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[Shortpoet-GTD]

Major Achievements in 2011
"The Year 2011 has seen a significant growth with a number of new initiatives
in the renewable energy sector.  
The wind energy sector picked up momentum again by adding over 2800 MW capacity resulting in grid-connected renewable power capacity crossed the 22,000 MW milestone which is about 11% of the total power generation capacity of the country.
During the year grid-connected solar power plants crossing the 100 MW milestone.
In fact, SPV power plants of over 180 MW were set up in the country.
Over 1000 remote villages were electrified through renewable energy systems during this year.  Over 50 MW off-grid installations were completed.  
Another initiative of the Ministry was to launch a comprehensive project to popularize renewable energy systems in the Ladakh.
The Ministry is giving special focus on research in solar energy. 36 R&D projects in solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies are under implementation.
A capacity addition of 3815 MW have been achieved during 2011 from various renewable energy sources.
This includes 2827 MW from wind, 310 MW from small hydro, 498 MW from biomass and 180 MW from solar energy. With this, the total installed capacity from renewable has reached 22,447 MW."
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http://pib.nic.in/ne...spx?relid=79281

[Shortpoet-GTD]

Oops-sorry for the small print above. Font size didn't transfer correctly.

[zararina]

"Over 1000 remote villages were electrified through renewable energy systems during this year. Over 50 MW off-grid installations were completed. "

That was really a good news for them and for us that could benefit on whatever good way/process other people do for our environment. Hope they could produce and supply more power/electricity from renewable sources. And that hope is for all part of our earth.

[jasserEnv]

For India, there is really no other option. With the unabated growth in population by a poorly education population they need to seek means of bringing the people into the current century. In this way, they can better protect forests and improve education in these rural areas. The only issue is how much these people will now consume in excess like the rest of us resulting in other degradation of the environment.

[Pushhyarag2000]

The electricty sector in India is in the forefront of reforms of what until recently was the exclusive preserve of the public sector. The Electricity Act 2003 has provided the impetus and there are ambitious targets. At the same time, there are quite a large number of CDM projects on the anvil, which is a sign of eagerness to reduce emissions while meeting the financial needs of projects. But there is a huge challenge even then because demand far exceeds the supply and capacity creation hadn't kept place for a long time.