20% indians dont have electricity access?? What's the source man?? It was true but 10 years ago. In 2010 India had 80% electricity penetration but now it is nearly 99%
@@aravindkartha5145 Land for the project has been allocated and the developers have been awarded the contracts. So I think the project has moved beyond the proposal phase. Btw, the Chinese project is a hybrid too. It will include photovoltaic, concentrated and wind.
Not exactly. 42% of installed capacity for electricity production in India is from renewable sources. But fickle nature of renewable installed capacity and outdated (though rapidly modernizing) grid infrastructure in India means that only around 27% of total electricity generation is from renewable sources. That said, India is doing far more than most developed world economies when it comes to fighting climate change. It is the only G20 nation that pledged something commensurate to 2 degrees warming by 2100 in the 2015 Paris Climate Deal agreement, and is not only on track, but rather ahead of schedule in meeting those goals.
The video is 5 months old, but the data you used w.r.t. the electricity coverage in India is 10 years old. 99% coverage today vs 80% in 2010 (which is what you claimed it was today).
Very underrated comment......true brother. I saw it.....at places, he showed the latest data and at others, he showed the outdated ones according to his 'convenience'....i don't know why.....thus discrepancy is comically disgusting
He's British and they always have to bring in some negative facts about others when they speak. Instead, when we make documentaries, we have to counter then with facts like, "India is going to have 450 gw of installed renewable capacity by 2025 which is more than 8 times the total production capacity of Europe's 4th largest economy, Britian"
@@nageswaraopatha5445 Also facts like Britain had to add prostitution into GDP count since 2014 to marginally beat France in total GDP. Still they'll do that because these people have inflated egos and less achievements
@@Sgt_SealCluber I watched it, and he's ignoring geography. In some areas reliable renewables match up with demand excellently. For example, in hot places where most energy demand is for air conditioning, solar matches up pretty well to day time demand. In my native UK wind power works best during winter, when we need the power for heating. The speaker in the video meantions the issues in Germany, but that's a solved knowledge issue. Germany isn't very windy, but if they'd installed those wind turbines a few hundred mile north west, in the North Sea, they'd have a lo lt more power and fairly reliably. So certain renewables are good for certain geographies. That doesn't make them useless, it makes them a valuable component of the grid mix for most of the world. Alongside nuclear, hydro, tidal, biogas, and other technologies.
@Räche SD Firstly, your just incorrect on energy return on investment. For solar power you get about 15x more out than you put in (I don't know the wind figures off the top of my head, but it's also significantly above 3, the minimum for viable energy returns). And yes, renewables create some damage to the environment. Just far less than setting off the cascading carbon feedback loops that burning fossil fuels will. But there's no good answer for running a sustainable, environmental friendly developed economy. Renewables/nuclear just allow us to minimise the damage.
It's fascinating how Western media tends to showcase only the impoverished regions of India, as if the country is the sole abode of poverty and underdevelopment. Apparently, the rest of the world is far too superior and has no traces of poverty or lack of progress. Such biased representation only reinforces the stereotypes surrounding India and hinders the country's growth and perception on a global level. It's time we shed light on the diversity and richness of India, rather than just one aspect.
@@NahibatanabhaiHave you visited Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Indore,Pune, Nagpur, Warangal, Vijaywada, Vishakapatnam, Coimbatore, Mysuru, etc. I am pretty sure large parts of those cities are developed or atleast some parts of those cities are definitely developed. Do you think every western city is developed? In terms of relative size of countries and development , USA can be compared to India(even though USA is nearly twice the size of India and have more development ) . USA states such as West Virginia, Arkansas, Montana, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Mexico, South Dakota, Alaska don't have proper development. Some of those states aren't even comparable to Indian states. Many American towns and villages don't have as many businesses as in Indian towns and villages. Many American towns are converting to ghost towns. When you want to do comparison do it properly.
Love all the geniuses in the comments going on about how the Hover Dam is better. 1) There's no big river in that part of India, so they really can only use solar/wind power. 2) The sun will always be there. The Hoover Dam is in danger of running dry due to the river level dropping to the point the Dam won't be able to function.
Why not nuclear energy? That is the most efficient energy and runs 24/7, or just short of. It takes very little space and you don't need to have nearly as much maintenance or material cost. Not to mention the return on investment for energy is absolutely bonkers.
@@paulgoodridge2269 not as long as there is no solution for long time storage of nuclear waste. There are only two countries by now who store their nuclear waste for unlimited time. The rest is still struggling to find a storage. Setting all hope on nuclear power is just shifting problems towards future generations. And I'm talking about hundrets of thousand years to deal with the waste.
@@Craftlngo The nuclear waste storage can store a minimum of 200 years worth of waste of which it is just short of 100% of the waste produced by the plants. Now compare that to fossil fuels and/or renewables of which it is nowhere near that. It is nowhere near that. Solar panels only last around 5 years and contain chromium, lithium, lead, beryllium, and other hilarious metals that f*** with your lungs. And have to be dismantled and or thrown away. Not to mention are more resource-intensive than nuclear energy. So the waste argument still runs and nuclear energy is favor.
@@Craftlngo you are correct. Nuclear energy has a huge upfront cost, but once you pay the upfront cost the savings are hilarious along with the amount of energy you can produce. I don't want to know how much energy it took just to mine. All the materials required to build one solar panel and how often they need to be replaced. Less upfront cost but more long-term costs.
Oh, good job India! I love that developing economies are not beholden to the capital inertia of legacy technologies, especially when those legacy technologies threaten the survival of our species.
My God are you that dense? As of now India does not recognize sanctions against Russia! So yes they, are building solar and wind on 100% US subsidies and still buying Russia energy. Like Pakistan and China they could care less how, electricity is produced as long as it's cheap. If America is dumb enough to pay for it,, well so be it! Except they are, still building coal plant's at a breathtaking pace!
Damn... nice one India! Amazing results, number one in solar and outcompeting the USA, China and, in my case, Australia *smh*. There should be a Nobel prize / awards for countries winning the race to Green Energy - an Olympics of Green Energy!
