“The power generating capacity of India is poised to increase to more than 2,00,000 MW by 2012 and is projected to double to every ten years thereafter”, said V P Joy, Joint Secretary (Thermal), Ministry of Power at the inaugural session of the two day Power Plant Summit 2008 organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Joy said that that US has been one of the key partners towards meeting energy requirements for the past two decades. "Our objective is to address the challenges and meet the demand - supply factor and make power available to all in an environment friendly approach," he added.
He also emphasised on the adoption of clean coal technologies, super-critical technologies, capacity augmentation and skill upgradation to be facilitated through policy interventions, financial incentives and regulatory framework.
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