Mission Critical: Focusing on What Energy Costs Today
A disruptive shift in the world energy economy has rendered the commonly accepted axiom that renewable energy is expensive and fossil fuels are cheap oversimplified and outdated. From soaring coal and oil prices, to rock bottomsolar module prices, the signs are everywhere that what we believe we know about energy costs today requires immediate revision. Most importantly, [...]
Responding to the Energy Crisis in India: The National Energy Conclave
“Right now we have some firefighting to do.” – Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala The numbers are staggering – 50-gigawatts (GW) of power planned for Orissa, 35-GW for Andhra Pradesh, 35-50-GW for Maharashtra. In state after state eye popping numbers of large scale energy production are proposed to address the countries chronic energy supply shortage and fuel [...]
The Albedo Effect
This article basically discusses the environmental impacts of Photovoltaic Technology. Though most of us think that solar energy is by far the most prominent solution to our energy demands- safe and pure, we overlook certain facts. It’s not that I am against solar-energy but I want to bring the matter to light. The Albedo Effect [...]
N-Tech, No Way
I always thought nuclear technology, for energy or warfare, was a bad idea. As far as Im concerned, there is no such thing as nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. One, because in our world-conspiracy, nuclear technology (for peaceful purposes. For ‘peaceful’ purposes), is denied to nations (think Iran), because of questionable trustworthiness- This coming from [...]
Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra
The time has come to worship the black rocks beneath our soil. India needs approximately 160,000 megawatts of electricity in the coming decade to be able to sustain its phenomenal growth rate. Conveniently enough, we have one of the largest coal reserves in the world. Unfortunately Indian coal is not of good quality as it [...]
