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| Fuel wood, agricultural waste and cow dung (gobar), form the major sources of energy for rural India and most of the urban Indian population consumes energy from coal, petroleum, natural gas (CNG), hydel power (hydroelectricity), sun, wind and nuclear power. At present, India produces 97,800MW of energy from different sources. |
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| Following table gives the different source of power generation in India: |
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 Non-renewable or conventional energy resources. Most of the energy, which people are using, is derived directly or indirectly from the sun. Non-renewable energy resources are those, which have been in use since a long time. Availability of petroleum is limited. Petroleum products are nothing but energy-rich components of carbon which have undergone anaerobic degradation with the help of sun's energy. The problem with fossil fuels or petroleum products is that, they release a lot of pollutants, when used. |
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 Renewable or non-conventional energy resources. Renewable energy resources are solar radiation, wind power, hydel power, biomass and nuclear power.They can be recycled. These are normally pollution free. In India, unconventional energy resources are harnessed by different methods |
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| Renewable energy resources harnessed by different methods |
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