India to depend on renewable sources to meet energy needs

Apr 09, 2007 - Asia Pulse Data Source

India will be dependent on renewable sources such as solar, hydro and biofuels to meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements by 2050.

Through the use efficiency measures the country will also be able to reduce 50 per cent of its energy consumption.

In an outlook commissioned by Greenpeace and European Renewable Energy Council and assembled by German research firm DLR institute of technical thermodynamics, it was revealed that developing countries like China, India, Brazil and South America need to play a key role in combating climate change.

"Assuming an average growth of 3.9 per cent for the following decades, a blueprint has been developed that reduces co2 emissions by four per cent, thus decoupling economic growth and fossil fuel consumption," the outlook said.

Zee News Posted on Tuesday, April 10 @ 05:07:56 EDT by waegari