Question

give geographical reason why industries located close to hydel power project​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the late 2000s, hydroelectric power was billed as a sustainable, renewable alternative to coal- and gasbased electricity for India. The government drew up ambitious plans for setting up hydel plants and the private sector was keen to get in on the action. In 2008, growth in India’s installed hydel capacity outpaced the rise in total power capacity. But it has been a different story since.

Hydropower has slowly faded from the discourse on the future of India’s energy security, as solar and wind projects garner much of the attention.

Explanation:

While hydropower is renewable, its social and environmental impact — from displacement of thousands of people and adverse effects on biodiversity as a result of dams, to methane emissions from the rotting vegetation in their reservoirs — means that big hydel projects are no longer hyphenated with solar, wind and biomass energy.

In 2015, the Indian government stopped categorising hydel projects larger than 25 MW as renewable.

India has 4,500 MW of hydel projects with a capacity of less than 25 MW each. The govt has estimated the country’s hydropower potential (more than 25 MW) at over 1,45,000 MW.