Wednesday, August 05, 2009
India's bold solar energy plans
In a step forward, the Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change got an in-principle nod from the Indian PM with anambitious target of 20,000MW solar power by 2020 being accepted. In a meeting that lasted over two hours, the Climate Change Council headed by the PM suggested several changes and alterations to the mission details which will now be incorporated in the final document.
Although the country has virtually no solar power today, the plan is to generate 20 gigawatts (GW) from sunlight by 2020. About 400 million Indians have no electricity at all, and harnessing the country’s abundant solar power could help spark growth and end the power cuts that plague the nation.
India, along with China and others, has demanded that the costs of clean technologies should be borne by developed nations, who have grown rich through their heavy use of fossil fuels. If rich nations do fund the solar plan, the aim of both sides — economic growth for developing countries but with low-carbon emissions — will have been met.
IMO: Quite right too. I've said such things for years, for India, but relatively speaking, China looks wealthy so I can't necessarily speak there.
Although the country has virtually no solar power today, the plan is to generate 20 gigawatts (GW) from sunlight by 2020. About 400 million Indians have no electricity at all, and harnessing the country’s abundant solar power could help spark growth and end the power cuts that plague the nation.
India, along with China and others, has demanded that the costs of clean technologies should be borne by developed nations, who have grown rich through their heavy use of fossil fuels. If rich nations do fund the solar plan, the aim of both sides — economic growth for developing countries but with low-carbon emissions — will have been met.
IMO: Quite right too. I've said such things for years, for India, but relatively speaking, China looks wealthy so I can't necessarily speak there.
# posted by uv : 3:06 PM
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