19 states, 3
power grids and one problem – blackout and half India became dark for hours. Reasons
of the blackout as mentioned by the official people is that few states were
overdrawing the power allocated to them and so the power tripped. But no proper
maintenance of the equipment could also be the problem which affected north,
east and north-east regions of India together.
The problem
happened and every news channel covered it. People spoke about the problem over
social networking sites such as facebook, twitter. But now with this problem it
is time to realize coal will not be there forever after all it is a
non-renewable resource of energy. So we need to switch to renewable sources of
energy such as solar, wind and frankly India has ample solar and wind resources
which should be tapped for power generation.
Many countries in the world are already using
solar energy for electricity generation. Germany which has topped the list of countries for the usage of solar energy for providing electricity and the country has been doing great
job in providing electricity to the people. In India also we can see that the
electricity problems in Gujarat have gone down with the use of solar energy. So
tapping solar power for electricity generation definitely looks a positive
solution for the electricity problems in India.
With the usage of solar energy
such blackout problems will definitely be avoided in future. This would also ensure that even rural
parts of India are lighted up and people in villages have electricity. It
is not just the government who should setup solar power plants but the people of
India also need should take some responsibility of using solar energy for
future benefits. Every individual houses, apartments, schools, hospitals,
colleges and offices should be advised to install solar based geyser for having hot water. The initial
setup cost of installing solar geysers would be high but then people would save
electricity bills. There are other benefits also of using solar energy well
this source of energy does not create pollution which is created by using
thermal energy. There are no radioactive wastes which are there by using
nuclear energy.
Well the future
will only tell whether people have realized the benefits of using a clean,
green and eco-friendly source of energy. But if in future we don’t want
breaking news related to half of India having a blackout then solar energy is
definitely the answer which the government should focus upon.
P.S. Share your views regarding alternative sources of energy for electricity generation.
