Dr. Avnish Jolly, 2nd June:Energy is one of the major inputs and driving force for the economic development of any country. Moreover in developing countries like India, the energy sector assumes a vital importance in view of the ever-increasing energy needs. Development of any country is possible only if it possesses adequate, safe, consistent and environment friendly sources of Energy.
Technology plays an important role and ABB have activities all over the world working to develop unique technologies that make our customers more competitive, while minimizing environmental impact. ABB operates in more than 100 countries and has offices in 87 of those countries to give its global and local customers the support they need to develop and conduct their business successfully. ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs more than 110,000 people.
Indian Industrial growth story started during 90’s but somehow during the past two-decades Indian energy sector was not given due, appropriate and timely attention. Thus we are bound to face the after affects of this ignorance. Lack of adequate Energy is one of the reasons not able to sustain the present growth and we are wedged again. It was not so that our Technocrats had not warned about the fact or we were not aware of our future energy demands. But the political unsteadiness, lack of commitment and hallucination did the damage.
Er. Pardeep Sharma, ABB (India) feels that our PSU’s, SEB’s and Industrial visionaries are now leading from the front to address our Energy concerns fairly .They have well-understood the figures that consumption of power in India shall be double by 2012.Which means we shall look not only the Power Generation, but also gear-up our transmission and distribution system, if we want to keep on with our present rate of growth.
But in this anxiety of economic development, we cannot afford to ignore the environmental aspects while addressing our Energy concerns. As per data available the energy sector is the largest contributor of carbon dioxide emissions in India. The national inventory of greenhouse gases indicates that 55% of the total national emissions come from energy sector only. Even Sustainable- Development demands that we should pursue only the safe ways of producing, transmitting and distributing energy without jeopardizing our environment and obliterating the future well-being of our people and the planet. Pardeep shared that ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. Sustainability is integral to all aspects of our business. ABB also strive to balance economic, environmental and social objectives and integrate them into our daily business decisions.
Pardeep trust, eventually India have understood the significance of Energy- Sector in the economic development of country and espoused the cause sincerely.