But India has advantages too, though India has less per capita but it is 5th largest Economy so govt can spend $. Also cheap&Skilled labor r available Similarly like India there r many Developing countries who can work on self-reliance in Solar energy
India is going to have 450 gw of installed renewable capacity by 2025 which is more than 8 times the total production capacity of Europe's 4th largest economy, Britian
Just FYI Simon, the decimal denomination of rupee isn’t “Rupee cent”, it’s Paisa. So for example ₹10.65 would be 10 rupees and 65 paisa. Hope you incorporate this in any future videos related to India. Best Wishes, keep up the good work!
I checked the world bank data about %of people in india having access to electricity. It says 99%, not sure from where you got your facts about India’s 20% not having access to electricity.
As of February 31st 2023, India currently has 64 gigawatts of solar power output, which is ranked 4th in the world. hope that they reach 1st and male India energy independent from external sources.
I appreciate ur video but I suggest u to refer to Present Data. Ur data is frm 2000s. According to 2020 data 99% of Indians have access to electricity. . Btw 1% in 1.4billion is a huge amount too and rate of electricity is growing at 1.6
The government of India is also aiming for decentralization of the energy supply. They provide a 40% subsidy on solar panels if you install them on your house rooftop. We are currently getting 3.4 kW panels installed on our house rooftop. It will be directly connected to the grid so that any additional energy generated (after our usage) will be supplied to the nearest power station and the power company will pay us for that.
India's electricity coverage for 2020 was 99 percent. Please correct your data and update your video. Friends if we see any misinformation we can report the video. Just go to settings on top right, report , reason.
You should do a video on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It's Europe's biggest nuclear power station and due to it being in the middle of a war zone, leaves some pretty big questions on the future of nuclear. I'm a big proponent of nuclear energy and I think generation 3 reactors, especially the ap 1000s really changing the game, and future generation 4 reactors could be incredible sources of power, but three mile island, Chernobyl and Fukushima have left stains on nuclear potential and future.
Worked on a solar farm in Virginia. Our company leveled the ground and dug drainage ponds. Another company put in the poles, another put the panels on and another wired it all. Once its built all you need is someone to cut the grass and fix the occasional panel. They talk about all the high tech jobs that green energy creates but those jobs are largely transitory. People go place to place building them but once they're done they require minimal maintenance. They in no way offset the oil and coal jobs that are lost.
But, the oil and coal jobs is the reason why solar panels are being installed globally, global warming? Justifying a job in an industry that's destroying the world seems a bit off to me, but I guess I'm funny that way. There are other jobs, or do what millions of people do around the world, create your own business. Maybe be one of those installers who makes really good money installing systems on homes. There are PLENTY of jobs for that. Or, go where the REAL money is, get a degree in engineering and science and do R&D with battery technology. You know how many battery factories are being built?? The bulk of the jobs are in the factories, and battery factories are being built in many places across the US. Much better jobs than working an oil field.
@@johndoh5182 you know those batteries are being charged with electricity from coal powered plants right? And installing panels on homes is mostly a labor job. It only takes one lisenced electrician to do the important work. I was mainly saying that when liberals say green energy will create 1000s of high paying jobs to replace the ones lost by stopping fossil fuels it's a lie.
Ehhh, whole lot of out of state license plates in my, oilboom, neck of the woods, to make the claim that employment in fossil fuels has any more stability... It takes dozens of workers to perform the work of site prep, well drilling and completion, site completion, etc. But it only takes a few to perform daily maintenance and to monitor production... Try again....
Not to mention, what "oil jobs" are being lost due to the implementation of solar power? If we were burning oil to light our homes, we'd of run out by now...
Hi Simon and crew, great video! I watched a short video from another channel the other day about the Eisenhower Tunnel, the highest-elevation car tunnel in the world and highest point of the Interstate System (at 11,158 feet), which passes through the Continental Divide in Colorado and sounds like one helluva engineering feat. All I could think as I was listening to their relatively brief overview was "Hmm, this sounds PERFECT for a nice juicy Megaprojects video!" In addition to impressive specs and an important infrastructure impact on travel in the area, the tunnel had hints of some pretty wild stories during construction (during the 1970's) too. Such as male tunnel workers threatening to walk off the jobsite due to the employment of female engineering technician Janet Bonnema, because they thought the presence of a woman in the tunnels would bring bad luck; or the tale of tunnel workers assisting in the rescue of survivors of a college football team charter plane that crashed near the site during construction! The video from 'It's History' also mentioned a story about the first driver to enter the tunnel supposedly being a drunk, who plowed his car through mud and construction barricades to enter the tunnel illegally before it was fully completed, but I didn't see anything about that on Wikipedia, so I dunno about the exact veracity of that bit lol. Could make for a good video in the hands of Fact Boy & Co! Loved this one on the solar farm, love your stuff! Take care.
@@srinivasmankala8412 it can be useful for the gulf countries for next 500-900 years If they're the only ones using it. So they don't have to worry about alternatives as crude will be cheap in the future as countries will start opting sodium ion cells and Hydrogen ICE engines to avoid reliance on crude oil and also to save dollar reserves.
Jai Hind Modi Sir. You are the best PM India has ever had. Finally we are proud to be Indian - seeing that our motherland is finally progressing and gaining its rightful place on the world stage
100% of Indian households have access to electricity. Current ruling government had launched a project with that specific target only. There was an app in Android store that showed the electrification progress every day. Your data is outdated. Also fertility rate in India is on the decline and already less than the replacement rate of 2.2. That means population will be declining over a period of time.
I love how they use a decade old data to just narrate the poor India story, displaying only the not developed regions ignoring more than 100 developed cities bigger than any other western countries and millions living much better life than the west. Let's see until when they keep doing this to India.
If the U.S. made full use of the potential solar and wind energy we could all drive electric cars and have all the power we need. Without any natural gas and only a small amount of oil. BTW I drive through a large wind energy area and I don't see any piles of dead birds and the only noise is the wind blowing.
