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India has developed the National Energy Efficiency R&D Plan and 3.1
an associated National Energy Fund (NEF) under the Eleventh
Five Year Plan with a focus on building energy efficiency, solar
energy, and solid state lighting (SSL). The national R&D programme
includes work on commercialization and market transformation
mechanisms. The Twelfth Plan Working Group on Power emphasizes
on developing State Designated Agencies (SDAs) so that efforts of
energy efficiency can be decentralized. The State Energy Conservation
Fund (SECF) would be set up in order to implement these energy
conservation measures.
In order to encourage Demand Side Management (DSM), the
Working Group on Power of the Twelfth Plan informs on setting
up 10 research centres in collaboration with Department of Science
and Technology (DST). The financial budget requirement of
INR 200 crores (USD 33 million) has been stated in order to engage
academic institutions, manufacturing associations, and Energy
Service Companies (ESCOs). It will offer funding for initial setting
up, partial running and maintenance cost for the first five year
period. The Twelfth Plan also articulates the need for a demonstration
centre on lighting technologies.
Policies Promoting Innovation in Energy-Efficient
Appliances
The Energy Conservation Act, 2001, is a multi-sectoral legislation
aimed at ensuring energy efficiency in India. It elaborates energy
consumption standards for appliances, designated consumers,
prescribes energy conservation codes, and establishes a compliance
mechanism. The schemes under BEE include Standards and Labelling
(S&L), Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), Bachat Lamp
Yojana (promoting CFL and LED lighting through fiscal incentives),
Energy efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), agriculture
and municipal demand-side management and contribution to the State
Energy Conservation Fund (SECF).
The market for BEE’s star-labelled (energy-efficient) appliances is
rapidly expanding and there is a move towards making appliances
super-efficient. Super-efficient appliances save as much as
30–50 per cent energy than the most energy-efficient appliance
available in the market. The Super-Energy Efficient Programme
(SEEP) seeks to promote domestic manufacturing of energy-efficient
appliances by reducing their cost through market incentives. One
of the first appliances to benefit under the Super-Energy Efficient
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an associated National Energy Fund (NEF) under the Eleventh
Five Year Plan with a focus on building energy efficiency, solar
energy, and solid state lighting (SSL). The national R&D programme
includes work on commercialization and market transformation
mechanisms. The Twelfth Plan Working Group on Power emphasizes
on developing State Designated Agencies (SDAs) so that efforts of
energy efficiency can be decentralized. The State Energy Conservation
Fund (SECF) would be set up in order to implement these energy
conservation measures.
In order to encourage Demand Side Management (DSM), the
Working Group on Power of the Twelfth Plan informs on setting
up 10 research centres in collaboration with Department of Science
and Technology (DST). The financial budget requirement of
INR 200 crores (USD 33 million) has been stated in order to engage
academic institutions, manufacturing associations, and Energy
Service Companies (ESCOs). It will offer funding for initial setting
up, partial running and maintenance cost for the first five year
period. The Twelfth Plan also articulates the need for a demonstration
centre on lighting technologies.
Policies Promoting Innovation in Energy-Efficient
Appliances
The Energy Conservation Act, 2001, is a multi-sectoral legislation
aimed at ensuring energy efficiency in India. It elaborates energy
consumption standards for appliances, designated consumers,
prescribes energy conservation codes, and establishes a compliance
mechanism. The schemes under BEE include Standards and Labelling
(S&L), Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), Bachat Lamp
Yojana (promoting CFL and LED lighting through fiscal incentives),
Energy efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), agriculture
and municipal demand-side management and contribution to the State
Energy Conservation Fund (SECF).
The market for BEE’s star-labelled (energy-efficient) appliances is
rapidly expanding and there is a move towards making appliances
super-efficient. Super-efficient appliances save as much as
30–50 per cent energy than the most energy-efficient appliance
available in the market. The Super-Energy Efficient Programme
(SEEP) seeks to promote domestic manufacturing of energy-efficient
appliances by reducing their cost through market incentives. One
of the first appliances to benefit under the Super-Energy Efficient
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