India continues to see geothermal as valid power supply option
Trekking in Ladakh, India (source: flickr/ mckaysavage, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
18 Aug 2011
India continues to see geothermal as a valid power option, talking about the importance of cooperations such as with Iceland to develop its resources.
Reported from India, Observing that India can achieve energy security through renewable sources, the government says it was seeking cooperation of countries like Iceland where clean and sustainable geothermal energy is used for power generation.
“We are trying to cooperate with them (Iceland) in a big way because there are number of areas in our country where geothermal energy can be made use of,” New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said while delivering 10th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
He said India with the cooperation of Iceland hopes to start soon exploring the possibilities of geothermal energy in some of the areas like Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and some places in Chhattisgarh.
“There are number of areas in our country, which we are now trying to look into with Iceland and see that how best we can use this energy,” the minister said.
Abdullah said his vision is to see that every Indian has access to clean, reliable and affordable energy.
“Today, technology provide us this opportunity,” he added.
He said India has an installed base of 20,000 MW of renewable energy which it aims to increase to 70,000 MW in the next 10 years and “if we do not seize the opportunity now, future generations will have every reason to identify us as a selfish, shortsighted and an irresponsible generation”.
The minister also said that the government was aware that “any delayed action” in creating an ambitious renewable energy future for country could “imperil our security of energy supply.”
Source: DNA India
