India’s renewable energy production could be facing an increasing risk in its future production due to climate change, a joint study led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, has found.
In addition to the National Solar Mission, India has, in recent years, invested heavily in ramping up energy production and developed fields for generating energy from wind, waste, and small hydro sources. India has also committed to increasing renewable energy while it attempts to phase out coal-based energy generation, as put forth in the latest COP26 in Glasgow.
Researchers from IITM along with the Centre for Prototype Climate Modelling, Abu Dhabi and New York University analysed future solar and wind energy generation potentials over Indian land using climate models.
