EOI for Empanelment of Consultants for Preparation of State-wise ...

EOI for Empanelment of Consultants for Preparation of State-wise Energy Savings Plan / General Consultancy
and for Preparation of Detail Project Reports on Waste Heat Recovery in some Selected Units of Small &
Medium Enterprises (SME) Clusters along with Demonstration in a few of them
Contact Person for queries
R. K. Puram, Sector – 1,
New Delhi – 110066
Arijit Sengupta
Asstt. Energy Economist
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
4 th Floor, Sewa Bhawan,
R. K. Puram, Sector – 1,
New Delhi – 110066
Phone – (011) 26179699 (5 lines)
Fax – (011) 26178352
Email – asengupta@beenet.in
2.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
India faces formidable challenge in meeting its energy needs and in providing adequate energy of
desired quality in various forms in a sustainable manner and at competitive prices. Target is to
achieve 8% to 10% economic growth rate over the next 25 years. To deliver this growth on
sustainable basis and to meet the energy needs of all citizens, at the very least, India needs to
increase its primary energy supply by 3 to 4 times and its electricity generation capacity/supply
by 5 to 6 times of their 2003-04 levels. India’s commercial energy supply would need to grow
from current 5.2% to 6.1% per annum while its total primary energy supply would need to grow
at 4.3% to 5.1% annually. By the year 2031-32, power generation capacity must increase to
nearly 800000 MW from the current capacity of around 160000 MW inclusive of all captive
plants. Similarly, requirement of coal, the dominant fuel in India’s energy mix will need to
expand to over 2 billion tonnes/annum based on domestic quality of coal. Meeting the energy
challenge is of fundamental importance to India’s economic growth imperatives and its efforts to
raise its level of human development. In all sectors of the economy, improving energy efficiency
before increasing energy supply is generally the more economically and environmentally
efficient national strategy. The emphasis for the future is to look for technologies to promote
energy efficiency, demand side management and conservation. The success of Government of
India’s plan lies with effective policy framework, implementation and promotion of energy
efficiency initiatives. The Energy Conservation Act, 2001; created Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(BEE) which was assigned a quasi-regulatory role looking after policy advisory and a catalyst to
promote energy efficiency in the country.
Energy efficiency assumes significance for the nation in the current environment of shortages
and concerns over climate change. It is a win-win situation for all – for facility owners increased
energy efficiency means availability of more resources and for nations energy efficiency offers a
number of benefits including improved use of natural resources, reducing energy imports,
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