Hey I just wanted to inform you that India have also unveiled the Chenab Bridge which is higher then Eifle Tower and it’s one of the engineering marvel’s
20 % Indian don't have electricity ?? What's the source ! It was true in 2010 but now it's 99 percent ! And now we are exporting electricity to our neighbors
Please Simon, please do a video on the SU-27 Flanker! Perfect Mega Projects video! Please, and please again. You have covered a few MIG fighters, please do the Flanker. It will surprise you.
It would surprise me if he did a *well-researched* video without flubbing a bunch of *basic, commonly-known facts* about the subject. Most of his aviation videos are garbage. At least he's throttled back the lame jokes and hot takes he used to pad the videos out with.
And Indias going to make green hydrogen with the excess energy.. According to recent reports from Nitin Gadkari the country is going hydrogen fuelled for cars soon and well we're gonna export some green hydrogen too.. so world wait for the time of India coz we do uplift those with us and be on help for those who really need it! "Vasudha hi kudumbak hei!"
There isn't a single location in India that doesn't have electricity connection. This is to inform those who do and believe the propaganda - " not all parts of India have access to electricity"
20% dont have😂🤣 Bro europe and americans update in their knowledge They only want to depromote south asia India electricity access for 2020 was 99.00%, a 1.69% increase from 2019.
Can you do the history of MonsterTrucks? Starting with backyard tractors, it's now a multi-million dollar international entertainment industry. And they are incredibly cool machines!
are they though? i mean they arent even the biggest vehicles by a looong shot. infact everything you just said can be said about sex toys aswell.. do we need the history of them too?
@MegaFlux... Wasting time you say? Would a good example of that be, randomly insulting commenters who offer up suggestions for channel content? Actually, that's a perfect example...so quit wasting our time....
India needs to invest in manufacture the technology locally. That is all India needs to do for the next 20 years. Local manufacturing of EVERYTHING. Just importing things and installing plants is not going to achieve much. Just looks good in order to boast progress. India is growing for sure. But we need to define a more accurate path for growth inachieving long time efficiency.
Are they investing heavily in batteries or other storage? Solar is great while the sun is out but you need a reliable method to provide power overnight.
A minor problem, really. Now, having peak energy during peak demand? That’s a real struggle, just look at California. But that’s exactly what you get with an extensive solar component.
I remind you that on average 95% of energy consumption takes place during the day. This is why I pay 0€ (yes ZERO€!) from 23h to 7h for electricity, because energy provider doesn't know what to do with it during night time 🔝
Yeah India has already invested around $400-$500bn in green energy with its partners. Isn't it mind boggling 😳 When those project start giving fruits only then the world will know
We're also building around 23 indigenous nuclear reactor capable of producing 700MW electricity around the country that way we might be able to provide electricity over night, lithium batteries are expensive and if one were to be dependent on that for power generation we might never reach our goal. Well the plan to reduce the coal import for now, we have sum coal reserves as well.
This felt like an ad for that solar company. Why aren't these companies helping people like me put solar on our houses? That's the real way to go. They don't need to buy property, just the panels. Then do a semi-annual check of them. I get nearly free electricity (to a certain limit) for letting them use my roof to make as much power as I can.
You want those companies(from around the world) who have bought into the Solar Park in India to fund the Solar in your house? What else would you lie with that? a Car? maybe a million dollars in the bank?
India is not USA. Government of India (GoI) is much more competent at defending the rights and interests of the common people when it comes to big business vs citizens. Very different from US government. 1.) GoI subsidizes installation of solar panels on your own house just as much as it builds large solar parks. That subsidy is to the tune of 40%. It even hand-holds farmers who want to build a mini solar park on their own farmland. 2.) India is the only major nation in the world where vaccine makers are NOT legally protected from the vaccines' effect on people. Pfizer tried hard to lobby against this law and wanted legal immunity for their Covid vaccine in India. GoI simply refused to put up with it and asked Pfizer to GTFO, which it did. 3.) India bans all GMO in foodgrains and has kicked out Monsato and their nefarious terminator seeds. So when you look at India, kindly don't do so by drawing parallels between US and Indian governments. They are polar opposites. You should read about how The Republic of India took on American Big Pharma directly when it comes to medicines and how it resulted in India becoming the pharmacy of the world.
Your numbers do not include the cost over time. That is, Hoover has been operating for decades. What is the cost per total power produced that includes maintenance.
I don’t think we’ll get that kind of technical depth on this channel. This isn’t intended as being negative as I do enjoy this channel and think it covers a general overview of things.
I've got the mother of all megaprojects for you. Apparently, covering 1.2% of the Sahara Desert with solar panels would generate enough electricity for the *ENTIRE PLANET* If countries could collaborate in the planning, funding and implementation of an enormous Saharan solar farm with a series of interconnectors, we could have a solution that would dramatically and permanently cut greenhouse gas emissions.
India has become a power surplus nation and net exporter of electricity in the last nine years. The energy shortage in the country has come down from 4.2 percent in 2014 to around 0.2 now.Jun 22, 2023 India become power surplus nation, net exporter of electricity in last 9 years
So the comparison to Hoover Dam is unfair. Hoover is almost 100 years old and requires little maintenance. I love solar, but the problem is the panels burn out and fail. If we want to make this a reality we need to address this problem. We need to be able to recycle panels and turn them into new panels. It's doable but the infrastructure doesn't exist yet. I guarantee that it can be done though. We just need to get the mechanisms in place. It's not too dissimilar to recycling steel or aluminium.
Hoover has a source of water: how manyHoovers exist in the USA? Similarly, we could build Hoovers as we have a lot of rivers... but not everyone is of the required size... and i haven't even talked about environmentalists who litigate and stop EVERY project, inclding roads and hospitals, as they want us to go back to the stone age.
@@rajeshghonasgi4407 May I recommend a book? "Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner. It covers the history of dams and water projects in the American West. Absolutely fascinating read. If books aren't your thing PBS turned it into a series of documentaries about 20 years ago too.
