Thursday, September 19, 2019

Renewable Energy In India

India holds great potential in the renewable energies space. We have ample opportunities to generate all our present and future energy needs from sources like solar, wind, water and biomass.

From an energy generation capacity from renewables pegged at ~60 GW (in 2017) we are targetting to reach about 175 GW (100 GW Solar, 60 GW wind, 10 GW biomass, 5 GW small hydro power) by 2022. Which would be close to 50% of our entire energy needs. With ground work for mass adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV) getting traction, our demands for power and generation from renewables will need to scale up even further. To the extent that we may become energy surplus one day and be able to export to the neigbourhood. For a sneak peak into the state of the art from the world of renewables, head over to the Renewable Energy India (REI) Expo 2019 currently underway at the Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida.

The REI-2019 has exhibitors from leaders in the renewables space such as China, Bangladesh, France, Germany, India, Israel, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan, Tunisia, UK, USA, Vietnam, etc. They are showcasing their product portfolios from solar & wind power devices to installations on floating & permanent structures, from switching & grid apparatus to connectors, from inverters & batteries to EVs, and more. Expo timings are from 10 am to 6 pm. Walk-in as well as online registrations are allowed. Go see the future!

Update 1 (21-Sep-19):
- Listen to what Greta Thrunberg has to say & check out her zero-carbon boat

Update 2 (23-Oct-19):
- Coal to continue powering India's energy requirements for decades - Swaminomics

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