Accelerating India’s nuclear development

I was playing a baseball at the junior high school students. I missed passing the ball and watch the front of a grounder for stones hit, and the embarrassed explanation. Yesterday's prime minister, Taro Aso, is responsible for the economic slump, the shy, it's because of the United States, and had an excuse. The U.S. Senate on bill deliberative discussions between the finance and twist one, and the U.S. sign a nuclear cooperation agreement, approved by 86 to 13, and ratification was established.

As a result, on October 10, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice come to New Delhi to stand down, for the stage of signing the agreement. President Bush has promised that flowed from the fourth of the year. According India's Economic Times newspaper today, the Indian Chamber of Commerce Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) asked for the government to the next step forward and encourage the Indian companies. They are ready to accept help.

India has the plan, for the next 25 years, 60,000 MW of nuclear power development, expected cost of 1,000 billion dollars. The government has set 10 nuclear power stations at a particular point. India has more than a plan than China has for nuclear development program. China is planning 4 percent in 2030. Nuclear industry, even more than China and India vie for entry into the world.

Standing as a partner in a local company, National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC), Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Larsen and Toubro, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, and the overseas companies are in the starting line, General Electric, Westinghouse, Areva, Atomstroy and so on. Japanese companiesworry that, even though the Japanese government agreed to supply the efforts of a group of nations, they are hampered by the lack of agreement between contries.

But the clear trend in the industry and the nuclear power industry, will lead a group of three; the United States Westing house and Toshiba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and French AREBA, Hitachi and the U.S. GE. In the building a larger flow, Toshiba has a partnership with Larsen and Toubro of India. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has actual records, in the state of Texas in 2007 based on 1,700 MW 2 units, pressurized-type light-water reactor, at the latest with the momentum. Such a framework, which like India to work in?

However, before the U.S. signs the agreement, India has been in Russia's nuclear cooperation. With the Indian side of the U.S. signs agreement, also, India get Russia signed a military agreement. Thus, India is in a neutral stance of international in keeping with the stick. Even the Prime Minister Singh has done to assess the efforts of the ruling party, the opposition parties have accused saying that it is surrender to the United States. In world opinion, Israel and Pakistan, Iran and North Korea in the future what will become of the Public opinion. Japan, who has experience of the atomic bombing, has several opinions. Those are the challenge that is you need to know.

Reference

India

●081003A India, Economic Times
インド商工会議所，民間も原子力開発参入は可能
Private players can participate in N-power projects: FICCI
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Private_players_can_participate_in_N-power_projects_FICCI/articleshow/3552936.cms
●081003B India, Economic Times
ＮＴＰＣ，ＫＧ流域ガスの優先順位で，政府に反論
Plants blueprint predates gas policy NTPC
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Plants_blueprint_predates_gas_policy_NTPC/articleshow/3553975.cms

Tibetan Plateau water source for continent

Indian professor has given his view with a long article to the Japan Times. The Professor, a head of the world water institute in Delhi, described in this article, by beginning with the tenacity of China's water content to be focused on tight. "The battles of yesterday were fought over land. Those of today are over energy. But the battles of tomorrow will be over water. ", the professor gave a serious expression in short writing.

We see at the world that Asia is rich in water. The Middle Eastern countries are visiting Cambodia to secure lands for agriculture because of uncertainty for their food security in the future. I know that tunnels of trees in roads like in South Asia could not see, because these phenomena can happen only rainfall more than 2000mm per annum.

But, the professor is explaining that water resources for drinking water are very small. Two-thirds of the earth is water, but, the water without salt is only 2.5 percent, and, if excluding the Antarctic and Arctic ice, it will be decreased to 1 percent. He had a conversation on the seriousness of water problems in China saying that China's Tibetan Plateau Water is irreplaceable.

