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India has achieved the third position globally in terms of total installed renewable energy capacity.
This ranking underscores India's significant progress and commitment towards a clean energy transition.
The achievement is crucial for enhancing energy security and meeting climate change mitigation goals.
Renewable energy refers to energy derived from natural processes that replenish themselves continuously. These sources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, geothermal heat, and biomass, are sustainable and produce little to no greenhouse gas emissions during operation, making them crucial for combating climate change and ensuring long-term energy security.
Simple Analogy: Think of renewable energy like a river that constantly flows, providing water without running dry. Similarly, sources like the sun and wind continuously provide energy, unlike fossil fuels which are finite reserves.
The nodal agency of the Government of India for all matters relating to new and renewable energy. It formulates policies, plans, and programs for the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies.
An intergovernmental organization that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal platform for international cooperation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy, technology, resource and financial knowledge on renewable energy.
To establish India as a global leader in solar energy by creating policy conditions for its widespread deployment across the country.
Key: Aims to promote solar power generation and achieve significant capacity targets, including grid-connected and off-grid applications.
To harness India's vast wind energy potential for electricity generation.
Key: Includes policies for setting up wind farms, providing incentives for wind power producers, and developing offshore wind energy projects.
Increased renewable energy capacity directly reduces reliance on fossil fuels, thereby lowering greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to global climate goals.
Diversifying energy sources away from imported fossil fuels enhances national energy security and reduces vulnerability to global energy price fluctuations.
India's progress in renewable energy directly contributes to SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action), among others.
GS-III: Environment & Ecology, Indian Economy (Energy Sector, Infrastructure)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Static GK on Energy)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Economic News)
General Science, General Knowledge (Current Affairs)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, National Security implications)
Consider the following statements: 1. Amarkantak Hills are at the confluence of Vindhya and Sahyadri Ranges. 2. Biligirirangan Hills constitute the easternmost part of Satpura Range. 3. Seshachalam Hills constitute the southernmost part of Western Ghats. How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: None
Consider the following pairs: Famous place : River 1. Pandharpur : Chandrabhaga 2. Tiruchirappalli : Cauvery 3. Hampi : Malaprabha Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
Answer: 1 and 2 only
If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?
Answer: 7
High. This topic is regularly featured in economic surveys, budget documents, and environmental reports, making it a recurring theme in competitive exams.
Energy from sources that are naturally replenished.
The maximum output an electricity generator can produce under specific conditions.
The shift from fossil fuel-based energy systems to renewable energy sources.
Achieving an overall balance between greenhouse gas emissions produced and greenhouse gas emissions taken out of the atmosphere.