How India Could Lead the World's Most Ambitious Energy Transition

Provided by: TED |Published on: April 27, 2021

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In this TED video, clean energy executive Varun Sivaram talks about India's potential to industrialize and grow its economy with renewable energies.
Sivaram shares his vision for how India can develop and sustain a growing population without depending on coal and burning fossil fuels.

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Subjects: Economics, Engineering

Authors: Varun Sivaram, TED

Region: Asia

Languages: English

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This video shares three goals for India's development and clean energy transition: building thousands of gigawatts of solar and wind power, using renewable energy across all sectors of the economy, and improving energy efficiency.
Students will learn that renewable energies are now cheaper than coal power.
A time-stamped transcript is available in 11 languages.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should understand the benefits of renewable energies.
Students should understand why developed nations burn more fossil fuels and why developing countries are in a position to industrialize with renewable energy sources.

Differentiation

Students in geography classes could map out the different cities and regions mentioned in the video and determine where solar or wind farms could be built.
Students could create educational campaigns for Indian citizens to encourage industrialization using clean energy sources.
Students could research and analyze the obstacles and economic interests that might deter India from transitioning to renewable energies.
Other resources related to this topic include this lesson on the benefits of solar power transition for China and Zambia and this video on global clean energy goals for net-zero emissions by 2050.

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