President Hu Jintao, in 1989, implemented the martial law to maintain the movement of Tibet, and Premier Wen Jiabao said, " Water scarcity, threatens the very survival of the Chinese nation." The problem of water shortage is thanatobiologic shedding of China, the word originated. The more ominous words, the Minister of Water Resources Wang Shucheng, in the words of the "To fight for every drop of water or die, that is the challenge facing China.", Said. Tibet, in the vast area of the glaciers and underground water, has enormous water resources.

Professor emphasized that the characteristics of the water resources of Tibet is not content but with the altitude 5,000 m above sea level, and this means immense value. Literally, if possible gravity irrigation in agriculture as in Japan, but in India, irrigation pumps to increase the capacity of this preferential electricity rates for agriculture due to the power sector in India is poor. Japan's power to favor agriculture, but fewer pumps, is not a problem.

The Tibetan Plateau, because of the amount, and due to the height, are so dominant in the Asian continent's major rivers. In particular, India's Brahmaputra River and the Indus River is thoroughly dependent to Tibet. China, in Brahmaputra River at Gorge's famous "flex point of a large Great Bend", has a plan to build a dam. And, this point is in China's territory just before reaching the border with India. Beijing can get water with gravity alone to carry the water.

He has, not just Tibet China trying to attack, but said the role of the International Rivers Institution. This happens in major international rivers to the inclusion of some international institutions is needed, has said. The requirements of the institutions are to ensure transparency and information sharing, prevention of river pollution, and prevention of diversion of the river basin to the outside, he said. Mekong River Commission, in the absence of China, is not fully functional.

Reference

Nepal

●081002A Nepal, gulf-times
India and Nepal agree to tame Kosi by March
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=245112&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24

Myanmar

●081002B Myanmar, irrawaddy
Chinese Dam Incurs KIO Wrath
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=14360

China

●081002C China, search.japantimes
Averting Asian water wars
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20081002bc.html

India

●081002D India, Economic Times
Hindujas begin work on $15 billion power plan in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/Hindujas_begin_work_on_15_billion_power_plan_in_India/articleshow/3548102.cms

Renewable Energy Bill in Philippines

The August 26 article reported that the Department of Energy has implemented the rule of bio-fuel, which is mandatory usage of coconut methyl for gasoline in the car for more than 2 percents. It is enacted on October 2008 and, by February 2009, to be full implementation. Is it really possible? ASEAN countries, are watching closely for breath. In Indonesia, oil production is beginning to decline. According September 28 article, Indonesia’s ministerial order of the Department of Energy has implemented the rule that a 5 percents of bio-fuel should be used for fuel of power plants and so on. The full scale of the mandatory rule shall be effective from January 2009.

The Philippines’ senate passed the Renewable Energy Bill. This might come from ASEAN agreement. In the Senate, Senators Edgardo J. Angara and Juan Miguel Zubiri is the heart for the bill. They are saying, within five years, the market will be 10 billion dollars scale. Oil saving may reach to 36 billion pesos.

NEDO has been describing that, in the end of January, the 15th ASEAN Summit held in Cebu has agreed on "Energy Security in East Asia Declaration (Alternative Energy Agreement)". The Philippines suggested , at that time, four points for energy; efficiency of fossil fuel, hydro and other renewable, bio-fuels and the globalization of markets.

I believe that the Philippines is in a dilemma, I think. The nationals are complaining the most expensive electricity prices in neighboring countries, but as a country poor in natural resources, high electricity prices will require the development of renewable energy, namely, using domestic resource as much as possible. I have confidence in the international market, while imports of coal and coal-fired by the expansion of the electricity, at least, for 10 years.

