India turns to geothermal energy

Power deficient India is planning to use geothermal energy to produce 10,600 megawatts of power, five times more than the combined output from all non-conventional energy sources.

The first such plant is being set up in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials say this renewable energy would come at a throwaway cost, less than one third of hydropower. China on the other side of the border has already set up a geo-thermal plant.

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