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Renewable Energy
Paper Presented on Renewable Energy Sources – Policies of India

Author- Rucha Korhale
BE-Instrumentation

Lecturer, VPM’s Polytechnic, Thane

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Renewable Energy Sources – Policies of India
 Abstract:In today’s date, India is a large consumer of fossil fuel such as coal, crude oil etc. The rapid increase in use of Non renewable energies such as fossil fuel, oil, natural gas has created problems of demand & supply. Because of which, the future of Non renewable energies is becoming uncertain. Also India has had a negative Energy Balance for decades, which has resulted in the need to purchase energy from outside the country to fulfill the needs of the entire country. Even though, The Ministry of Power has set an agenda of providing Power to All by 2012. This makes everyone to think, how this will be going to happen? The answer found is presented in this paper called “Renewable Energy Sources – Policies of India” India has a large amount of, supply of renewable energy resources & hence India has decided to organize a program for proper utilization of renewable energy resources. As a result of which, India is the only country in the world to have an exclusive ministry for renewable energy development, The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES). The analysis of need of renewable energy sources, the policies of India through MNES, Legal aspect of Government of India about renewable energy sources, sources of renewable energy available in India, Estimates of potential
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capacities of India from renewable energy sources is presented in this paper.

 Current Scenario of Conventional Energy Sources in India.
At present India is a large consumer of fossil fuel such as coal, crude oil etc. Over a past few decades, energy is needed for everything. The electricity requirement is increasing at an alarming rate due to increased population & industrial growth. This rapid increase in use of energy has created problems of demand & supply. Because of


References:       The Electricity Act, 2003 (No.36 of 2003) by Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry for Non-conventional Energy  Conclusion Over the past few decades energy is the backbone of technology & economic development. Rapid increase in use of energy has created problems of demand & supply. According to current situation , 80,000 villages are yet to be electrified. Also India has had a negative Energy Balance for decades. Even though, The Ministry of Power has set an agenda of providing Power to All. Could India meet all energy needs, was the problem statement of this paper. The answer found is Yes, India can meet all energy needs with Renewable Energy Sources. Solution to long-term energy problems will come only through research, development & implementation of such developments & Sources, commonly known as MNES The President of India www.presidentofindia.nic.in www.indiacore.com http://www.geni.org Centre for Wind Energy Technology www.cwet.tn.nic.in recherché in the field of renewable energy sources. The total estimated potential of 7
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