Refertence

Vietnam

●080930A Vietnam, thanhniennews
Vietnam voices worry over Mekong hydropower
http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=42422

Philippines

●080930B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
Senate passes Renewable Energy bill
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080930136623.html

India

●080930C India, Economic Times
Govt may block KG gas flow to RNRL, NTPC
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Govt_may_block_KG_gas_flow_to_RNRL_NTPC/articleshow/3542676.cms

Cambodia

●080930D Cambodia, radioaustralia
Cambodia looks to nuclear power
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2378032.htm?tab=asia

India's fight against global warming

On today's topic, I do not know about the field, but it is too exaggerated to Items, which is saying , in India, to solve the power shortage with this, and so I tried to read it. It was India's Mumbai and a challenge to the Green Building, and another the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh state government is a challenge to renewable energy.

Regarding India's challenge for human beings to global warming, it is substantial how to curb coal-fired and go. I think the most important recently, the Japanese Government and JICA is working for the efficiency of India's power sector. Even though a green building and renewable energy is small for earth, it is in India to boost people's awareness, mobilize a force.

Green Building, is currently in India, the land area of only 20,000 square feet, which by 2012 expanded to a billion square feet, he said. Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has the idea. From the building structure itself, the use of solar and rainwater has been considered, compared to the usual construction, 40 to 50 percent of the amount of electricity used is to be saved. Building demand is 20 percent of the total electricity demand.

I do not want to be said by India people, but I am concern what's going on in Japan. I check up but there is no significant move. Of course, I have to expect, perhaps, big power companies would be interested, and they are going to study. In the United States, in July 1994, the National Green Building Association (US Green Building Council) is established, building industry, of course, electricity and gas companies, financial, real estate, local governments, universities, environmental groups, general manufacturing, manufacturers, etc. Participation in the industry beyond the framework of the activities, he said.

I, as in Bangkok and Jakarta's demand for electricity to a historic move, consider the following. After a high level of economic growth, the day peak is higher than the evening peak. This is why the economic growth of the city's major building companies has been increasing rapidly, especially with increased demand for air conditioning. So, make sure the morning at nine, air-conditioning turned on, most turn off at five o'clock that evening, eight hours of peak demand the ultimate form of it.

So, for example, such as Thailand, Laos to see the current situation of the hydraulic load to 15 hours of daytime driving and has asked for, but it should converge on the peak eight hours. So, for example, a 15-hour Nam Theun 2 hydropower is now 1,000 MW, and in the near future, be sure to 2,000 MW and the need to expand. From this perspective, green building, have a major impact on electricity demand.

Today, more of the Green Building, Himachal Pradesh state's efforts to develop renewable energy, and it will be held tomorrow from a Nepali and Indian Water Resources Committee in Kathmandu. Nepal's water resources can solve the problem by constructing the height of the dam, Pancheshwor the 315m, Kosi High dam 269m. They are very large-scale plans for the dam and power plant. Runoff and sediment from the Himalayas, flood protection downstream, considering the need of this magnitude, but the financing and construction period, considering the mind-boggling.

Reference

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/721A199286E85609652574D200513B31?OpenDocument
http://himachal.us/2008/09/28/renewable-energy-for-making-himachal-carbon-neutral-state/6781/general/ravinder
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/Green_footprint_is_widening_in_India/articleshow/3532591.cms
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Indonesia's bio-fuel

Indonesia　fell down from colleagues of oil-producing countries and it was quite a shock for Indonesian. Even in the National Assembly, the tops of related companies were summoned and asked whether to really go down crude oil production. For the mandatory use of biofuels, the Philippines recently made legislation. But, at that time, ASEAN countries said in a calm, watching the Philippines how going it's mandatory of biofuels.

However, Indonesia was unable to stand with fears, and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has implemented the mandatory registration as a ministerial ordinance of 2008, from October 1 as fuel to generate a certain amount of mandatory biofuels incorporation, and attempts, 2009 From January 1, said bio-mass and the incorporation of 5% duty due to go into full operation. In particular, cassava, sugarcane and sweet sorghum for bioethanol can take from the current 192,349-kilo-liter, but in 2010, it is target significantly to increase to four-million-kilo-litters.

