Bhutan, India plan 10 new projects by 2020

The King of Bhutan, the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom, shortly after his coronation.

Ten green power projects are planned
(SifyNews 6/30/09)

India and Bhutan will jointly develop 10 hydroelectric projects by 2020, according to Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley. "By 2020, the two countries have agreed to develop a little over 11,000 megawatts of hydel power green energy through 10 projects.

"One of these projects has already begun," Thinley said at a press conference in India Monday night. He added that the other projects are at various stages and through them "there will be substantial flow of green energy into parts of West Bengal."

On the impact of the global economic meltdown on Bhutanese tourism, Thinley said the industry shrank by 31 percent in the first half of 2009, but he was confident that it would revive fast as the downturn subsided...." More>>

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