Eco Factor: Documents reveal India’s plans to generate 200GW of solar electricity by 2050.
With only 3MW solar electricity being generated in India as of today, the country has plans to be a part of the green nations of the world by 2050. Documents seen by Indian newspaper The Hindu reveal that the country plans to develop plants that collectively would generate a whopping 200GW of solar power by 2050.
The plan includes measures for rapidly expanding the use of small-scale photovoltaic panels, solar lighting systems and large-scale commercial solar plants, which will drive the cost of solar electricity down to encourage domestic solar manufacturing. The plants would be built in both rural and urban areas and would aim to reduce the cost of solar energy to bring it in parity with conventional grid power. According to the plan the country would have 20,000MW of solar power by 2020, which will be expanded to 100,000MW by 2030 and 200,000MW by 2050.
Via: Treehugger
