Tawards a Cleaner Environment with IRP- An Indian Case Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1327Abstract
To call India an "emerging nation" is an insult. As
a society, India has been civilized far longer than ours . Let's call it a
"technically expanding " nation . In India's technical evolution, as with
many other nations, the power sector is faced with the twin chal-
lenges of increasing generating capacity to combat growing power
shortages, a nd at the same time reducing the environmental degra-
dation caused by electricity generation . This article examines the
alternativ es to traditional fossil-fuel-fired or large hydropower sta-
tions .
Th e conclu sion pres ents two scenarios, the first being the "busi-
ness as usual " case where traditional coal-fired generation remains
the mainstay of the Indian power sector; the other be ing an inte -
grated r esourc e planning (lRP) sc enario . The installed capacity
required and the consequent emissions of acid and greenhouse gases
are compared between the two scenarios for different years .
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