1. Solar Cell, Solar Thermal are very good promising renewable energy sources. Solar cell industry is like 1980's microchip industry, prices will come down drasticaly in another 5 years. SO Indian should invest RnD money heavily on these areas and should come out with attractive policy for encouraging small scale and large scale industries to venture into these fields.
2. Electric vehicles, Electric cars, Fuel cells: Government should frame policy making it mandatory for all Indian automobiles companies to come out with their won version of electric vehicles. And slowly over a period of 10 years 50% of petrol/diesel vehicles should be replaced with electric vehicle. Something like only heavy transportaion vehicles should run with diesel. If good RnD dollars go into research then India can sure reduce its oil dependency considerably.
3. Ethanol production capacity should be increased. Governemnt should encourage farmers and other industries related to this industry with very good policies and finance scheme.
4. Large scale grid connected solar farm should be encouraged. And if possible majority of rural area must be electrified using grid connected soalr cell farms. This will reduce our load on thermal power plant. Thus reducing our carbon foot print by reducing coal consumption. Even depending on uranium in not a good long term option. Because even this resource is limited.
5. Wind energy is also a very good option. Where ever possible identify wind energy sites
RE:Invest heavily in RnD of Clean Technology
by Deepak Jadhav on May 27, 2008 10:10 AM Permalink
5. Wind energy is also a very good option. Where ever possible identify wind energy sites and government should comeout with large scale installation of wind turbines. This too will take care of our large scale energy demands.
6. And heavy RnD money should go into research of Long life Batteries, Fuel cell, Hydrogen storage devices, etc etc. And Government should make lot of policies in clean energy.
What I feel is the attractive policy in clean energy and governments commitment towards implementing it will help initiate the procoess of reducing our oil dependency.
