{"id":53202,"date":"2019-10-18T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53202"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T06:06:46","slug":"answered-with-economic-growth-the-demand-for-power-in-india-is-only-going-to-increase-further-in-light-of-this-discuss-how-india-should-fulfill-its-energy-needs-without-jeopardis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-with-economic-growth-the-demand-for-power-in-india-is-only-going-to-increase-further-in-light-of-this-discuss-how-india-should-fulfill-its-energy-needs-without-jeopardis\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cWith economic growth, the demand for power in India is only going to increase further.\u201d In light of this discuss how India should fulfill its energy needs without jeopardising environmental health?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Challenge of rising energy needs and climate change. Measures to fulfill India\u2019s energy needs.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Rapid economic growth in India requires sufficient and cheap energy to ensure energy security. However, large incremental energy demand makes emissions reduction more difficult and costly. The issue of low energy efficiency of present energy infrastructure and high energy demand need proactive government policies and efforts. From the perspective of development, economic growth needs to be sustained by sufficient energy supply and simultaneously meet environmental constraints. For this there is need for sustainable production of energy in an environmental friendly way. This can be achieved through focus on wind, solar, nuclear energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising challenge of energy security and climate change:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Rise in Energy Demand: <\/strong>Climate\nchange has already started influencing energy demand in most sectors.\nIndia\u2019s energy demand outpaced global demand growth in 2018 according to the\nInternational Energy Agency. According to the IEA\u2019s Global Energy & CO2\nstatus report, India saw primary energy demand increase 4 %  or over 35 million tonne of oil equivalent.\nThis accounts for 11 % of global demand growth.<\/li>
  2. Decrease in Energy Supply:<\/strong> Energy supply has been negatively affected by changing\nweather patterns. As water reservoirs\ndecreases due to lower precipitation and increased evaporation, capacity for\nelectricity production from hydropower and other water-intensive generation\ntechnologies may decline. Decreasing water availability can also negatively\naffect cooling and cleaning systems required for Solar Power, nuclear power,\nand various other thermal generation technologies.<\/li>
  3. Poor energy Infrastructure:<\/strong> The existing energy infrastructure in India is not\nsufficient to meet the rising energy demands, as a result risks of system\nfailures are manifesting themselves through increasing numbers of energy\noutages.<\/li>
  4. Transportation sector: <\/strong>The\nexisting transportation infrastructure is currently not designed to address the\nchallenges of climate change and is not adequate for meeting the expected\nincreasing needs of its societies. Any future incentives for mitigating\nclimate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon pricing, electric\nvehicles will require major changes in the region\u2019s energy sector.<\/li>
  5. Construction sector:<\/strong>\nEnergy needs are also increasing important due to changes in the housing sector\nas increasing temperatures, particularly in summer months, are also increasing\nthe demand for air conditioning. In the phase of expanding urbanization, with\nlarge numbers of new construction projects, it is tough to meet energy demands.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How India should\nfulfill its energy needs without jeopardising environmental health?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. At the national\/state\nlevel, it will be important for countries to shift to renewable energy sources\nin their energy mix in order to reduce demand competition for non-renewable\nsources such as fossil fuels. <\/li>
    2. Efforts like e-vehicles, target of 175 GW through\nrenewable means, green bonds, green projects etc. are important in this\ncontext.<\/li>
    3. There is need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and\nswitch to alternate way of producing energy in a sustainable way.<\/li>
    4. Governments should pay\nspecial attention to improving energy infrastructure management and improving\nplanning to cope with the impacts of climate change.<\/li>
    5. This will also require\nappropriate policies and regulatory frameworks that incentivise energy\nefficiency and behavioural change.<\/li>
    6. Governments will need\nto encourage small businesses\u2019 activities in the energy sector, for example by\nenacting policies that support local-level development of renewable energy\nsources.<\/li>
    7. It is important to\npromote nuclear energy and investment should be made to establish nuclear\nenergy infrastructure.<\/li>
    8. Incorporating likely\nclimate change effects into energy forecasts and planning will be critical for\nall countries and international institutions.<\/li>
    9. Strengthening\ncooperation among the public sector, the private sector, and academia would be\ncritical.<\/li>
    10. Planning and budgeting\nfor the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change should become a\npriority for the energy sector.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Implementing the above measures and accounting for climate change impacts on the energy sector will continue to be challenging. This transition will take some time. There are various mitigation and adaptation measures that will have to start immediately. The longer the wait, the more pressing the challenges will become for the region, especially for the poorest who have the least ability to adapt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Challenge of rising energy needs and climate change. Measures to fulfill India\u2019s energy needs. Conclusion. Way forward. Rapid economic growth in India requires sufficient and cheap energy to ensure energy security. However, large incremental energy demand makes emissions reduction more difficult and costly. The issue of low… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cWith economic growth, the demand for power in India is only going to increase further.\u201d In light of this discuss how India should fulfill its energy needs without jeopardising environmental health?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53202","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}