A Review On Indias Renewable Energy Potential

Reji Shaji::India with a population of 1.2 billion is one of the biggest and fastest growing economies in the world. There is always a very high demand for energy, which is currently met mainly by coal, oil and petroleum, which apart from being a non-renewable; it is also harmful to the environment. Thus, it is vital that India obtains energy security without affecting the ever-booming economy, which would mean that alternative energy sources be found. This would mean that the country must switch from the nonrenewable energy - crude oil and coal - to renewable energy. The Government of India has already made several provisions, and established many agencies that will help it achieve its goal of becoming one of the world's leading clean energy producers. Renewable energy is energy from a resource that is replaceable by existing flows of energy, such as sunshine, wind, water, biological processes and geothermal heat flows. These energy resources might be used directly or indirectly as forms of energy. In this paper, the potential and technological possibilities in this direction are discussed in the Indian context.