200,000 MW of solar power in India by 2050?
20,000 MW by 2020, 100,000 MW by 2030 and 200,000 MW by 2050. Those of you who have been in touch with India’s renewable energy program who just laugh at above projections. India was amongst the first few nations to latch on to the solar power program in early 70s. Almost three decades have passed by and we have been able to add only 2-3 MW of grid interactive solar power. In light of all these facts, are we just day dreaming when we sit about setting up ambitious plan targets of 200,000 MW by 2050.
Mlies to go before you relax-Indian Power Sector saga
Indian Power Sector has so much to do in pretty little time at its disposal but it is still far from measuring up to the demands of the situation. Country is banking heavily on XI plan where installed capacity addition of about 78000+ MW is envisaged. But the way things have moved it is expected that country is going to achieve only 50% of what has been planned during this plan. Read the rest of this entry »