Title :
Renewable energy technology in India: Panacea for sustainable development
Author :
Anitha, U. ; Vanitha, U. ; Nivedha, U. ; Rani, S. Usha
Author_Institution :
AVC Coll. (Autonomous), Mannampandal, India
Abstract :
Energy is very essential for sustenance of life on this earth, without energy, life will come to a stands still. Perhaps after food, energy is the most important component for economic development of a country and for improving the quality of life of the people. Therefore, one of the most important tasks of the planning process is to ensure sharp increase in production of energy. In fact, the per capita energy consumption in India is still one of the lowest in the world. Furthermore, 80 percent of rural energy are being consumed by urban areas with only 20 percent of the population and rural areas consume 20 percent with 80 percent of the population (L.S. Srivastava 1995). The coming generation precedent challenges and opportunities between 1990 and 2030 the world population growth will be 3.7 billion, food production will need to double and industrial output and energy use will probably triple world-wide and increase fivefold in developing countries.(R.Karthikeyan 1996). Among the various infrastructures, energy plays a pivotal role since it is base for all other developments. Now a days the electric power is widely used in almost all sectors; industry, agriculture, transportation, domestic, rural, urban, of course no activity, no place is without power. But the rate of use of power may vary from sector to sector. India is endowed with a wealth of rich natural resources and sources of energy. Resources for power generation are unevenly dispersed across the country. This can be appropriately and optimally utilized to make available reliable supply of electricity to each and every household. Electricity is considered key driver for targeted 8 to 10 per cent economic growth of India. Electricity supply at globally competitive rates would also make economic activity in the country competitive in the globalized environment.
Keywords :
domestic appliances; economic indicators; energy conservation; power generation economics; power generation planning; power generation reliability; power markets; renewable energy sources; sustainable development; India; agriculture; domestic; economic development; economic growth; electricity supply reliability; energy consumption; globalized environment; household; industry; natural resource; planning process; power generation resource; renewable energy technology; rural area; rural energy; sustainable development; transportation; urban area; Commercialization; Green products; Heating; Humans; Reliability; Urban areas; Wind energy; Bio Gas; Bio Mass Energy; Environment; Hydel Energy; Irrigation; Renewable Energy; Solar Energy; Solar Photovoltaic; Sustainable Development; Tidal Energy; Transportation; Wind Mills;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0213-5