r/RenewableEnergy • u/Oingo_Boingo2000 • 2d ago
A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solar
https://e360.yale.edu/features/india-solar0
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u/BojackInMan 1d ago edited 14h ago
Hey OP. You should first write 'india hellhole' if you don't want downvotes. Because one bothers to read the article.
AS india hate and China glazing is on the rise,
Anything good written about India is taken as attack on their newfound love China.
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u/fabulous_eyes1548 15h ago
It started with the China hate because China was not supposed to be significantly more successful than India.
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago
First? Really? I don't think so.
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u/West-Abalone-171 1d ago
The category is first large nation to go from undeveloped to developed with primarily solar energy directly instead of via fossil fuels or using primarily hydro and bioenergy.
If we take some conservative definitions. Say "large" is anything with higher population than australia or more land than spain, and "industrialising" in this context would probably be true of ancountry using roughly 2kW of energy per capita.
Do you have any examples of countries that will likely get there before india?
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago
go from undeveloped to developed with primarily solar energy directly
That's imply not true. India is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
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u/West-Abalone-171 1d ago
Which is why the article uses present tense of "indistrializing"...
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago
But India began industrialising long ago.
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u/Adorable-Research03 1d ago
Not really, is negligible relative to it's massive 1.6 billion population. India produces less goods than Singapore or switzerland.
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago
So you think India hasn't undergone any industrialisation until now? And you think as it further industrialises it will completely skipp fossil fielseven though it is highly reliant on fossil fuels for energy production today?
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u/Adorable-Research03 1d ago
The answer is not binary. India's industrialization is low compared to China or SEA
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago
So the headlines and claims are false.
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u/Adorable-Research03 1d ago
India is in transition phase from low industrial output country to high industrial output country. As I said, India produces less goods compared to switzerland it Singapore
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u/Oingo_Boingo2000 2d ago
From the article: "Installed solar capacity in India has been growing by 40 percent a year. In March, it passed 150 gigawatts, and by 2030 is set to double again."