In India, there exists a dilemma concerning development and environmental protection. While there is an urgent need to reduce emissions and shift to clean energy, there is also the need to provide an adequate standard of living for a large section of the population, which will no doubt increase the overall ecological footprint of the nation. So while there is a need to improve human development indicators, the threat of ecological destruction still looms.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has ambitious targets set for 2022 in terms of increase in renewable energy, with a doubling of India’s wind power capacity (which supplies almost 61 per cent of India’s renewable energy needs), and a fifteen-fold increase in India’s solar power capacity from April 2016 levels. Read More…
Credit By: Business World
Latest posts by Businessworld (see all)
- Reliance Industries To Foray Into Renewable Energy Business – July 24, 2017
- Are India’s Thermal Power Plants Running Out Of Steam? – July 10, 2017
- Kochi Metro: A Moment Of Pride – July 3, 2017