what are commercial sources of energy
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Answer:
The commercial sources of energy are coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear power, thermal power, hydroelectric power
Answer It has been considered as the major source of energy in India. It can be easily converted into other forms of energy such as electricity, gas and oil. The total estimate resources of coal are now placed at 1, 48, 79 million tonnes, but the mineable reserves are estimated to be 60,000 million tonnes i.e. on 40% of the total coal reserves. Lignite is brown coal with lesser amount of energy than black coal. In 1950-51, production of coal and lignite in India was 32.3 million tonnes which increased to 413 million tonnes in 2004-05.
(ii) Oil and Gas:
Demand for fossil fuels grew rapidly with the growth of the industrial sector and transport services. Crude oil production has constantly, been increasing since the beginning of economic plans in India. After Independence, the Government of India felt the need for oil exploration on an extensive scale, and therefore, the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) was set up in 1956, an( in 1959, Oil India Limited (OIL) was established.
Total recoverable reserves of oil are estimated at 550 million tonnes and those of gas are estimated at 500 billion cubic tonnes, Production of crude oil is estimated in 200 05 at about 34 million tonnes. Coal and other fossil fuels play the most important role in the generation of the thermal power.
(iii) Hydroelectric power:
It plays an important role in the filed of power development in country, our country has made considerable progress in the field of hydroelectricity power generation.
Hydroelectric power has several advantages over thermal power like:
(a) It is the most economical source of power,