Our next report highlights the Energy Injustice that exists in India. While the government continues to add lakhs of megawatts of generating capacity by building more coal-fired thermal power plants, the rural poor are being left in the dark. The majority of the electricity generated in centralised power plants goes to feeding the insatiable appetite of the cities, while villages must suffer many hours of powercuts, if they have an electricity connection at all. To compound their problems, it is the rural population who must suffer the social, environmental, and health-related problems connected to centralised energy generation. Greenpeace thinks the solution to this injustice lies with creating decentralised energy generation systems, powered by renewable energy – a shift which will finally allow development of the rural poor, while also helping us to avoid dangerous climate change.
Still Waiting – or Chirag Tale Andhera – will be released on Tuesday 17th November 2009.
In the first of a five-part series to mark the release of the report, we profile people living with the consequences of this energy injustice. Today – a family living in an unelectrified village in rural Karnataka.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Yes, decentralization of electricity is a great idea. Even renewable source of energy will help us to protect environment. I was on my cycle journey from Pune to Kanyakumari last month and seen many Wind Mill power plants near Kanyakumari. But, the problem with Wind Mill is that it is not effective in every geological region.
Since, Sun temperature is also rising due to solar variability, solar energy is more effective.
If we want renewable energy to occupy the whole world then it must be cheaper.
Even there is one more reason of electricity shortage. It is the stealing electricity. I am from Uttar Pradesh and have seen many people manipulating their electronic meters and stealing electricity directly from pole. Due to free use of electricity they never bother its usage and waste lot of amount.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
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