India Aims For More Renewable Energy

Madhya Pradesh, a state in India, has
. . . 202 MW of solar PV power capacity installed, and
. . . 1,300 MW  wind by the 2014.
India has even bigger solar plans than that, such as a
. . . 4,000 MW plant, which would be the world’s largest.

Some may argue that India has too much poverty,
. . . to justify spending money on solar, and
. . . that the environment will have to wait.
However, solar power costs have dropped tremendously in recent years and
. . . solar is actually the cheapest option for new electricity,
. . . in locations off the grid all across the developing world.
Off-grid installation and microgrid installations can take advantage of
. . . solar’s distributed and ubiquitous nature.
With its solar resources, in India solar power is now cheaper than diesel.

Also, considering the economy, why should they spend even more money
. . . on imported  oil (which requires foreign exchange of cash)
. . . while they have so much poverty?
A major step to getting out of a bad financial situation,
. . . if India is going to become economically strong,
. . . it should use its tremendous solar and wind resources,
. . . to make sure it is generating as much of its own energy as possible.

2013-10-29 Source:  India  Madhya Pradesh