India’s several interlinked energyrelated challenges can only be met by long-term planning and coordinated action by various stakeholders. By highlighting the Planning Commission’s Integrated Energy Policy report, this article proposes the creation of a government-supported statutory energy modelling institution – the Bureau of Energy Information and Analysis – that works under the guidance of ...

Scaling up for alternative energy such as solar, wind, and biofuel raises a number of environmental issues, notably changes in land use and adverse effects on wildlife. Airports offer one of the few land uses where reductions in wildlife abundance and habitat quality are necessary and socially acceptable, due to risk of wildlife collisions with aircraft. There are several uncertainties and limi...

STEPHEN R. CONNORS an understanding of the cost and emissions impacts of those decisions. Director, The Electric Utility Program The Energy Laboratory MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 This paper will briefly review the regulatory motivations for incorporating environmental considerations into utility resource planning, explore the mismatch between the monetized add...

the 21st century nanotechnology has the potential to make a huge impact on sustainability; but to achieve this potential, nanotechnology is all about getting more function on less space. in other hand, nanotechnology is one of the most extremely important components in sustainable development. it has the potential to reduce the environmental impact and energy intensity of structures, as well as...

Recent forecasts suggest that African countries must triple their current electricity generation by 2030. Our multicriteria assessment of wind and solar potential for large regions of Africa shows how economically competitive and low-environmental-impact renewable resources can significantly contribute to meeting this demand. We created the Multicriteria Analysis for Planning Renewable Energy (...

strategic environmental assessment can be viewed as a process to integrate the concept ofsustainable development into planning. in this context, sea can be regarded as a method that regulates theplanning process to a state of sustainable development. however, to reach that goal it is necessary to achieve full integration of planning and the sea process.therefore this paper considers the integra...