Climate change would probably reduce India's potential for green energy, according to a study

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• Aug 20, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

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Desk: According to a recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical
Meteorology in Pune, India's solar and wind potential is anticipated to
experience a downward trend in the future owing to climate change.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The researchers analysed the wind
and solar estimates for the renewable energy sector over the Indian
subcontinent using cutting-edge climate models created by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Over North India, the seasonal and
yearly wind speed is predicted to fall, whereas over South India, it will rise.
According to a study titled "Analysis of future wind and solar potential
across India using climate models," the southern coast of Odisha and the
southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu show excellent
potential for wind energy in the case of climate change.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Recent publication of the findings
in the peer-reviewed journal Current Science.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">In the future, low energy producing
wind speeds are anticipated to grow while high energy producing wind speeds
will become less frequent, according to regional analyses of wind potential.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">"According to future solar
predictions, solar radiation would decline throughout the year over the
majority of the Indian landmass. Pre-monsoon months in central and
south-central India must be taken into consideration for future investments in
the solar power sector because the potential loss there is modest "It
read.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">"The current study demonstrates
that India's potential for solar and wind energy is expected to have a negative
trend going forward. To improve the generation of renewable energy, networks of
wind and solar farms must be expanded and made more effective "read the
report.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">One of the study's researchers,
Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, stated: "Our industry must adapt to the
changing climate, and our technologies must keep pace. Such forecasts ought to
be viewed as possibilities rather than truths.

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"Climate change in the
Indo-Gangetic plains may have an impact on the effectiveness of renewable energy
sources. The study emphasizes how crucial it is to plan for and respond to
situations of this nature, he said.

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The projections are crucial because India updated its
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to combat climate change,
incorporating two of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledges made at the Glasgow
conference: reducing GDP's emissions intensity by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030
and achieving about 50% of the total installed capacity for non-fossil
fuel-based electricity by 2030.