India Should get at least 5% of its energy form renewable sources for 2009
The director of the Electricity Regulatory Commission of India (CERC) has announced that for 2010, India should get at least 5% of its energy from renewable sources.
Last year, Pramod Deo, director of CERC said that by 2010 India should have a 5% renewable energy. Deo said that the percentages for each state should be clearly established before creating the mechanisms of control and punishment, to allow time for competition between the generation of renewable energy.
What CERC propose is that states can trade with each other, but doesn’t agree that CERC can address the task of establishing rates and control, almost if it wants to initiate a plan of action against climate change and develop solar energy research. According to Deo, people are paying more attention to the energy efficiency, and so they are creating measures to promote, develop tools and perhaps create tax rules for buildings.
There are 20 regulatory Indian states commissions that have decided the percentage of energy from renewable sources that they have to obtain. There are certain states that recently have got clean energy.
For example the production of renewable energy in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is around 10%, while in Maharashtra has reached 4%.
W have to remember that India is in a period of changes in population and industrial expansion, which means an increasing of demand for energy. The commitment to renewable energy is one way to address this growing demand.