7:36 India already has 40% renewable energy capacity(by generation), within a year or two the production capacity will reach 40% too, won't have to wait till 2032.
@@altortugas5979 the maximum production of the dam is falling. But the remaining output "IS" adjustable and can be turn up and down to mach demand at peak/off peak times. Unlike solar.
Makes me think about home solar panels, in terms of power reduction over time due to dust, bird excrement and leaves. Not sure if people address this ?
In the Bhadla Solar Plant, dust is dusted off from each solar panel by robots without using a single drop of water. There are videos showcasing that on UA-cam. Look for Johnny's Desk channel, he has clips of it.
Don't know the recycling plan as of now as they have 20-25 years of life. We sure wouldn't toss them in a landfill, we do something called "jugaad"(Make it work). Our NGOs can make alternate use for them like for sustainable roofing/shelters or something like that.
@@HemanthKumarJadhav they only last 25 years..... And there isnt even a,plan to recycle the ones made 10-20 years ago. That thinking is same issue of nuclear waste. Currently, tossing them in a landfill is the most cost effective way to dispose of them and there isnt a law preventing it. Which is why that is how we currently dispose of old solar panels.
@H J thats not that easy. Its cheaper to toss them away. Even if they they do, they will get shipped to a very poor country to "recycle" them. Which might end being kids burning them down in the open and grabbing the rare earth metals.
20% indians dont have electricity access?? What's the source man??
It was true but 10 years ago. In 2010 India had 80% electricity penetration but now it is nearly 99%
They use Western media afterall
What can you expect
Bruh they take old reports to make stories and never care about true and latest reports
old reports and they only find poverty ridden areas footage to show india
These western media only concentrate on old and bad phases and repeat to publish it
He is watching through his western white lens
A 30 gw park is being built in india. It is going to dwarf any other solar park in the world...
where?
@@a.rkumar7696 kutch, gujrat
It's wind and solar combined and only a proposal, whereas China is already building a 16 GW solar plant.
@@aravindkartha5145 Land for the project has been allocated and the developers have been awarded the contracts. So I think the project has moved beyond the proposal phase.
Btw, the Chinese project is a hybrid too. It will include photovoltaic, concentrated and wind.
Tata projects, & adani power is recruiting manpower for that project ,it is in Khadla ,in kutch district,gujrat
42% of indias power needs are produced by renewables, and this will be 50% by 2027-28.
Not exactly. 42% of installed capacity for electricity production in India is from renewable sources. But fickle nature of renewable installed capacity and outdated (though rapidly modernizing) grid infrastructure in India means that only around 27% of total electricity generation is from renewable sources.
That said, India is doing far more than most developed world economies when it comes to fighting climate change. It is the only G20 nation that pledged something commensurate to 2 degrees warming by 2100 in the 2015 Paris Climate Deal agreement, and is not only on track, but rather ahead of schedule in meeting those goals.
With the new research around damage to environment due to hydro electric plants we should be focusing more on solar, wind and Nuclear.
The video is 5 months old, but the data you used w.r.t. the electricity coverage in India is 10 years old.
99% coverage today vs 80% in 2010 (which is what you claimed it was today).
Very underrated comment......true brother.
I saw it.....at places, he showed the latest data and at others, he showed the outdated ones according to his 'convenience'....i don't know why.....thus discrepancy is comically disgusting
He's British and they always have to bring in some negative facts about others when they speak. Instead, when we make documentaries, we have to counter then with facts like, "India is going to have 450 gw of installed renewable capacity by 2025 which is more than 8 times the total production capacity of Europe's 4th largest economy, Britian"
@@chi-8289 yess😂😂 leave them alone 🤡🤣🤣 , in 2030 🇮🇳 these people will realised 👉🏻 power 🇮🇳💪🏻👑
@@nageswaraopatha5445 Also facts like Britain had to add prostitution into GDP count since 2014 to marginally beat France in total GDP. Still they'll do that because these people have inflated egos and less achievements
Just western propoganda 😂
Impressive and I thought the 6.25 square mile 300MW solar farm my company is currently building was huge.
Yeah, or you could just build a 300MW nuclear reactor that only takes up (and I'm over estimating here) 0.02 square miles.
@@Sgt_SealCluber You could, or you could do both and max out renewable energy production capacity until we beat climate change.
@@domtweed7323 Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
@@Sgt_SealCluber I watched it, and he's ignoring geography.
In some areas reliable renewables match up with demand excellently. For example, in hot places where most energy demand is for air conditioning, solar matches up pretty well to day time demand.
In my native UK wind power works best during winter, when we need the power for heating.
The speaker in the video meantions the issues in Germany, but that's a solved knowledge issue. Germany isn't very windy, but if they'd installed those wind turbines a few hundred mile north west, in the North Sea, they'd have a lo lt more power and fairly reliably.
So certain renewables are good for certain geographies. That doesn't make them useless, it makes them a valuable component of the grid mix for most of the world. Alongside nuclear, hydro, tidal, biogas, and other technologies.
@Räche SD Firstly, your just incorrect on energy return on investment. For solar power you get about 15x more out than you put in (I don't know the wind figures off the top of my head, but it's also significantly above 3, the minimum for viable energy returns).
And yes, renewables create some damage to the environment. Just far less than setting off the cascading carbon feedback loops that burning fossil fuels will. But there's no good answer for running a sustainable, environmental friendly developed economy. Renewables/nuclear just allow us to minimise the damage.
Not only this.
How about a fun fact.
World's first operational solar powered airport is also from india at kochi international airport, Kerala.
It's fascinating how Western media tends to showcase only the impoverished regions of India, as if the country is the sole abode of poverty and underdevelopment. Apparently, the rest of the world is far too superior and has no traces of poverty or lack of progress. Such biased representation only reinforces the stereotypes surrounding India and hinders the country's growth and perception on a global level. It's time we shed light on the diversity and richness of India, rather than just one aspect.
