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India embarks on push to become a solar power

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Submitted by susan on Thu, 2009-08-06 15:00

India's prime minister Manmohan Singh has approved a US$19 billion plan to make the country a global leader in solar energy over the next three decades. The ambitious project would see a massive expansion in installed solar capacity, and aims to reduce the price of electricity generated from solar energy to match that from fossil fuels by 2030.

thesaurus: 
Climate Change
Climate Mitigation
Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Energy
Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
India
Main Topic: 
Energy
Author: 
Killigudi Jayaraman
Name of the Journal: 
Nature
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http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090805/full/460677a.html
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Publication Date: 
06/08/2009