The total amount of the current world production, according to sound information and materials, at the end of 2005, is 3,650 million kilo liter of bioethanol. Bioethanol is the mainstream in the future, and the United States, Brazil's production of two prominent countries, followed by EU, China, India, and the amount of production is expanding. The production of bioethanol is for blending with gasoline directly. Some states in the United States and Brazil, the ratio of mixing is made mandatory.

Mr.Suzuki Takamura, as also I introduced before. His macro figures are into easy-to-head. "The current arable land in developing countries untapped has potential of l 2,054 million ha, and farmland will be developed as a 1,059 million ha, with the rest of the rotation 995 million ha for the forest bio-methanol (methanol is not bioethanol), equivalent to oil in 5.8 billion tons. ", He said. "The total demand for 2100 will be 11,2 billion tons, and 6.0 billion tons from hydropower and nuclear, 5.2 billion tons by bio-methanol."

I think Mr.Suzuki denies the bioethanol from cassava, sugarcane and sweet sorghum as in Indonesia. He is saying biomethanol from plantation in the wasteland. I argued, biofuels is unable to be major alternative fuel. Global energy use in terms of collecting a major fuel around the earth may violate the land of the world. Fuel oil from the bio-economy in the process of producing more carbon dioxide emissions, a study says. It may be just enough to make a feint to crud oil prices.

Another,
India has the subject of heavy electric machinery makers. Mr.Ramesh, India's minister of state flew from Kathmandu to Kolkata to make big one point. NTPC and BHEL in both the Corporation was promoting 5,000MW project. Ramesh has pushed for private companies into the project with 51 percent of shares by force. Now it is good timing, the day before yesterday, in the U.S. House, U.S. India nuclear agreement was approved. The problem in Colkata involves Larsen & Toubro, who made a partnership with Toshiba in Japan. And, Toshiba bought Westinghouse for the nuclear strategy. Toshiba may eyeing India's nuclear. Heavy electric machinery industry in India is suddenly now in Heavy electric machinery industry in India is suddenly in the whirlwind.

Reference

India

●080928A India, Economic Times
Three major firms eye 51% in NTPC-BHEL JV
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Three_major_firms_eye_51_in_NTPC-BHEL_JV/articleshow/3532426.cms

Indonesia

●080928B Indonesia, The Jakarta Post
Government mandates gradual phase-in of biofuel for industries
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/09/27/government-mandates-gradual-phasein-biofuel-industries.html

Salween river dam development

My first see of the Salween River was on October 3, 2000, when we were going to Kohkan district, a special autonomous region, in the vicinity of the border between Myanmar and China. It was exposed on the road side. The river water looked dark as I have imagined. There was absolutely no dam in the basin; completely virgin river.

In the time of Thailand's economic development in the late 1980s, the Salween basin was a garden of Japanese consultant, and they were planning not only hydropower but introduction of its water into Bangkok. As Myanmar's military government increasingly isolated in the process, China's economy has been growing. The dam development was controlled by Chinese companies, most of the Japanese withdrawal. It is heard that the dams are proceeded in cooperation between China and Thailand.

Thailand's environmental experts are saying that China's current government should have to control the Chinese companies in the Myanmar. The experts say the Salween river should be developed with more comprehensive consideration in cooperation with upstream development plan in the territory of China. The problem in the Mekong River, is treated in an article yesterday.

In the downstream of the plan, Hutgyi and Tasang dams are being proceeded. The Hutgyi dam is relatively small and proceeded ahead of Tasang. The Tasang dam development project had 40% of share. But, the Myanmar government took over it and gave to Chinese companies. A a results, the Chinese group become a majority for the project. In today's article, the Wai Gyi dam project may be upstream of Tasang and near the border of China.

In the upper reaches of Salween in China territory , several dams of cascade are planned. In the past of Time magazine, it was argued that the plans of upstream and downstream should be cooperated. Also, it was said that the local government should consider the residents in the basin.
The Chinese new government, in an age of Premier Wen Jiabao, said about the development of the dam, quite negative. the purpose of the National understood that, while quite negative, And China will take the initiative if any international development organizations want to be built.

