08/07/2021 - Renewable energy

KEY POINTS

·        Indian Corporate has announced Rs 75,000-crore of investment in clean energy and the India-US Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership was launched at the Leaders’ Summit

·        The rapid increase in renewable energy (RE) capacity and partnerships like the International Solar Alliance have won appreciation.

Criticisms

·        In the middle of the pandemic, the government has auctioned 60 new coal mining blocks.

·        In effect, total carbon emissions, which is what impacts climate, will keep going up even as RE’s share rises.

·        India includes mega-hydropower in RE, despite the ecological and social havoc it causes

·        Renewable Energy production is mostly of the mega-park type, these projects have serious ecological and social impacts.

·        A shift from petrol-diesel to electric cars, this is also a consequence of thinking of climate and ecological crises only from a carbon perspective, ignoring biodiversity loss and pollution.

Sustainability

·        The Delhi government is supporting 150 government schools to generate rooftop solar energy, helping them save Rs 8.8 crore on electricity and earn Rs 8.5 crore from selling power back to the grid. .

·        Consumer behaviour that uses wasteful and luxury power can be changed and regulated, and power redistributed to those who do not have enough. 

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