West overestimates China and underestimates India. Funny that Deng Xiaoping would be proud of India
Cause if you go outside of certain parts of Delhi gurgaon you will found nothing but poverty
Delhi Gurgaon is full India? You think rural areas are not there in Europe?
@@NahibatanabhaiHave you visited Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Indore,Pune, Nagpur, Warangal, Vijaywada, Vishakapatnam, Coimbatore, Mysuru, etc. I am pretty sure large parts of those cities are developed or atleast some parts of those cities are definitely developed. Do you think every western city is developed?
In terms of relative size of countries and development , USA can be compared to India(even though USA is nearly twice the size of India and have more development ) . USA states such as West Virginia, Arkansas, Montana, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Mexico, South Dakota, Alaska don't have proper development. Some of those states aren't even comparable to Indian states. Many American towns and villages don't have as many businesses as in Indian towns and villages. Many American towns are converting to ghost towns. When you want to do comparison do it properly.
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Love all the geniuses in the comments going on about how the Hover Dam is better. 1) There's no big river in that part of India, so they really can only use solar/wind power. 2) The sun will always be there. The Hoover Dam is in danger of running dry due to the river level dropping to the point the Dam won't be able to function.
Why not nuclear energy? That is the most efficient energy and runs 24/7, or just short of. It takes very little space and you don't need to have nearly as much maintenance or material cost. Not to mention the return on investment for energy is absolutely bonkers.
"2) The sun will always be there. " Except at night.... 🤣
@@paulgoodridge2269 not as long as there is no solution for long time storage of nuclear waste. There are only two countries by now who store their nuclear waste for unlimited time. The rest is still struggling to find a storage. Setting all hope on nuclear power is just shifting problems towards future generations. And I'm talking about hundrets of thousand years to deal with the waste.
@@Craftlngo The nuclear waste storage can store a minimum of 200 years worth of waste of which it is just short of 100% of the waste produced by the plants.
Now compare that to fossil fuels and/or renewables of which it is nowhere near that. It is nowhere near that.
Solar panels only last around 5 years and contain chromium, lithium, lead, beryllium, and other hilarious metals that f*** with your lungs. And have to be dismantled and or thrown away. Not to mention are more resource-intensive than nuclear energy. So the waste argument still runs and nuclear energy is favor.
@@Craftlngo you are correct. Nuclear energy has a huge upfront cost, but once you pay the upfront cost the savings are hilarious along with the amount of energy you can produce.
I don't want to know how much energy it took just to mine. All the materials required to build one solar panel and how often they need to be replaced. Less upfront cost but more long-term costs.
Oh, good job India! I love that developing economies are not beholden to the capital inertia of legacy technologies, especially when those legacy technologies threaten the survival of our species.
My God are you that dense? As of now India does not recognize sanctions against Russia! So yes they, are building solar and wind on 100% US subsidies and still buying Russia energy. Like Pakistan and China they could care less how, electricity is produced as long as it's cheap. If America is dumb enough to pay for it,, well so be it! Except they are, still building coal plant's at a breathtaking pace!
Damn... nice one India! Amazing results, number one in solar and outcompeting the USA, China and, in my case, Australia *smh*. There should be a Nobel prize / awards for countries winning the race to Green Energy - an Olympics of Green Energy!
But India has advantages too, though India has less per capita but it is 5th largest Economy so govt can spend $. Also cheap&Skilled labor r available
Similarly like India there r many Developing countries who can work on self-reliance in Solar energy
@@maisakurajima9194 we are building 10 nuclear reactor of 7gw currently under construction and other 4 1000 mw from russia 🇷🇺 👌 😀
India is going to have 450 gw of installed renewable capacity by 2025 which is more than 8 times the total production capacity of Europe's 4th largest economy, Britian
Just FYI Simon, the decimal denomination of rupee isn’t “Rupee cent”, it’s Paisa. So for example ₹10.65 would be 10 rupees and 65 paisa.
Hope you incorporate this in any future videos related to India. Best Wishes, keep up the good work!
Actually it was meant for his viewers to understand as most of his viewers are from west
Thats fine but the west should also care to know other currencies. @@shubhamgarg09
Spolar had me doing a double-take. 😄
I even googled it 😂, but even Google was like “Yeah, you definitely meant to say Solar, right? Spolar ain’t a thing.”
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I checked the world bank data about %of people in india having access to electricity. It says 99%, not sure from where you got your facts about India’s 20% not having access to electricity.
Data from 1990
As of February 31st 2023, India currently has 64 gigawatts of solar power output, which is ranked 4th in the world. hope that they reach 1st and male India energy independent from external sources.
31st February good. Seems like i m using a wrong calendar.
Yep. It'll be 2nd only behind china. US and Japan are only a few gw ahead.
I appreciate ur video but I suggest u to refer to Present Data. Ur data is frm 2000s. According to 2020 data 99% of Indians have access to electricity.
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Btw 1% in 1.4billion is a huge amount too and rate of electricity is growing at 1.6
bigger parks should be built all around india, and should be used to power the growing manufacturing industry
I have worked on Bhadla Solar park. It's interesting .
The government of India is also aiming for decentralization of the energy supply. They provide a 40% subsidy on solar panels if you install them on your house rooftop. We are currently getting 3.4 kW panels installed on our house rooftop. It will be directly connected to the grid so that any additional energy generated (after our usage) will be supplied to the nearest power station and the power company will pay us for that.
India's electricity coverage for 2020 was 99 percent. Please correct your data and update your video.
Friends if we see any misinformation we can report the video. Just go to settings on top right, report , reason.
arre bhai itna emotional na ho. just correct him report tak na jao lol
Without massive battery storage tech, we have to consider other alternative source or perhaps sand based battery technology
ambani buyed sodium ion battery , ideal for storage power from grids , so he got an busieness opportunity
this solar power plants directly send energy to the grid, just like coal power plants. No battery is needed for it.
@@devpant8863 what he meant was that solar poduce during day what about night
So we need some kind of battery if we have too much solar power plants
@@shubhamgarg09night to be powered by other renewals like wind, water , atomic
Wowza, astounding! 😮
99 % of indians have now access to electricity..