Reference

Pakistan

●080927A Pakistan, pakobserver
Rs 5b Jagran hydropower station
http://pakobserver.net/200809/26/news/topstories09.asp

Philippines

●080927B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
PSALM to prepay $ 184-M yen loans
http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080927136361.html

Myanmar

●080927C Myanmar, mizzima
Junta's hydropower projects to endanger biodiversity of Salween River http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/1105-juntas-hydropower-projects-to-endanger-biodiversity-of-salween-river.html

China

●080927D China, xinhuanet
New hydropower station starts operation in Tibet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/26/content_10118158.htm

China and the Mekong Basin Conference

Just before writing this memo today, my friend introduced the paper by the University of Tokyo, the master's thesis, Kayo Oonishi, written in 2006, "China and the downstream of Mekong River countries upon The Politics of International River Basin. That is, of course, very academic, to me, and I can muck around strainer, but you would think, this digs deep into the Mekong River as a researchers, and I was surprised.

In an international river, if the upstream of the most powerful country in the region exists, it would leave the power to develop upstream, and say this is a theory. Compared with the history of the Middle East and Europe, compared to other, why China in the Mekong basin is very cooperative to other riparian countries? That is, in the downstream of Southeast Asian Nations and China, the deep ties with China, and the water resources and other economic conditions are under negotiation with each other, the paper said.

In today's article, the China Daily, the downstream countries of the Mekong are grateful, to say the article is posted. This was formally signed Flood water at the time of the meeting in Vientiane. In the flood season, from June 15 to October 15, the flow of materials would be provided by China to the Mekong River Commission Secretariat, this is what he said. It means the data provision had been already provided in 2006, as the paper is saying.

However, I feel a little different. I realize that, for the Chinese dam development in the upstream, the downstream countries often have the patience to be here. Indeed, many environmental groups are saying complain to the Chinese dams. However, the governments of, at least Myanmar, Laos and Thailand have never been saying a single word for complain, and the Mekong River Commission, who controlled by the downstream governments, never given any comments to the Chinese government.

In the early 1900’s, at that time, already, the Manwan dam in the upstream was built. However, the upstream was in the dark for the downstream countries. Now, we know the details of the dam projects at upstream. In 1991, it was the first time that Chinese delegation participated in the Mekong meeting in Luwang Prabang, Laos. Around 1998, I visited frequently in Yunnan Province. I asked to executive in Yunnan how the downstream contries are saying for Chinese dams in Lanxan river. They replied that the ASEAN countries have never saying the complain to China.

I believe an upstream dam is beneficial to the downstream, in theory. It supplies the amount of drought and controls the flood. But, in any case, the two sides should talk each other to operate the dam properly. If no thought is given to the downstream operations, the downstream countries have different effects. However, even if the downstream requests to operate the dam for downstream benefits, Chinese government may not say any request of the money, under the present situation.

Reference

Philippines,

●080926A Philippines, bworldonline
An alternative approach to energy self-sufficiency Hydro Energy
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW092608/content.php?id=056

Laos

●080926B Mekong, Bangkok Post
Sustainable development of Mekong hydropower
http://www.bangkokpost.com/260908_News/26Sep2008_news25.php
●080926C Mekong, peopleandplanet
Study reveals tragic dangers of Mekong dam boom
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3385
●080926D Mekong, xinhuanet
MRC chief satisfied with cooperation with China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10110507.htm

China

●080926E China, gokunming.com
Around Northwest Yunnan: Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge and Dali
http://gokunming.com/en/blog/item/711/around_northwest_yunnan_lijiang_tiger_leaping_gorge_and_dali

Cambodia

●080926F Cambodia, Asia Times
Gulf states covet Asian farms
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JI26Ae01.html