ‘Smart Recycling’ for schoolchildren.
The competitions are open to those in the 18 to 30 age-group and staying in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
For the blog contest, ‘Get set green, my message to world leaders’, participants must submit their blog URL address along with personal details – name, age, email ID or address, mailing address and telephone number – to usconsulatechennaiblogcontest@gmail.com.
For the video contest, ‘Acts of green’, the videos should be three minutes long. To enter, participants must submit their video links and personal details to usconsulatechennaivideocontest@gmail.com
The US consulate’s Facebook page – facebook.com/chennai.usconsulate – has the guidelines and rules for both these contests. Entries have to be submitted by July 10.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / TNN / Jun 08th, 2011