India has been pushing heavily in the renewable Energy field to make itself less reliable on Oil and other fossil fuel imports. Earlier this month we hit 200 GW Milestone and renewable energy now accounts for 46.3% of total power generation in India.
This is awesome news and something we should be proud of. My parent’s place in Delhi is running on Solar (well everything except the AC’s are on Solar) and my cousin’s farm and hour is almost 100% on solar now as are most of the houses in their village. The same is the case in a lot of villages in India especially in UP (others as well but I have not seen them all personally). A lot of the street lights etc now run on solar as well and there was an ongoing project to use the excess power generated by the panels put on the highways to power the villages on route as well.
The top 4 States Driving India’s Renewable Energy Capacity are as follows:
- Rajasthan 29.98 GW
- Gujarat 29.52 GW
- Tamil Nadu 23.70 GW
- Karnataka 22.37 GW
UP is not there in the top 4 yet as they started a bit late but there is an extensive push there for solar and I know other states are also exploring Solar, wind and other renewable energy sources as well. In addtion The Government of India has introduced various measures and initiatives to promote and accelerate renewable energy capacity nationwide, aiming for an ambitious target of 500 GW of installed capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030.
Source: NDTV: India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Hits 200 GW Milestone, Accounts For 46.3% Of Total Power
– Suramya