{"id":58316,"date":"2023-11-29T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=58316"},"modified":"2023-11-29T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:23:09","slug":"data-point-clean-energy-share-in-india-and-its-states-electricity-mix","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/data-point-clean-energy-share-in-india-and-its-states-electricity-mix","title":{"rendered":"Data Point: Clean Energy Share In India And Its States\u2019 Electricity Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Context: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countries around the world are currently navigating their strategies for combatting climate change, with each nation bringing its own set of concerns and interests to the forefront at the <\/span><b>U.N. climate summit in Dubai, UAE.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>More on News:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bloc of Populous Developing Countries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within this global discourse, Brazil, South Africa, India, and China have formed a cohesive bloc, representing populous and fast-developing nations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Request for more climate financing and equity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Together, these countries are making collective appeals for increased climate financing and equity, guided by the &#8220;common but differentiated responsibilities&#8221; concept outlined in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This concept underscores the belief that wealthier nations, having historically contributed more to emissions, bear a greater responsibility in addressing the climate crisis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>BRICS Power Generation Trends (2000-2022)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>China&#8217;s Dominance in Energy Production:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fossil fuel share in China&#8217;s power generation reduced significantly from<\/span><b> 82% (2000) to 65% (2022).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China leads globally in both clean and dirty energy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Global Impact of China&#8217;s Emissions:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China, responsible for about 30% of annual global emissions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World&#8217;s largest greenhouse gas emitter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>India&#8217;s Gradual Transition:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s clean energy share in power production <\/span><b>increased from 17% to 23%.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Fossil Fuel Dependence:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 99% of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s power produced by fossil fuels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately 67% from gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Brazil&#8217;s Leadership in Clean Energy:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil, one of two BRICS nations with a higher share of clean energy than fossil fuels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean fuel contributes to over 90% of power generation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-58283\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2910-6567422810842.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2910-6567422810842.webp 1011w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2910-6567422810842-300x126.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2910-6567422810842-768x323.webp 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2910-6567422810842-360x151.webp 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Power Generation Trends in Select Indian States (2019-2022)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gujarat&#8217;s Notable Shift:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drastic decrease in fossil fuel usage for power generation in Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decline from<\/span><b> 80% (2019) to 60% (2022).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rajasthan, like Gujarat, records a decline in fossil fuel usage.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Clean Energy Leadership: Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh lead among the top 15 states with a higher share of clean energy than fossil fuels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Stagnation Towards 50:50:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamil Nadu was progressing towards a balanced 50:50 clean-fossil fuel mix.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>High Fossil Fuel Dependence in Certain States:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Bihar consistently maintain more than 90% share of fossil fuels in power generation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-58318\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29.11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29.11.png 776w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29.11-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29.11-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29.11-360x170.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Countries around the world are currently navigating their strategies for combatting climate change, with each nation bringing its own set of concerns and interests to the forefront at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, UAE. More on News: Bloc of Populous Developing Countries: Within this global discourse, Brazil, South Africa, India, and China have&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/data-point-clean-energy-share-in-india-and-its-states-electricity-mix\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Data Point: Clean Energy Share In India And Its States\u2019 Electricity Mix<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"paper-wise":[2089],"subject":[2100],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/58316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/current-affairs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/58316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58320,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/58316\/revisions\/58320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58316"},{"taxonomy":"paper-wise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper-wise?post=58316"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=58316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}