No words! Ok, one word. Amazing!
You should do a video on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It's Europe's biggest nuclear power station and due to it being in the middle of a war zone, leaves some pretty big questions on the future of nuclear.
I'm a big proponent of nuclear energy and I think generation 3 reactors, especially the ap 1000s really changing the game, and future generation 4 reactors could be incredible sources of power, but three mile island, Chernobyl and Fukushima have left stains on nuclear potential and future.
Chernobyl and Fukushima were human made disasters not the reactors themselves
Fascinating and informative
Makes the solar farm near me look like my solar panels sat in my bedroom window by comparison... :P
Worked on a solar farm in Virginia. Our company leveled the ground and dug drainage ponds. Another company put in the poles, another put the panels on and another wired it all. Once its built all you need is someone to cut the grass and fix the occasional panel. They talk about all the high tech jobs that green energy creates but those jobs are largely transitory. People go place to place building them but once they're done they require minimal maintenance. They in no way offset the oil and coal jobs that are lost.
But, the oil and coal jobs is the reason why solar panels are being installed globally, global warming? Justifying a job in an industry that's destroying the world seems a bit off to me, but I guess I'm funny that way.
There are other jobs, or do what millions of people do around the world, create your own business. Maybe be one of those installers who makes really good money installing systems on homes. There are PLENTY of jobs for that.
Or, go where the REAL money is, get a degree in engineering and science and do R&D with battery technology. You know how many battery factories are being built?? The bulk of the jobs are in the factories, and battery factories are being built in many places across the US. Much better jobs than working an oil field.
@@johndoh5182 you know those batteries are being charged with electricity from coal powered plants right? And installing panels on homes is mostly a labor job. It only takes one lisenced electrician to do the important work.
I was mainly saying that when liberals say green energy will create 1000s of high paying jobs to replace the ones lost by stopping fossil fuels it's a lie.
Ehhh, whole lot of out of state license plates in my, oilboom, neck of the woods, to make the claim that employment in fossil fuels has any more stability...
It takes dozens of workers to perform the work of site prep, well drilling and completion, site completion, etc.
But it only takes a few to perform daily maintenance and to monitor production...
Try again....
Not to mention, what "oil jobs" are being lost due to the implementation of solar power?
If we were burning oil to light our homes, we'd of run out by now...
@@codymoe4986 Keystone pipeline? Plus Obama and Biden both curtailed oil and coal production.
Hey Chrome dome. India is 99 percent electrified. Even our railways are 90 percent electrified.
Hi Simon and crew, great video! I watched a short video from another channel the other day about the Eisenhower Tunnel, the highest-elevation car tunnel in the world and highest point of the Interstate System (at 11,158 feet), which passes through the Continental Divide in Colorado and sounds like one helluva engineering feat. All I could think as I was listening to their relatively brief overview was "Hmm, this sounds PERFECT for a nice juicy Megaprojects video!"
In addition to impressive specs and an important infrastructure impact on travel in the area, the tunnel had hints of some pretty wild stories during construction (during the 1970's) too. Such as male tunnel workers threatening to walk off the jobsite due to the employment of female engineering technician Janet Bonnema, because they thought the presence of a woman in the tunnels would bring bad luck; or the tale of tunnel workers assisting in the rescue of survivors of a college football team charter plane that crashed near the site during construction! The video from 'It's History' also mentioned a story about the first driver to enter the tunnel supposedly being a drunk, who plowed his car through mud and construction barricades to enter the tunnel illegally before it was fully completed, but I didn't see anything about that on Wikipedia, so I dunno about the exact veracity of that bit lol.
Could make for a good video in the hands of Fact Boy & Co! Loved this one on the solar farm, love your stuff! Take care.
A good example for the middle east countries to shift from fossil to solar power exporters.
It's much cheaper there to use generators than to invest in solar or wind power
@@kuralovien5524 but oil wont lasts long
@@cursedtyrany8199 it can if they use it for just themselves
@@kuralovien5524 Currently yes. Oil is getting expensive. Oil is not infinite.
@@srinivasmankala8412 it can be useful for the gulf countries for next 500-900 years If they're the only ones using it. So they don't have to worry about alternatives as crude will be cheap in the future as countries will start opting sodium ion cells and Hydrogen ICE engines to avoid reliance on crude oil and also to save dollar reserves.
Glad to see you are covering projects from India. 😃
But he is just using wrong data.
Rarely 1% of the Indian population don't have electricity, Your data/ source is wrong.
I thought Spolar was a pun but just a typo 🤣
Have you already covered building of the Konkan Railways on Megaprojects?
Jai Hind Modi Sir.
You are the best PM India has ever had. Finally we are proud to be Indian - seeing that our motherland is finally progressing and gaining its rightful place on the world stage
I feel like we only got half an episode. They built a thing its cheaper than expected and works well. these episodes never go like that.
100% of Indian households have access to electricity. Current ruling government had launched a project with that specific target only. There was an app in Android store that showed the electrification progress every day. Your data is outdated.
Also fertility rate in India is on the decline and already less than the replacement rate of 2.2. That means population will be declining over a period of time.
4 inches of rainfall.I think 4 inches is huge
😂
1:38 20% of indians not having access to electricity... lmfao wake up bud😂
You are awesome.
Also…WTF are you thinking??
India is able to do that when the sun is shining.
What?
When the sun isn’t shining there is no power generation
@@JRHalasz The sun shines whole year in that part of India
india is only land where sun shines more han 300 days a year. thats why we have every season and in perfect manner.
Those people bitching about less space for their herd animals are the same reason that area is a wind blown desert. Overgrazing....
Please cover Delhi Meerut RRTS when it becomes operational. More power to you 🙏
so refreshing to hear some new music. Thanks!
Bro your report is 10 year old 🤣🤣🤣
The sun ☀ is 1of the 4 corner stones of life!
The idea of harnessing its power is a capital idea since the invention of solar panels!
