Renewable Energy Basic Information

Renewable Energy consists of

a. Solar Energy
b. Hydro Energy
c. Biomass Energy

d. Geothermal Energy

e. Ocean Thermal energy

f. Co-generation

g. Fuel cells, etc.

1. Solar Energy: It is the energy generated from the sun
2. Hydro Energy: It is derived from water
3. Biomass: Energy from firewood, animal dung, biodegradable waste and crop residues
4. Geothermal Energy: Energy from hot dry rocks, magma, hot water springs, natural geysers, etc.
5. Ocean thermal: Energy from waves and also from tidal waves
6. Co-generation: Producing two forms of energy from one fuel
7. Fuel cells are also being used as cleaner energy.

*  Which are the most widely used forms of Energy?

Ans: Electrical Energy

 

Types of source of renewable energy:

How many types of source  renewable energy have?

a. Primary source

b. Secondary source

Primary source: Solar, wind, geothermal

Secondary source: Non-renewable energy generated by through the conversion of coal, oil, natural gas etc.

 Installed generation capacity of Renewable energy (Data is upto 30/09/21)

Total installed Generation capacity(MW) : 1,47,096

Hydropower based generated capacity : 46,512

What is the total percentage(%) of share hydro generation have in overall generation capacity of INDIA?

Ans: Hydropower total percentage share in generation capacity is 12%.

Wind, solar and other renewable source based generation capacity: 1,01,533

What is the total percentage(%) of share Wind, solar and other renewable source  have in overall generation capacity of INDIA?

Ans: The total percentage of share wind, solar and renewable energy source have is 37.9%.

Renewable energy installed capacity in INDIA 2021 (Statewise)

What is the total installed capacity of renewable energy in India?

STATES	Installed  Capacity(MW)
Rajasthan	7,355.17
Chhattisgarh	5,732.58
Sikkim	4,475.21
Maharashtra	4,430.82
Punjab	4,203
Odisha	3,953.12
Madhya Pradesh	2,463.22
Mizoram	2,289.97
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1,712.50
Arunachal Pradesh	959.5
Bihar	407.83
Nagaland	401.72
Tamil Nadu	257.00
Meghalaya	252.48
Delhi	192.97
Daman and Diu	159.51
Gujarat	149.84
Manipur	52.06
Haryana	42.99
Andman and Nicobar islands	42.73
Uttarakhand	40.55
West Bengal	29.22
Andhra Pradesh	20.73
Telangana	7.44
Karnataka	6.36
Himachal Pradesh	5.61
Uttar Pradesh	5.46
Kerala	1.53
Jammu & Kashmir	1
Jharkhand	0.12
Goa	0.007
Assam	0