Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, JNIT, Jaipur
Online published on 22 June, 2017.
Increasing energy demand exerts pressure on the energy producers to overexploitation of the limited natural sources for producing more energy. In developing countries, larger part of mechanical and electrical power are generating by burning of coal and petroleum products, which are dramatically giving birth to the major problems. Energy conservation is an important element of energy planning and policy as it leads to reduction in energy consumption and energy demand per capita and offsets the growth in energy supply needed to keep up with population growth. The reduced energy demand can provide more flexibility in choosing the most preferred methods of energy production. Energy conservation facilitates the replacement of non-renewable resources with renewable energy. It is often the most economical solution to energy shortages, and is a more environmentally benign alternative to increased energy production. It represents a cost-effective approach to raising profitability, enhancing competitiveness and improving environmental performance ensuring a sustainable development. The possibilities range from relatively simple and low cost process modifications to sophisticated and more costly investments in pollution prevention technologies. The energy conservation is cost effective with a short pay back period and modest investment. There is a good scope of energy conservation in various sectors, like explicitly in domestic, industry and agriculture divisions. The planners have already started appreciating the role and significance of energy conservation in future energy scenario of the world. This paper discusses the energy conservation issues dominating in the present scenario. An effort is also made to access the challenges present and the overcoming methods to come up with these tribulations for energy conservation in different countries specifically in reference to Indian context.
