India is fourth in the world for installed wind capacity and fifth for solar
India has been able to steer a clear path for its energy sector to wean away from its reliability on coal based power plants over the last two decades.
India is one of the countries with the largest production of energy from renewable sources. the, renewable energy including large scale hydro-power currently adds up to more than 33% of the total installed power capacity in India.
India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in the early 1980s.Wind power capacity was 34,046 MW as of 31 March 2018, making India the fourth-largest wind power producer in the world
India has an ambitious target of achieving 100 GW of solar power by 2022. Four of the top seven largest solar parks worldwide are in India including the second largest solar park in the world at Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, with a capacity of 1000 MW. The world's largest solar power plant, Bhadla Solar Park by multiple operators is coming up in Rajasthan with a capacity of 2255 MW. Aprroximately 500 MW have been commissioned till date, which is behind original schedule.
Tamil Nadu is the biggest producer of wind electricity in India. India plans to achieve 40% of its total electricity generation from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. A blueprint draft published by Central Electricity Authority projects that 57% of the total electricity capacity will be from renewable sources by 2027. the 2027 forecasts, India to have a renewable energy installed capacity of 275 GW, in addition to 72 GW of hydro-energy, 15 GW of nuclear energy and nearly 100 GW from “other zero emission” sources.
Grid connected installed capacity from all sources as of 31 May 2018
| ||
Source
|
Installed Capacity (MW)
|
Share
|
Coal
|
196,957.50
|
57.27%
|
45,403.42
|
13.20%
| |
Other renewable
|
69,022.39
|
20.07%
|
Gas
|
24,897.46
|
7.23%
|
Diesel
|
837.63
|
0.24%
|
Nuclear
|
6,780.00
|
1.97%
|
Total
|
343,898.39
|
100.00%
|
India is running one of the largest and most ambitious renewable capacity expansion programs in the world. Newer renewable electricity sources are projected to grow massively by more than doubling of India's large wind power capacity and an almost 15 fold increase in solar power. Such ambitious targets would place India among the world leaders in renewable energy use and place India at the centre of its "Sunshine Countries
No comments:
Post a Comment