Disasters can be caused by humans or natural hazards, and they impact the vulnerability of communities worldwide. This study considers disasters caused by humans, including the rescue operation taken post-accidents. The objective of the research is to minimise time and cost to save people's...

The paper argues for a renewed emphasis on hydro generation, with a concerted effort to tackle the environmental issues. It also argues for dropping the concept of State Level planning for power sector so that the generators can be located near the mines' mouth or hydel locations and electricity...

The MOU or Cost plus form of inviting private power company individually to supply power is inferior to setting broad guidelines for competition and inviting number of suppliers to bid for a kwh of power. The experience of how the Power Purchase Agreement under the Cost plus form can be...

Wise countries have long since recognized the importance of hydro power. North America has exploited 83% of its potential of 184 GW, and West Europe has exploited 98% of its potential of 118 GW. This is in contrast to 14% exploitation of 663 GW by Eastern Europe, 36% exploitation of 513 GW by...

Normally privatisation is resorted to by different economies for different reasons — resource mobilization, introducing efficiency by promoting competition, and for achieving commercial orientation. Often these are assumed to be independent objectives. The Indian experience is showing that...

The Indian Government is currently thinking of allowing private sector companies to participate in power sector by inviting them to generate electricity mainly from coal. The main motivation is resource mobilization from private sector, since the Plan funds are being diverted to rural...

The growth rate of demand for electricity for the developing countries is much higher than that of developed countries. According to the World Bank 'to meet the current demand for electricity, and to provide service to the 2 billion people currently doing without, developing countries will have...