India needs diversified energy to fulfill requirements: Sibal

India needs to tap diversified energy sources to fulfill its requirements, as nuclear power in itself is not sufficient, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday.

“India would require around 3,00,000 MW of power by 2020 and nuclear would contribute, at best, around 10 per cent in the supply. Nuclear energy by itself is not an answer,” he said at the Petrotech conference here.

Biomass, jatropha, gas hydrates and various other sources of energy had to be explored to counter the limitations of each other, he suggested.
The Hindu