Gregs Final report inidicators

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Access to Electricity

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Year

India's Deficit / Surplus of Power

Number of People With Out Power

2005

-7.31%

2006

-8.38%

2007

-9.57%

2008

-9.92%

2009

-11.07%

2010

-10.11%

291000000

2011

-8.50%

404000000

2012

-8.46%

254000000

2013

-8.73%

237000000

2014

-4.23%

304000000

2015

-3.57%

267000000

2016

-2.11%

244000000

2017

1.10%

222000000

Having easy access to electricity is something that is easily forgotten and taken advantage of when you have never gone without it. Many however, still live in areas without any access to electricity. This year in India roughly 222 million will live in the dark. Having access to electricity is not only important for the citizens’ personal use but also very important in the country’s capability of producing income per capita. Having the capability of lighting up a shop with lights at night allows employees to work at any time of the day. It also gives the ability to these employees to use power tools and machines to further increase production in what ever industry they are in.

Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources

Year

Growth in MW

2008

12403

2009

14792

2010

16817

2011

19974

2012

24914

2013

28067

2014

31702

2015

33791

2016

38822

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Bio-Power (Bio-mass/Cogen, Waste to Energy Installed Capacity in MW

Small Hydro Power Installed Capacity in MW

Wind Power Installed Capacity in MW

Solar Power Installed Capacity In MW

1325

2045

1663

1751

2429

1485

2137

2559

1565

2600

2954

2349

32

3095

3300

3197

481

3565

3552

1700

1446

4013

3804

2079

2647

4165

3991

2312

3062

4550

4177

1645

4879

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One of a country’s biggest worry is access to energy, which mostly comes from fossil fuels. This can cause a huge strain on the country when coming to where they are going to get fuel from to supply their power plants to create energy. If they are not lucky enough to be located on pockets of oil in the ground, they must import fuel from somewhere else. With the increase in technology we are seeing country’s move away from the standard fossil fuels and moving more to renewable energy. This not only cuts down in what they are paying for imported fuel, but can also create money for the home country.

While India is making great progress in being able to produce energy from renewable sources, it still only makes up a small percentage of the total energy produced. The problem is that the rate at which renewable energy sources are being installed is not greater then the rate at which energy is being required. However, every megawatt produced by wind, solar, or hydro, is one less megawatt being required