Wind energy – the changing scenario:

The article "India, China and Wind energy" in The Hindu (Jan 28) throws light upon China's fervour to find solution to the growing energy demand and the laudable efforts undertaken by Indian Energy company Suzlon.
The world has seen exemplary efforts of China in many fields to become a true superpower. Switching over to renewable energy is one such effort and is a must for every growing as well as developed nation to makeup for the deficit of coal/oil reserves and their soaring prices. This is very well understood and being implemented by the communist nation.
India's Footprint:
Though India was a forerunner in wind energy sector compared to China, it has to grow more solid to compete with our neighbour.Now that due to bilateral ties the Indian companies venture in foreign soil to meet their demands, the regulations in India should also favour more private participation in developing energy solutions
at a more rapid pace.

Wind energy is clean green energy and is more promising than other renewables like solar power, at least in the present technological scenario. The percentage of Wind energy production and utilization of the total energy consumption in India is very less of which a lion's share comes from land based wind energy farms. It is high time to take advanced steps to install more productive offshore wind farms, reducing the number of turbines by installing more energy efficient ones.

Why Wind ?
The wind energy has so many advantages. Wind being driven by pressure variations in the atmosphere due to differential heating from sun's energy, is a powerful as well as
optimal alternative source. Of all the renewable sources of energy being tapped at present, wind is the most "green" solution to curb pollution. Moreover we all know that its free of cost, never depleted and is available almost all around the year (but that depends on the site suitability analysis done at the location).
The flip side :
Though harnessing wind has so many advantages, it has its own flip sides too. If not properly surveyed during the site suitability analysis, the location could mean less of the available wind and could lead to production lower than expected projections. The reports are needed from the site for a disturbingly long tenure , say more than a decade. The wind speed (or more appropriately the wind power density) does vary with the seasons of the year, so are the diurnal variations. So we can't really accurately predict the wind power output that may be a hindrance to installing wind turbines in short time.
Conclusion :
Meeting energy demands is the key to prosper for any nation and that India should try to emulate countries like Denmark, who have made giant progress in wind energy by
producing a whopping 20 percent share of their total energy consumption. Even U.S has a meager share of wind energy to its total energy consumption. The initial costs may be high but on the long run they are going to save from the doom of fast approaching energy crisis of planet earth.
Unless governments across the globe take serious venture into harnessing renewable energy, the energy crunch is fast approaching to make all human life on this planet to a stand still !

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By Shakthi Varman ,for SpaceBoy.com .
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