India has the world's most
ambitious renewable energy capacity addition programme and electric vehicles offer potential synergies with this initiative.
Not exact matches
«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation
capacity with
renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its
ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.
At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) in New York, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New &
Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy ef
Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy effic
Energy discussed India's
ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of
renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy ef
renewable generation
capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming
energy effic
energy efficiency.
This year the congress was much more
ambitious on
renewables than three years ago with
energy Ministers predicting that India will exceed its target of 175GW
renewable capacity and reach 200 GW by 2022.
Additionally, PV Tech reported, «As India will spearhead the Alliance, it marks a move from Modi to bring India forward on the world stage of
renewable energy on top of his already highly
ambitious targets of 175GW of
renewable capacity by 2022.»
And as
renewable capacity increases, economies of scale kick in and prices fall further, compounded by technological improvements, availability of cheaper financing, and
ambitious targets by governments with clear
energy policies.
India has set out some of the world's most
ambitious renewable energy policies, including a target to ramp up solar installed
capacity to 100 GW by 2022.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently unveiled an
ambitious new green agenda stipulating that the UK would increase its offshore wind
capacity thirty-fold to meet its 2020
renewable energy targets.
The government responded by setting new,
ambitious annual installation targets and putting the projection to 213GW in 2020, 5 times larger than the current
renewable energy capacity of the United States.