#1 Germany (20,621 MW) #2 Spain (11,615 MW) #3 USA (11,603 MW) #4 India (6,270 MW) 35 Denmark (3,136 MW)
Wind energy is HAPPENING in India as you can see we are amongst leading nation. We have huge land and open spaces in hinterland, Why not use this absolutey clean format of energy ?
Status of Solar power
India receives solar energy equivalent to over 5000 trillion kWh/year (world's highest level). Now it is for our smartness to use it or let our edge over plentyful sun wither away.
Solar energy can be very convenienty used to -
a. domestic lighting b. street lighting c. village electrification d. water pumping e. desalination of salty water f. powering of remote telecommunication repeater stations and g. railway signals.
This is save the load on the main grid as well as these will work on their own thanks to solar power charged battery.
It's here and happening. In your day to day life you can see solar panels on top of flats and houses giving heated water to residents and also street lights powered by that. Tata Solar is one such company manufacturing solar systems.
USA, Europe, and Japan as leaders in use of solar technologies. Interestingly all these countries have much LESS sunshine than India.
WAVE ENERGY
With India having 7.600 KM of coastline with "waves" it surely deserves a serious attention. Developed countries in Europe and America are already doing this.
And of course Nuclear Power Plants - Clean and massive source of energy.
This can potentially complete the energy mix. We dont have to go through what Europe and USA went through in 19th and 20th centuries using coal energy. Instead we can leapfrog that developmental stage straight to CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES.
