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The scale of the project transforming swathes of barren salt desert on the edge of western India into one of the most important sources of clean energy anywhere on the planet is so overwhelming that the man in charge cant keep up.. ..
I dont even do the math any more, Sagar Adani told CNN in an interview last week.. . Adani is executive director of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL)..
Coal still accounts for 70% of the electricity India generates.. . Situated just 12 miles from one of the worlds most dangerous borders separating India and Pakistan, the park will cover more than 200 square miles and be the planets largest power plant regardless of the energy source, AGEL said.. ..
There is no choice for India but to start doing things at a previously unimagined size and scale, the 30-year-old said.. . Thats because energy demand is going to explode in the coming years.. . India is the worlds third-largest energy consuming country, although its energy use andemissions per personare less than half the world average, data from the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) shows.. ..
By 2050, Indias total electricity demand from residential air conditioners is set to exceed the total energy consumption in the whole of Africa today, the IEA said.. . India cannot rely on fossil fuels for its burgeoning needs without disastrous consequences for efforts to tackle the climate crisis.. ..
