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The promotion of the uses of non conventional sources of energy in India is the need of the hour

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Non-conventional sources of energy are those which have not been in use that frequently in the past unlike conventional sources like coal, oil etc. Different types of non-conventional sources of energy includes solar power, wind energy, biogas, tidal energy, shale gas, coal bed methane, geothermal energy etc

• fossil fuels are exhaustible India felt the need to reserve them for future use and to avoid the wastage of such resources.

• sustainable development demands a healthy ecological balance and as such, the greenhouse gases that are emitted by the burning of fossil fuel needs to be prevented.

India has huge potential for harnessing solar energy in the western part of India i.e. Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Wind energy is the most efficient alternative source of energy and is absolutely pollution free. India has the potential for wind power in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra because of the topography.

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