Wind Power and Solar Power In India Video Lecture | Environment & Social Studies for Super TET

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since India's independence in 1947 the
country's energy infrastructure has
evolved from producing a measly thirteen
hundred and fifty megawatts to churning
over two hundred thousand megawatts
despite the incredible advancement India
is still facing an energy crisis about
70 percent of India's energy generation
capacity is from fossil fuels with coal
accounting for around 57 percent of
India's total energy consumption more
than 300 million Indians still have no
access to electricity
most of them reside in rural India with
a growing economy and a 1.2 4 billion
population aspiring for a better quality
of life India's energy demand growth is
inevitable full mining alone in central
India threatens over 1.1 million
hectares of forest land and tribes
dependent on forests for their
livelihood these forests are inhabited
by endangered animal species India is
the fourth largest carbon dioxide
emitter in the world this is due to
increased coal consumption which
represents 67% of the increased
emissions
in contrast renewable energy does not
pollute the environment or produce
greenhouse gases it is the appropriate
solution to climate change but as a
country we continue to lag behind in our
intention or action on using and
promoting renewable energy only twelve
point two five percent of India's energy
generation capacity is from renewable
energy resources with its natural
resources India can emerge as a
renewable energy superpower in the world
only a fraction of the total potential
of renewable energy sources has been
utilized in India Gujarat government has
taken an unprecedented initiative to
promote renewable energy projects like
the canals solar power project in which
eighteen thousand kilometer long network
of Narmada canals across the state is
intended to be used for setting solar
panels and generating electricity
another initiative in Gujarat is the
char ANCA solar power where groups of
thin-film photovoltaic power systems are
being set up on a 2,000 hectare site in
the district of pattern solar power has
produced electricity in every diverse
region of India from rural Bihar to
mountain terrains of Ladakh from
villages of Rajasthan to a metropolitan
city like Bengaluru in Bihar farmers
have used solar energy to generate
underground water for farming and fish
culture Ladakh which is a very high
plateau in the Himalayan range
experiences heavy snowfall and remains
cut off by road from the rest of the
country for several months in the year
their solar energy is used for cooking
lighting and heating there are villages
in Rajasthan where electricity has
reached now because of drum tower a
private electricity generating
enterprise cellco India is a 15 year old
company committed to provide much-needed
access to clean lighting services to
people SELCO has delivered 100,000 solar
lighting systems to energy poor across
the state of karnataka long coastlines
and numerous hilly regions make wind
power a bright option to generate
electricity in Karnataka's villages
people are switching from firewood to
biogas for clean cooking most of the
villagers produce biogas in their own
compound from cow dung villages in NuBra
Valley in Ladakh are generating
electricity through micro hydro power
unit installed in glacier stream for
nine months of the year
India has renewable energy resources in
abundance and the most impressive
initiative is in Bihar generating
electricity from rice husk husk power
system was founded in rural be home
these power plants are modest
establishments where electricity is
generated by the gas produced from the
rice husk in the machine husk power
systems provide electricity for six to
seven hours each evening to about
hundred thousand people across 125
villages using only rice husk these
tales of success are not mere stories
but an eye-opening practical
demonstration of how renewable energy
can be used efficiently to produce
energy without indulging in forest
destruction and carbon emission the
onset of India's ongoing energy crisis
is loud and clear if India has to become
a truly democratic nation the energy
delivery system is fair and transparent
renewable energy has been cleared
signals and it cannot be you know just
as a pack apart
it is a time for the renewable energy to
become our mainstream