Renewable energy

Renewable

energy is

generally

defined

as

energy

that

is

collected

from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such

as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Based on REN21's 2014
report,

renewables

contributed

19

percent

to

humans' global

energy

consumption and 22 percent to their generation of electricity in 2012 and 2013,

respectively. This energy consumption is divided as 9% coming from traditional
biomass, 4.2% as heat energy (non-biomass), 3.8% hydro electricity and 2% is
electricity from wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. Worldwide investments in
renewable technologies amounted to more than US$214 billion in 2013, with
countries like China and theUnited States heavily investing in wind, hydro, solar and
biofuels.
Renewable energy resources exist over wide geographical areas, in contrast to other
energy sources, which are concentrated in a limited number of countries. Rapid
deployment

of

renewable

energy

and energy

efficiency is

resulting

in

significant energy security, climate change mitigation, and economic benefits. At the
national level, at least 30 nations around the world already have renewable energy

contributing more than 20 percent of energy supply. National renewable energy

markets are projected to continue to grow strongly in the coming decade and
beyond.Some places and at least two countries, Iceland and Norway generate all
their electricity using renewable energy already, and many other countries have the
set a goal to reach 100% renewable energy in the future.

Top 10 countries with highest % of renewables

100
90
80
70
60
50

98
79

73.4

70

62.8

62.6

62.5

58.5
42.8

42.1

40
30
20
10
0

The graph represents the top 10 countries with highest % of renewables in their sources oof
energy,

% of renewables in developing countries

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
28.3

30
20

22.9
16.2

13.7

20.1
12.1

14.9

10
0

US

China

India

UK

Germany

Australia

Japan

The graph represents the share of renewable sources of energy in the major econmies of the
world.

investment
investment
350
300
250
200
150

273.73

100
50
0

174.93
61.86

88.05

318.35

296.99

271.91

315.85 328.93

205.56207.26

128.31

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

140

120

100
Europe

80

US
China

60

India
Brazil

40

20

0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sources of energy India

Renewable energy composition

127.00
4,161.00
4,550.00

6,763.00
26,744.00

Wind Power

Solar Power (SPV)

Small Hydro Power

Waste to Power

Biomass

installed capacity of solar power

45
40 38.25
35
30
25
20

28.33
23.4
18.66

18.31

15
10
5.6
5
0

5.3

4.1

3.15

7000
6267
6000

5000

4680

4000

3000

2632

capacity in Mv

2319
2000
1205
1000
461
161
0

year

The graph shows the increase in installed capacity of solar projects over a period time. It is
clearly evident from the graph that the solar sector is showing tremendous growth in the
country.

State wise installed capacity

state wise installed capacity

Puducherry 0.02
Arunachal Pradesh 0.26
Lakshadweep 0.75
Others 0.79
Daman & Diu 4
Uttarakhand 5
Tripura 5
Bihar 5
Chandigarh 5.04
Andaman & Nicobar 5.1
Delhi 6.71
West Bengal 7.21
Kerala

12.02

Haryana

12.8

Jharkhand

16

Odisha

66.92

Chhattisgarh

73.18

Karnataka

104.22

Uttar Pradesh

140

Punjab

300.32

Maharashtra

378.7

Telangana

392.39

Tamil Nadu

562.94

Andhra Pradesh

566

Madhya Pradesh

678.58

Gujarat

1024.15

Rajasthan

1264.35
0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

As seen in the graph the state of Rajasthan leads the solar sector with maximum capacity
utilization followed by Gujarat. The major states with maximum installed capacity are Tamil
Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra.

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