Roadmap to secure growing energy needs

PUNE: Greenpeace launched the second version of the 'Indian Energy [R]evolution1' - a roadmap to secure country's growing energy needs without having to depend on the depleting and polluting fossil fuels.
The India Energy [R]evolution report jointly drafted by Greenpeace, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), focuses on the socio-economic impacts of renewable energy and proposes the pathway to ensure India's energy security in the long run.Earlier this year, the three organisations released the Global Energy [R]evolution (2) which highlighted the severe energy constraint the world is facing due to its over-dependence on fossil fuel.
According to Greenpeace, the roadmap comes at a critical time when the country is facing massive power shortage due to the inability of fossil fuels to meet its economic aspirations. The future of India's growth lies with massive expansion and deployment of renewable energy technologies through key policy reforms and significant investments, without putting any negative impact on its forest and dependent marginalised communities, it said.
"Recent electricity grid failure and severe power shortage due to rising electricity demand constantly reminds us that coal and other fossil fuels have no future and their era of dominance is over. There is no cheap coal available without destroying forests, displacing people and wild animals and it is a heavy price to pay without any guarantee to meet the growing demand," said Greenpeace India Senior Energy Campaigner Abhishek Pratap.
A transition to renewable energy is the best and the only option for the government to secure the future growth of our nation," he said.