Electricity, Power, Energy - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

ANSWER: 1.1 bn

Explanation:
Half a billion people have gained access to electricity in India since 2000, almost doubling the country's electrification rate, according to the World Energy Access report released on Dec 6, 2017 by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

This "remarkable" growth puts India on course to achieving access to electricity for all in the early 2020s, the report added.

The number of people without access to electricity fell to 1.1 billion in 2016 from 1.7 billion in 2000.

It is on track to decline to 674 million by 2030, with India reaching universal access well before then. Since 2012, more than 100 million people per year have gained electricity access, an acceleration from the rate of 62 million people per year seen between 2000 and 2012.

Our analysis in the World Energy Outlook confirms that India is emerging as a major driving force in global energy trends, with all modern fuels and technologies playing a part.

Half a billion people have gained access to electricity in India since 2000, almost doubling the country's electrification rate.
This remarkable growth puts India on course to achieving access to electricity for all in the early 2020s - a colossal achievement.

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• Coal has fuelled about 75% of the new electricity access since 2000, with renewable sources accounting for around 20%, according to the report.
• However, 239 million people remained without electricity access in 2016, about a quarter of the worldwide total.
• The report added that India is expected to reach universal electricity access in the early-2020s. Progress has also been made on clean cooking, although 830 million people in India still lack access.
• There are clear indications however that government policy efforts targeting LPG have begun to take hold.
• The share of the population relying primarily on biomass for cooking fell to 59% in 2015 from 66% in 2011.
• By 2030, the promotion of LPG and improved biomass cookstoves by the government means that more than 300 million people gain access to clean cooking facilities, but still more than one-in-three people remain without

ANSWER: Vidyut Pravah

Explanation:
Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched mobile app Vidyut Pravah- Electricity, Price Availability and Highlights

• Mobile application provides highlights of power availability in the country on real time basis
• Web/Mobile application provides a wealth of information relating to current demand met, surplus power available and prices in the Power Exchange
• UI ensures that visualisation of power availability and prices at overall country level and at State/UT level is facilitated.
• The Web application can be accessed through vidyutpravah.in.

ANSWER: 10

Explanation:
90% energy is lost to environment as unusable energy during the transfer. This energy flow explains why the earth can support more people if they eat at lower levels by eating grains, vegetables and fruits.

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
It can be explained through Second Law of Thermodynamics. The law states that ‘No energy transfer is 100 percent efficient’.

ANSWER: 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:
There are four new initiatives - A market based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in energy - intensive large industries and facilities, through certification of energy savings that could be traded (Perform Achieve and Trade); Accelerating the shift to energy efficient appliances in designated sectors through innovative measures to make the products more affordable (Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency); Creation of mechanisms that would help finance demand side management programmes in all sectors by capturing future energy savings (Energy Efficiency Financing Platform); Developing fiscal instruments to promote energy efficiency (Framework for Energy Efficient Economic Development).

ANSWER: Seven

Explanation:
The seven states include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. In this seven states, activities envisaged under the project includes establishment of 48 new Grid sub-stations of different voltage levels with total transformation capacity around 17100 MVA (Mega Volt Ampere) by installing over 7800 ckt-kms (Circuit Kilometers) of transmission lines.

ANSWER: Miniratna

Explanation:
The scheme of awarding Navratna, Miniratna (Category-1 and 2) status to public sector undertakings (PSUs) was started by the Union Government vide a notification dated 22 July 1997 so as to grant greater autonomy to PSUs to become global giants.

ANSWER: 3.6%

Explanation:
India achieved lowest ever power deficit of 3.6 per cent and highest ever increase in power capacity addition of 22,566 Mega Watts.

ANSWER: West Bengal

Explanation:
IISCO plant is situated in Burnpur, West Bengal.

ANSWER: 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!