I love how they use a decade old data to just narrate the poor India story, displaying only the not developed regions ignoring more than 100 developed cities bigger than any other western countries and millions living much better life than the west. Let's see until when they keep doing this to India.
If the U.S. made full use of the potential solar and wind energy we could all drive electric cars and have all the power we need. Without any natural gas and only a small amount of oil. BTW I drive through a large wind energy area and I don't see any piles of dead birds and the only noise is the wind blowing.
Hey I just wanted to inform you that India have also unveiled the Chenab Bridge which is higher then Eifle Tower and it’s one of the engineering marvel’s
what it takes...leadership in the form of Modi. Who set an example as a Chief of a state government and now leading nation.
20 % Indian don't have electricity ??
What's the source !
It was true in 2010 but now it's 99 percent !
And now we are exporting electricity to our neighbors
Please Simon, please do a video on the SU-27 Flanker! Perfect Mega Projects video! Please, and please again. You have covered a few MIG fighters, please do the Flanker. It will surprise you.
It would surprise me if he did a *well-researched* video without flubbing a bunch of *basic, commonly-known facts* about the subject. Most of his aviation videos are garbage. At least he's throttled back the lame jokes and hot takes he used to pad the videos out with.
@@Booyaka9000 It could be worse, he could be RealLifeLore, who has a 5 second orgasm everytime he says USA.
Proud be indian 🇮🇳❤️
Like literally 99% Indians have access to electricity
What type of data u r using
Aah damn South Africa - we’re having power cuts right now and have huge unpopulated sunny areas. Got a few solar farms though
South Africa?
lol developed south africa with power cuts and underdeveloped india with not
@@agrajyadav2951 South Africa is not developed.
And Indias going to make green hydrogen with the excess energy.. According to recent reports from Nitin Gadkari the country is going hydrogen fuelled for cars soon and well we're gonna export some green hydrogen too.. so world wait for the time of India coz we do uplift those with us and be on help for those who really need it! "Vasudha hi kudumbak hei!"
There isn't a single location in India that doesn't have electricity connection.
This is to inform those who do and believe the propaganda - " not all parts of India have access to electricity"
99 % of the Indian population has electricity access . Except some remote tribal and hilly areas everybody has electricity in India .
Hellow there we are building an even bigger solar power park in Rann of Kuttch. Incredible Bharat.
I was trying to get solar panels on my house but now I know I really just need spolar panels.
500gw is target next few yrs 👌🇮🇳
Many of my villagers have disconnected from the grid and installed their own solar. Solar Village you know.
India building another solar park it will make badla solar park look tiny. badla is 74 square km. that one is 726 square km.
20% dont have😂🤣
Bro europe and americans update in their knowledge
They only want to depromote south asia
India electricity access for 2020 was 99.00%, a 1.69% increase from 2019.
20% indians have no electricity access? seems like you are referring to decade old data
Can you do the history of MonsterTrucks?
Starting with backyard tractors, it's now a multi-million dollar international entertainment industry. And they are incredibly cool machines!
are they though? i mean they arent even the biggest vehicles by a looong shot. infact everything you just said can be said about sex toys aswell.. do we need the history of them too?
@@megaflux7144 WE don't need this. I'm doing this for my dad.
@@michaelpipkin9942 actually you're not doing ANYTHING. you're asking someone else to waste their time doing it.
@MegaFlux... Wasting time you say? Would a good example of that be, randomly insulting commenters who offer up suggestions for channel content?
Actually, that's a perfect example...so quit wasting our time....
@@codymoe4986 nothing random about it, it was a profoundly stupid comment/suggestion. monster trucks barely even exist outside of america.
Adani has built a 500sqkm solar power park in Gujrat. It produces 45GW of power
One nation one grid one world system is becoming a reality
India needs to invest in manufacture the technology locally. That is all India needs to do for the next 20 years. Local manufacturing of EVERYTHING. Just importing things and installing plants is not going to achieve much. Just looks good in order to boast progress. India is growing for sure. But we need to define a more accurate path for growth inachieving long time efficiency.
In all the western media reports, they ll show the video of a messy indian market in a remote village. 😅
You should have done proper research before making the video. India's electricity coverage is more than 99%.
SPOLAR IS THE FUTRE!
what is the source 20% indian don't have electricity access. it;s actually 2%.kindly verify before saying.
Are they investing heavily in batteries or other storage? Solar is great while the sun is out but you need a reliable method to provide power overnight.
A minor problem, really. Now, having peak energy during peak demand? That’s a real struggle, just look at California. But that’s exactly what you get with an extensive solar component.
Nah it's pretty much thermal power plants for the night time in most places.
I remind you that on average 95% of energy consumption takes place during the day.
This is why I pay 0€ (yes ZERO€!) from 23h to 7h for electricity, because energy provider doesn't know what to do with it during night time 🔝
Yeah India has already invested around $400-$500bn in green energy with its partners.
Isn't it mind boggling 😳
When those project start giving fruits only then the world will know
We're also building around 23 indigenous nuclear reactor capable of producing 700MW electricity around the country that way we might be able to provide electricity over night, lithium batteries are expensive and if one were to be dependent on that for power generation we might never reach our goal. Well the plan to reduce the coal import for now, we have sum coal reserves as well.
20% of Indians don't have electricity?
Please do a proper research and don't spread misinformation for the sake of making the story more interesting.
Can you do a video comparing solar and wind power ?
The next big park is getting ready in the Rann of kutch in Gujarat
This felt like an ad for that solar company.
Why aren't these companies helping people like me put solar on our houses? That's the real way to go. They don't need to buy property, just the panels. Then do a semi-annual check of them. I get nearly free electricity (to a certain limit) for letting them use my roof to make as much power as I can.
You want those companies(from around the world) who have bought into the Solar Park in India to fund the Solar in your house? What else would you lie with that? a Car? maybe a million dollars in the bank?
they are international companies taking orders from gov. only , not from any random person , call any local solar panel installer he will do it
Because there are other companies doing exactly that
India is not USA. Government of India (GoI) is much more competent at defending the rights and interests of the common people when it comes to big business vs citizens. Very different from US government.
