Feature Reports
Summary India and Energy
The Asian giant, which before 2025 will be the world's most populous country, is faced with a paradox: its demand for coal will increase in the years ahead, while, at the same time, the country is launching huge renewable energy projects. India’s growing population and economic development are exerting considerable pressure on its energy needs, a situation experienced by many emerging countries.
India has launched an impressive renewable energies program, but its coalCoal is ranked by its degree of transformation or maturity, increasing in carbon content from... consumption will continue to grow in the years ahead. This illustrates the difficulty of launching an energy transition when economic growth, demographic pressure and the emergence of a middle class make all forms of energy necessary.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the bar for renewable energies - particularly solar powerIn physics, power is the amount of energy supplied by a system per unit time. In simpler terms, power can be viewed as energy output... - very high by taking part in a global project led by industrial and emerging countries around the world with the goal of creating a “mass effect”.
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