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The need for reliable energy or energy when the sun is not shining is critical important--according to the people of India. For example, according to this artic
by barney54 11y ago
The need for reliable energy or energy when the sun is not shining is critical important--according to the people of India. For example, according to this article in ClimateWire (a trade pub) http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060026477/ http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060026477/
Dharnai, a community of about 3,200 people in eastern India's Bihar state, had been without electricity for three decades. So when activists with Greenpeace set up a solar-powered microgrid in July of 2014, the excitement was palpable. But, residents said, the problems started almost immediately.
When the former chief minister of Bihar state visited to inaugurate the grid, villagers lined up to protest, chanting, "We want real electricity, not fake electricity!"
By "real," they meant power from the central grid, generated mostly using coal. By "fake," they meant solar.
- pjc50 11y agoYour link is paywalled unfortunately? India is quite capable of having unreliable power without solar. I agree that people should not be fobbed off with unreliable solutions, but that doesn't mean solar can't be a big part of the grid mix. It sounds like the activist microgrid was inadequate. http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-what-is-the-real-cost-of-unreliable-power-supply-2138990 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-what-is-the-real... "It is believed that, out of the 70 million tonne of diesel consumed in the country per year, about 20% or 14 million tonne is used in captive power generation."
- shripadk 11y agoGreenpeace is a big scam. It's been banned in India under the current dispensation. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/greenpeace-india-claims-its-registration-cancelled-slams-intolerance-1240860 http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/greenpeace-india-claims-its-r...
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- kamaal 11y ago>>http://dharnailive.org/ http://dharnailive.org/ Not bad. They only generated ~2500 kWh electricity last week. Giving anything for free is a thankless job. Almost anything given for free is almost certainly treated as worthless.