Open AccessEnergy Conservation in India: Challenges & Achievements
Author(s) -
Awdhesh Kumar Singh,
Jagrati Sharma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of mechanical and industrial engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2231-6477
DOI - 10.47893/ijmie.2012.1047
Subject(s) - energy conservation , scope (computer science) , natural resource economics , payback period , investment (military) , energy supply , agriculture , fossil fuel , greenhouse gas , business , environmental economics , energy (signal processing) , environmental science , economics , engineering , waste management , ecology , production (economics) , computer science , statistics , mathematics , politics , biology , law , political science , electrical engineering , macroeconomics , programming language
The gap between supply and demand of energy is continuously increasing despite huge outlay for energy sector since independence. Further the brining of fossil fuel is resulting in greenhouse gases which are detrimental to the environment. The gap between supply and demand of energy can be bridged with the help of energy conservation whichmay be considered as a new source of energy which is environment friendly. The energy conservation is cost effective with a short payback period and modest investment. There is a good scope of energy conservation in various sectors, viz industry agriculture, transport and domestic, This paper will give overview of energy conservation in Indian scenario.