Conventional and Renewable Energy Scenario of India:Present and Future

This paper presents a review about conventional and renewable energy scenario of India.Energy is one of the major parameters for establishing growth and progress of the country, rather the standard of living depends directly upon the per capita energy consumption.In India most of the power generation is carried out by conventional energy sources, coal and mineral oil-based power plants which are depleted day by day as population increase and contribute heavily to greenhouse gases emission. Due to this world are moving for renewable energy source such as solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy and ocean energy. Last 30 years has been a period of exuberant hunt of activities related to research, development, production and demonstration at India. India has obtained application of a variety of renewable energy technologies for use in different sectors too. This paper presents current status, major achievements and future aspects of renewable energy in India. In this paper evaluation of current energy policies for conquering the obstructions and implementing renewables for the future is also been presented.