RE integrated grid systems will lead us to energy independence.
By EPR Magazine Editorial January 4, 2023 6:30 pm IST
By EPR Magazine Editorial January 4, 2023 6:30 pm IST
This feature highlights the critical factors of grid integration and energy transition.
The modernisation of the energy sector began in 1992; later, with the opening of the economy in 2000, the Electricity Act 2003 and the Energy Conservation Act 2001 were announced. This was the phase where renewables started coming into the picture in the 1980s and 1990s.
Announcements concerning climate mitigation, the National Climate Change National Program in the PCC Action Plan on Climate Change in 2008, and the Solar Mission in 2010. Thus, over the 75 years after independence, all of these different eras of the development of the energy sector or electricity industry can be identified.
According to statements made in Glasgow, we will reach 500 gigawatts of non-fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030. According to the information provided, our total installed capacity will be around 1000 GW, making it one of the largest grids in the world. Our current installed capacity is approximately 410 gigawatts. We have about 175 GW of renewable energy, including large hydro and a tiny percentage of nuclear, but 500 GW of non-fossil fuel energy. It will generate roughly 500 gigawatts of renewable energy, accounting for about 50% of our energy needs through 2030.
Our renewable energy capacity will continue to grow, and we intend to cut our economy’s carbon intensity by 45%, as measured by the primary GDP. The current carbon intensity will be lowered by 45% by 2030. By 2070, we aim to achieve net zero. So a significant portion of our energy needs will be met by renewable sources.
India’s driver for the energy transition
While discussing the drivers for the energy transition in India, ShirishGarud, Director of Renewable Energy Technologies at TERI, said, “We need to consider energy independence because whatever happens globally—as you may have noticed, Europe is currently having issues due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and those kinds of energy crises—we don’t want to see in the future for us, which is one of the reasons why we are looking at renewables and then other energy sources.” Our driver for this energy transition is fossil fuel-generated pollution. These are some of the motivations that drive us.
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