we should not exploit mother nature. we should rely on alternative source of energies.Government should promote non conventional energy sources in the welfare of the future society in more innovative ways and imaginative schemes which are not bogged down by corruption and red tapism.tax concessions, priority in facilities, technical support, more allotment of funds, decentralisation, complimenting mother nature are many such ways of promotion.
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S.SUBASH , General Manager - Realty Promotion
| 06 02 2011 02:08:12 +0000
What's the argument?there's no dispute here at all,Non conventional will become the conventional in future when the present'conventional' runs out,sooner or later,whether we like it or not!!
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Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change
| 06 01 2011 07:59:22 +0000
Yes it is clean and reliable source of energy. Govt Seems to be lost direction of their own initiave started under KVK for developing Biogas plants across courntries as alternate source. Altouth these forms are clean but problem is the avaialbility of it is topographical in nature and this open a new area and requirement for thurst in local soultions.
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ABHIJIT BUTALA, Tehnical Manager-PLANT
| 06 01 2011 04:47:41 +0000
yes it is clean energy , cheap as no charge at the source. but the catch is that the installation cost is high. take for example solar panels . it costs around rs 150 per watt. to set up a power unit for a small house ( 1 kw consumption ) the cost is around rs 1.50 lacs just for the panels (excluding the battery, charger etc.) which is not only unaffordable but also unviable. govt should subsidise the panels ( like the 90% subsidy once offered for installing sprinkler irrigation system ). that is the only way to promote the use of solar energy. solar panels lasts a life time and more. so the subsidy is really a one time affair. maintenance cost is almost nil for the panels . ( battery needs to be replaced frequently and that is costly but affordable considering the saving in electricity cost.) why the govt avoids this simple step but spends money on advertisement is difficult to understand. so let us do what we can. discuss the pros nd cons endlessly
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m k mathai, senior manager, canara bank , broadway ekm
| 06 01 2011 01:41:19 +0000
Yes but the whole thing is being spoiled by the EB's in some states. Like in TN wind energy producers cant sell their power outside their state or to private consumers and neither does the EB enhance the unit price to the producers. Its a catch 22 situation. One thing i dont understand is why isnt solar power being tapped by the govt. themselves. I am sure its gotta be cheaper than setting up a wind mill farm where each wind mill costs upwards of 80 lakhs !
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Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group
| 05 31 2011 17:54:09 +0000
Our industries which have been excessively dependant on conventional resources like groundwater, should start looking at non-conventional energy and renewable resources like solar energy, hydro energy and nuclear energy. Only by using non-conventional energy resources can one save the earth.
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VINODH VIJAYAMANI, HSE ADVISOR, SAMA CONTRACTING
| 05 31 2011 13:43:24 +0000
I support. SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE -- Solar energy production in mass is not possible. I don't see bright future till now. In future after development it may have future. Comparing Australia with India is injustice.
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Mani Kant Mishra, SBU/Profit Center Head, FOR CLOSEED GROUP
| 05 31 2011 13:14:52 +0000
Renewable energy is going to be the future resource where we all will be dependent on it. Our conventional energy is fast depleting and it polluting more and more.
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VIJAYAN M, Project Lead, Millward Brown
| 05 31 2011 12:10:59 +0000
I agree, though I believe it will require an "energy-mix" until the current conventional energy sources are replaced by new sources and technologies. The problems are two-fold: the need for public subsidies which can handicap the deployment of wind and solar farms, and the resistance of the major established energy players to lose the grip they currently have.
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Robert Moore Bernardos, Senior Finance, Operations & IT Executive - advisor to foreign investors
| 05 31 2011 12:05:53 +0000
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India is not a developing country we are developed in so many areas but we are not ranked in number one or two due to power,till now power ministry doesn't mention the correct figure of requirement,consumption and future needs,everybody know the demand due to development of industries and birth date in india.
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VIMALAN , Construction-Construction Management, PARSVNATH DEVELOPERS LTD
| 06 12 2011 14:39:24 +0000
I am not completely agreed with this statement...as NC energy still costs very high I don't have much idea about wind energy but regarding the Solar Energy It's overall cost is too high. As it requires silicon, and production of silicon(that is not in plenty) in a large quantity will cost too much as compared to Steel and Iron production.Gov. provide the subsidies for the Solar Energy users to promote the use of NC Energy. Also supply fluctuation is a big issue as these energy resources don't provide constant source. So a lot of effort is required to fulfill this dream. Now the question comes that then how USA and other countries are successfully using these. So the biggest challenge behind it in India is that our government don't give more stress on technological research as they get a lot of black money in importing the things and technology from foreign countries..whether or not it costs much but their profit is too much.So our country lacks behind in technology and also for a project; to give a green flag, our system requires a lot of time till that time we lose the chance. So there are a lot of such issues.
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Om Prakash Yadav, Project Associate, National Wind Tunnel Facility Centre, IIT Kanpur
| 06 11 2011 17:27:15 +0000
I agree with Padmaja we can not go for only NC energy but slowly we are moving towards large Solar power plants and wind mill farms which will reduce our dependence on bio fuel for production of electric energy .
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Vidhu Dar, CEO/MD/Director, Shiva's Retreat
| 06 01 2011 17:14:51 +0000
NC energy is better becuse of many factors. Cost we cant say it is cheaper Like Solar energy. It is costly but It will not give any pollution and it will not deplete our precious resources. Solar energy has a cery wide scope. Lot of reaserch is yet to be on these types of energy to make tese cost viable and more popular. I have been associated with National Insitute of Renewable Energy being Built by Ministry of Non conventional sources of Energy. Insitute is yet to start and and things will start moving.There is big scope for solar energy and wind energy. Wind Energy prduction has gone up in India recently specially in South India Suzlone is biggest producer.Use of NC is very imporatant for environment as it will preserve precious natural resources and stop polution.Nuclear Energy has become very risky in viewof recent happening in Japan.this means that we have to spend more on safety measres. Germny has decalred that they will close all plants by some future date. So future is NC and renewable energy Solar wind fuel Cells
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Er. Harnam Singh, Project Manager, CPWD
| 05 31 2011 17:04:46 +0000
Thanks Padmaja for referral. There are a lot of non conventional energy i think wind energy is probably the best out of all these. We may look to NC if our other energy sources are not sufficient to feed the growing need of our country.
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Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant
| 05 31 2011 13:58:46 +0000
Yes I agree with you. It is clean & renewable but, the question still, remains unsolved ," Is it reliable for use?". Even for a small consumption at home, you need to invest at-least 1.5 to 2 lacs. Moreover, it needs a stand-by Gen-set to back-up. Because, there are occasion where the Solar / Wind energy stops. Then we need either a generator or a regular EB support. So, how well it can be harnessed independently as a power generator is a thousand dollar question. However, it can be used as an alternative to reduce the EB consumption & treat as a stand-by when EB goes off. This can considerably save EB energy.
Without Back-up support, we can think of harnessing more Solar energy, but it will be very expensive for Individual home-owners.
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KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed
| 05 31 2011 13:12:18 +0000
Conventional energy resources are non- renewable resources and fast depleting . The non-conventional resources are renewable resources. But, the installation costs of these non-conventional energy is also not that cheaper. The private sector is looking for the Govt. subsidies. Building big projects for generating non-conventional energy is not at all feasible. They can supplement the conventional energy to the extent that the usage of conventional energy can be reduced to some extent.
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Srinivas suravajhala, Asst. Manager.
| 05 31 2011 11:58:05 +0000
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