India can become major global hub for renewable energy, envoy says - Nikkei Asia
India can become major global hub for renewable energy, envoy says - Nikkei Asia
PARIS -- India can "greatly accelerate" the global transition to cleaner power if its request to join the International Energy Agency is approved, the country's Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf told Nikkei.
Ashraf said India can use its massive workforce and investment-friendly environment to become a key part of the supply chain for components like solar panels, batteries and wind turbines.
Related Knowledge Center: ENERGY BASICS: hydropower
Hydropower — electricity generated by turbines capturing energy from moving water — was for many years the primary contributor of renewable energy to the U.S. electricity grid. Its growth was rapid into the 1970s, and since then has offered a stable supply of power, while a declining share of all generation. For many years, hydropower was seen as clean energy and an unalloyed good, but a greater understanding of the impact of dams on ecosystems and wildlife has led to the removal of some dams. As of 2019, hydropower trails wind as a renewable source of power generation.