The Economic Times & Vidarbha Industries Association

Indian Energy Scenario

• Fifth largest energy consumer in the world

• Seventh largest producer of energy

• Likely to invest INR 1 trillion ($21 billion) for renewable energy generation over a five-year period ending March 2012

• Investment of INR150 billion has already been made

• Plans to add 14.5 gigawatts of capacity to generate renewable power by March 2012.

Benefits of the Summit

• Understanding of the emerging power market landscape

• Investment opportunities in the power sector in Central India

• Opportunity for Networking with different stakeholders

• Learning from success stories and failures

• Identify policy and technological progress in tapping renewable energy sources

• Interaction with the Policy Makers Platform to channelise energy issues