Renewable energy scenario in India

Author

Kothari, D.P.

Author_Institution

Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

634

Abstract

Prospects for renewable energy are steadily improving in India (% of total installed capacity is expected to be 10% by 2020). It is destined to take a leading role in the global renewable energy movement aiming towards sustainable development. Renewable energy programmes are especially designed to meet the growing energy needs in the rural areas for promoting decentralised and hybrid development so as to stem growing migration of rural population to urban areas in search of better living conditions. It would be through this integration of energy conservation efforts with renewable energy programmes that India would be able to achieve a smooth transition from fossil fuel economy to sustainable renewable energy based economy and bring "Energy for all" for equitable and environmental friendly sustainable development

Keywords

energy conservation; renewable energy sources; India; decentralised development; energy conservation efforts; environmental friendly sustainable development; fossil fuel economy; global renewable energy movement; hybrid development; renewable energy programmes; renewable energy scenario; rural areas; sustainable development; urban areas; Cogeneration; Oceans; Potential energy; Renewable energy resources; Research and development; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Sustainable development; Transportation; Wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2000. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5935-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESW.2000.850112

Filename

850112