Farooq push for geothermal, hydro power

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Submitted by csekiran on Sat, 2010-01-16 16:44

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Pushing hard for renewable sources of energy, minister of new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah has asked President of Iceland, Dr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, to assist India in developing geothermal energy.
Iceland has been in the forefront of developing geothermal energy and hydro power and is currently generating 575 MW geothermal energy against a capacity of 10,500 MW.

thesaurus: 
Hydroelectricity
Renewable Energy
Geothermal Energy
Energy
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Main Topic: 
Energy
Name of the Newspaper: 
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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DNB
IGF
External URL: 
http://epaper.asianage.com/ASIAN/AAGE/2010/01/16/ArticleHtmls/16_01_2010_005_010.shtml?Mode=1
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Publication Date: 
16/01/2010