it trained engineers in motorsystem optimization techniques and within two years of completing training these local experts had trained more than factory personnel conducted industrial plant assessments and saved nearly million kilowatt hours of energy energy awards provide a channel for companies to audit their energy use identify possible energy savings and increase profitability in india the ministry of power launched the annual national energy conservation awards programme which recognizes industrial firms that reduce energy consumption while maintaining production companies submit reports on completed energy conservation projects which are reviewed by government officials the number of participating firms expanded from in to in and over that period saved million kilowatt hours of energy million rupees neca