Energy inefficiency

The recently concluded Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in New Delhi caught the public eye with energy ministers from 23 countries vowing to take steps to increase energy efficiency and making it visible. The meeting saw the world leaders speak vigorously about energy efficiency. During her address, International Energy Agency Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven (pictured) batted for visibility of clean initiatives and the role countries like India can play. Call it a commentator's curse, the power was suddenly disrupted, which forced Hoeven to swallow her words. "This is not energy efficiency for sure," she said.