{"id":55227,"date":"2020-02-27T17:07:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=55227"},"modified":"2020-02-27T17:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:37:45","slug":"answered-discuss-the-role-of-renewable-energy-resources-in-order-to-maintain-environmental-sustainability-with-special-reference-to-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-role-of-renewable-energy-resources-in-order-to-maintain-environmental-sustainability-with-special-reference-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Discuss the role of renewable energy resources in order to maintain environmental sustainability with special reference to India."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss the role of renewable energy resources in\n sustainable development. Mention India\u2019s efforts towards renewable energy.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Renewable energy (RE) sources are resources\nwhich can be used to produce energy again and again e.g. solar energy, wind\nenergy etc. India has taken the lead in the renewable energy sector in the\nworld. As of 2019, 35% of India’s installed electricity generation capacity is\nfrom renewable sources, generating 17% of total electricity in the country. The\ncountry is aiming to expand its renewable energy capacities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role\nof renewable energy resources in sustainable development:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Sustainable development: <\/strong>Economic development has been strongly\ncorrelated with increasing energy use and growth of greenhouse gas (GHG)\nemissions. Renewable energy can help by contributing to sustainable development\nby reducing energy imports. <\/li>
  2. Benefit poor: <\/strong>In addition, renewable energy offers the opportunity to\nimprove access to modern energy services for the poorest members of society,\nwhich is crucial for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal. For\ninstance, by installing the solar panels, the poor can access electricity\nmost of the time in the day.<\/li>
  3. Energy access: <\/strong>In India many areas still lack access to electricity. And\nmost of the rural areas lack 24 hour electricity. If solar and wind plants are\ndistributed, there can be minimal electricity generation interruption because\nweather disruptions in one location cannot be the same in other locations.<\/li>
  4. Climate change mitigation: <\/strong>RE technologies provide important benefits\ncompared to fossil fuels, in particular regarding GHG emissions. Renewable\nenergy is a clean source of energy, meaning, it has low or zero carbon and\ngreenhouse emission.<\/li>
  5. Employment: <\/strong>Development of renewable sources lead to creation of\nemployment opportunities and actively promoting structural change in the\neconomy. Solar, wind electricity has potential to produce over millions of\njobs.<\/li>
  6. Reduce pollution: <\/strong>RE technologies also offer benefits with respect to air\npollution and health. Non combustion based RE power generation technologies\nhave the potential to significantly reduce local and regional air pollution and\nlower associated health impacts compared to fossil-based power generation.<\/li>
  7. Energy security:<\/strong> Sources of energy like fossil fuels (oil, gas,\nand coal) are considered limited resources and there is\na strong possibility that they will run out in the\nfuture. Renewable resources do not deplete over a lifetime and there is zero possibility\nthat they will run out (sustainable source of energy). For example solar and\nwind energy.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    India\u2019s\nefforts towards renewable energy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy:<\/strong> India is the first country in the world to set\nup a ministry of non-conventional energy resources (now Ministry of New and\nRenewable Energy (MNRE). Its public sector undertakings the Solar Energy\nCorporation of India is responsible for the development of the solar energy industry in India. <\/li>
    2. Intended Nationally Determined Contributions\n(INDC):<\/strong> In the Paris Agreement\nIndia has committed to an Intended Nationally Determined Contributions target\nof achieving 40% of its total electricity generation from non-fossil fuel\nsources by 2030. 175 GW interim target is 100 GW of solar, 60 GW of wind, 10 GW\nof biomass and 5 GW of small\nhydro. <\/li>
    3. Central Electricity Authority’s strategy\nblueprint:<\/strong> The country is\naiming for an ambitious\ntarget of 57% of the total electricity capacity from renewable sources by 2027\nin Central Electricity Authority’s strategy blueprint. According to 2027\nblueprint, India aims to have 275 GW from renewable energy, 72 GW of\nhydroelectricity, 15 GW of nuclear energy and nearly 100 GW from other zero\nemission sources. <\/li>
    4. Commission for Additional Sources of Energy:<\/strong> Realizing the need for concentrated efforts in\nthis sector, The Government of India established a Commission for Additional\nSources of Energy (CASE) in the Department of Science and Technology. The\nmandate of CASE is to promote research and development activities in the field\nof renewable energy.<\/li>
    5. Solar mini-grids project: <\/strong>As part of the government’s initiatives to take\nrenewable energy to remote places, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy,\nlaunched the solar mini-grids project. The Solar Mini Grids project has an\nobjective of taking advantage of the available solutions to promote universal\nenergy access by 2025 and reduce electricity costs and tariffs.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Way\nforward: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Infrastructure: <\/strong>To support growing renewable energy, the expansion of\ntransmission infrastructure, for both intra and inter-state should be\nstrengthened.<\/li>
      2. Domestic content requirement:<\/strong> It should be carefully assessed to ensure that\ndomestic content requirement does not hinder the growth of solar capacity.<\/li>
      3. R&D: <\/strong>Investment in R&D programmes, as well as human resource\ndevelopment is necessary in addition to local content requirements<\/li>
      4. Institutional strengthening: <\/strong>Strengthen the institutional structure to\nfacilitate effective flow of central financial assistance. It is also important\nto strengthen institutional structure to monitor implementation of Government\npolicies and programmes.<\/li>
      5. Capacity building: <\/strong>The government also needs to ensure that India’s\ndistribution companies have the capacity to continue to purchase renewable\nelectricity, especially if bid prices level off or rise.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Renewable energy technologies are still\nsignificantly new to the market. They still lack the much needed efficiency.\nIndia must strengthen regional structures so that states can efficiently\npromote renewable energy usage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss the role of renewable energy resources in sustainable development. Mention India\u2019s efforts towards renewable energy. Conclusion. Way forward. Renewable energy (RE) sources are resources which can be used to produce energy again and again e.g. solar energy, wind energy etc. India has taken the lead in… Continue reading [Answered] Discuss the role of renewable energy resources in order to maintain environmental sustainability with special reference to India.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55227","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=55227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}