India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
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Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#2India is doing pretty well in green energy on the whole! India has the 4th largest energy generator from wind in the world. India has the largest solar power plant in the world (Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu). I at least hope that India is not inclined to return to coal with the US's exit from the Paris accord.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_by_country http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/02/india-solar-power-pl...
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#3Parts of the theory of disruption - specifically that an entity with less entrenched structures, can solve problems in more efficient ways - applies to nation states as well.
When 25% of your country has no electricity at all, you get to imagine parts of your grid from the ground up. If there's an expectation of load-shedding and your grid doesn't have to be at a 100% in all places, you have room to make mistakes. Most importantly, if the renewables aren't replacing but rather adding to your energy generation capacity, you don't have to fight entrenched fossil fuel businesses and associated regulatory capture to get started.
In many ways it's similar to how telephony spread in the developing world. They skipped landlines entirely and went straight to GSM.
I'm terribly excited about renewables in parts of Africa and the rural areas in South Asia. My family is originally from Bangladesh. The local grid is so unreliable in rural areas and Chinese solar equipment so cheap that most of my family members who live in villages just bought a solar installation instead of waiting around for the utilities to run wiring.
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#4Parts of the theory of disruption - specifically that an entity with less entrenched structures, can solve problems in more efficient ways - applies to nation states as well. When 25% of your country has no electricity at all, you get to imagine parts of your grid from the ground up. If there's an expectation of load-shedding and your grid doesn't have to be at a 100% in all places, you have room to make mistakes. Mo…
> In many ways it's similar to how telephony spread in the developing world. They skipped landlines entirely and went straight to GSM.
And also how banking/payment is spreading in Africa: mobile-to-mobile, skipping credit cards entirely.
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#5India is doing pretty well in green energy on the whole! India has the 4th largest energy generator from wind in the world. India has the largest solar power plant in the world (Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu). I at least hope that India is not inclined to return to coal with the US's exit from the Paris accord. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_by_country http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/02/india-solar-power-pl...
Personally, I think the government there is already guilty of criminal neglect in infrastructure in that country, if they go back to coal and petrol, people WILL start dropping like flies from all sorts of issues because of the air quality. It's horrendous now, if they go backwards... ugh. Hopefully Modi is smarter than that.
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#6India is doing pretty well in green energy on the whole! India has the 4th largest energy generator from wind in the world. India has the largest solar power plant in the world (Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu). I at least hope that India is not inclined to return to coal with the US's exit from the Paris accord. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_by_country http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/02/india-solar-power-pl...
The thing I don't understand is why it's assumed that somehow the Paris Treaty is somehow enforced, or binding, or that it will even actually improve conditions more-so than independent initiative.
I personally think that the USA can achieve its goal without the Paris Treaty through personal responsibility of the states, and independent initiatives through counties, and cities. That type of independent resolution is necessary for long term improvement at the grassroots level.
The US, I don't think, can get to the level of European in terms with climate, unless the US, and its states stop being complacent, and reliant on the Federal government.
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#7India, "still a coal Goliath" is a better description. They burn a massive amount of coal compared to most countries.
They've just scaled slightly back on a massive coal consumption plan they implemented in the last few years. Nice, but hardly worth any recognition in the shadow of the damage they have already done.
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#8India, "still a coal Goliath" is a better description. They burn a massive amount of coal compared to most countries. They've just scaled slightly back on a massive coal consumption plan they implemented in the last few years. Nice, but hardly worth any recognition in the shadow of the damage they have already done.
The damage of bringing a billion people electricity?
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#9India, "still a coal Goliath" is a better description. They burn a massive amount of coal compared to most countries. They've just scaled slightly back on a massive coal consumption plan they implemented in the last few years. Nice, but hardly worth any recognition in the shadow of the damage they have already done.
Please look at per capita emissions of India compared to other countries before making such statements.
Wonder how Indians do a damage to the enviornment, by having the lowest per capita emissions on planet.
FYI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
Re: India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
#10India, "still a coal Goliath" is a better description. They burn a massive amount of coal compared to most countries. They've just scaled slightly back on a massive coal consumption plan they implemented in the last few years. Nice, but hardly worth any recognition in the shadow of the damage they have already done.
> in the shadow of the damage they have already done.
Really?
See here: http://www.tsp-data-portal.org/Breakdown-of-Electricity-Gene...
U.S. generated, per 2014 data, 1612 TWh from Coal and 1272 TWh from Gas. China generated 3681 TWh from Coal and 91 TWh from Gas.
Compare this to India, which generated a mere 800 TWh from Coal and 89 TWh from Gas.
And this when India has more than 4 times the population of US and according to some estimates, unverified, more population than China.