1.) GoI subsidizes installation of solar panels on your own house just as much as it builds large solar parks. That subsidy is to the tune of 40%. It even hand-holds farmers who want to build a mini solar park on their own farmland.
2.) India is the only major nation in the world where vaccine makers are NOT legally protected from the vaccines' effect on people. Pfizer tried hard to lobby against this law and wanted legal immunity for their Covid vaccine in India. GoI simply refused to put up with it and asked Pfizer to GTFO, which it did.
3.) India bans all GMO in foodgrains and has kicked out Monsato and their nefarious terminator seeds.
So when you look at India, kindly don't do so by drawing parallels between US and Indian governments. They are polar opposites. You should read about how The Republic of India took on American Big Pharma directly when it comes to medicines and how it resulted in India becoming the pharmacy of the world.
Your numbers do not include the cost over time. That is, Hoover has been operating for decades. What is the cost per total power produced that includes maintenance.
I don’t think we’ll get that kind of technical depth on this channel. This isn’t intended as being negative as I do enjoy this channel and think it covers a general overview of things.
I've got the mother of all megaprojects for you.
Apparently, covering 1.2% of the Sahara Desert with solar panels would generate enough electricity for the *ENTIRE PLANET*
If countries could collaborate in the planning, funding and implementation of an enormous Saharan solar farm with a series of interconnectors, we could have a solution that would dramatically and permanently cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Also mention that , average Indian Engineers salary who develop these parks is mere 10,000 to 11,000 Rupees per month, ...
India has become a power surplus nation and net exporter of electricity in the last nine years. The energy shortage in the country has come down from 4.2 percent in 2014 to around 0.2 now.Jun 22, 2023
India become power surplus nation, net exporter of electricity in last 9 years
This is incredible
So the comparison to Hoover Dam is unfair. Hoover is almost 100 years old and requires little maintenance. I love solar, but the problem is the panels burn out and fail. If we want to make this a reality we need to address this problem. We need to be able to recycle panels and turn them into new panels. It's doable but the infrastructure doesn't exist yet. I guarantee that it can be done though. We just need to get the mechanisms in place. It's not too dissimilar to recycling steel or aluminium.
You’re putting the cart before the horse. The use of sonar panels has to expand enough for there to be a recycling market to exploit.
And the Hoover dam produce electricity 24/7 365days
Hoover has a source of water: how manyHoovers exist in the USA? Similarly, we could build Hoovers as we have a lot of rivers... but not everyone is of the required size... and i haven't even talked about environmentalists who litigate and stop EVERY project, inclding roads and hospitals, as they want us to go back to the stone age.
@@rajeshghonasgi4407 May I recommend a book? "Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner. It covers the history of dams and water projects in the American West. Absolutely fascinating read. If books aren't your thing PBS turned it into a series of documentaries about 20 years ago too.
India aims to achieve 100 gw of energy generation
7:36 India already has 40% renewable energy capacity(by generation), within a year or two the production capacity will reach 40% too, won't have to wait till 2032.
7.31 40% is already renewable
You know nothing John Snow (Baldy) 😮😅
6:40 Hoover dam's power generation is "dispatchable" , you can turn it up and down as you need it. So to compair them is nonsence .
Except that Lake Mead is drying up. Do you ever see the sun getting dimmer? You’re right, it is “absurd” to compare the two.
@@altortugas5979 the sun gets very dim at night, and when it is cloudy.
So, you’re saying they are comparable? Because lake Mead is drying up, the production capacity of Hoover dam is going down.
@@altortugas5979 the maximum production of the dam is falling. But the remaining output "IS" adjustable and can be turn up and down to mach demand at peak/off peak times. Unlike solar.
Nuclear fission followed by fusion is the future, not wind and solar.
"Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia"
One thing I don't understand is why foreign media always shows the ugly roads and poor people of India.
Almost 97% Indians are connected to the grid as of 2022 and its already 2023. Kindly make update as required.
Bro 99* ab toh almost 100 hogya hoga
Thanks man.
Thanks.
Global warming is a fact.
Dependency on fossil Fuel creating impact on the world...
This kind of projects, create hope !
Kudos to India !
Wow so great
My my, not even heavily industrialised and infrastructure project addicted China 🇨🇳 has built 1 that big... Yet 👌😏
Foreign cameraman comes to India.
Taxi driver: which city do you want to go to sir?
Cameraman: take me to the dirtiest village you know of in India.
😂
Makes me think about home solar panels, in terms of power reduction over time due to dust, bird excrement and leaves. Not sure if people address this ?
Well there are no leaves and birds in this desert lol
In the Bhadla Solar Plant, dust is dusted off from each solar panel by robots without using a single drop of water. There are videos showcasing that on UA-cam. Look for Johnny's Desk channel, he has clips of it.
How do they plan on recycling the outdated panels? Just toss them in a landfill like the US?
And the Lithium for the batteries needs to be mined, and the Silver, Aluminum and Silicon for the panels.
@@freesk8 Sodium ion battery as a battery replacement is being planned across the board, all over India.
Don't know the recycling plan as of now as they have 20-25 years of life. We sure wouldn't toss them in a landfill, we do something called "jugaad"(Make it work). Our NGOs can make alternate use for them like for sustainable roofing/shelters or something like that.
@@HemanthKumarJadhav they only last 25 years.....
And there isnt even a,plan to recycle the ones made 10-20 years ago.
That thinking is same issue of nuclear waste.
Currently, tossing them in a landfill is the most cost effective way to dispose of them and there isnt a law preventing it. Which is why that is how we currently dispose of old solar panels.
@H J thats not that easy. Its cheaper to toss them away. Even if they they do, they will get shipped to a very poor country to "recycle" them. Which might end being kids burning them down in the open and grabbing the rare earth metals.
We already generate around 45% or more energy through renewable sources (incl. nuclear)