04 January, 2013
(Rinnovabili.it) – It could be the energy of the wind to give a new breath all'ingente energy demand of India. In a country where the offer is still able to meet the needs of all inhabitants (only 55% of the population is served by the electricity service) and where a mains power failure can leave the dark well 360,000,000 people, energy security can only be a priority. To understand, in this context, the role and potential of wind power, the Global Wind Energy Council, in collaboration with the World Institute of Sustainable Energy and Indian and the Wind Turbine Manufacturing Association, it has recently presented the Wind Energy Outlook India.
The document, now in its third year, examines the state of the art of this technology in the Asian nation by highlighting items to bet to enhance their development. Development that can lead the current 18 GW of installed wind power capacity in Italy to touch almost 90 GW by the end of 2020. A result that would involve not only a renewed and cleaner energy mix, but that would be able to give important effects economic and employment: it would attract about $ 16.5 billion of annual investment, would create 179,000 new jobs and the atmosphere would save 179 tons of CO2 per year.
"The wind industry in India has a mature manufacturing sector and a huge growth potential. Now we need to get the right policies, both nationally and at the state level in order to achieve the goal of 15% renewable electricity by 2020, "said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of GWEC
In 2011, the country has become the third largest wind power market after China and the US, and fifth in terms of cumulative installed capacity.
"The shortage of electricity energy security are two aspects critical to a fast growing economy like India. In several states of the country, the technology is already competitive in cost with energy based on fossil fuels, and its competitiveness can only get better with time, "continued Sawyer. "But we need effective national energy policy, coordination among States, network investment and political stability".
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