World institute of sustainable energy (WISE) prepared model Renewable Energy Law for

India in 2005. After more than a year of campaigning for its adoption by Parliament, the draft
law was submitted to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of
India, in August 2007, for processing the law for Parliament's approval. Consequently, in the
Energy Coordination Committee meeting convened by Dr Manmohan Singh in June 2008, the
Prime Minister suggested to come forward with a draft legislation for the promotion and
accelerated growth of renewable energy in India. The model draft law prepared by WISE
would form the basis of the R E Law for India. Model charts a road map for such energy
independence. The mode prepared goes beyond just electricity, adopting a
market-based approach rather than a subsidy-based model, to encourage the
growth of renewable energy in India. The objectives underlined, in this model, is to
promote development and utilization of renewable and sustainable sources of energy,
stabilize emissions of greenhouse gases, diversify energy supplies, safeguard energy
security, ensure that energy development is ecologically sustainable, protect environment
and to realize the goal of sustainable development.
 
Salient features of the model are:

      Enactment supplementing other legislation in the area;

 
      Thrust for development of the sector;
 
      Emphasis to mainstream developmental and promotional measures (for
renewable energy)
 
      Policy goal is to achieve sustainable development

CONCLUSION

law aimed at integrated energy planning and mainstreaming developmental and

promotional measures for sustainable energy. He added that its overall policy was
'growth without subsidy'. Mr Pillai emphasised that the R E law was the need of the
hour and hoped that the Ministry would carry forward the draft law and spearhead
its adoption by Parliament. Paul Curnow in his address spoke of REEEP's initiative in
India on renewable energy. Renewable energy technologies that have the potential
to provide future energy supplies include: biomass systems, hydroelectric systems,
hydrogen fuel, wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, and passive and
active heating and cooling systems.