Droughts and blackouts: how water shortages cost India enough energy to power Sri Lanka

摘要

India is making great strides to aggressively expand its renewable energy capacity. But the country's power sector remains highly reliant on thermoelectric plants, with high demand for water for cooling [2]. That means that droughts, like the one caused last year by weak monsoons [3], can shut off the power, hampering the economy and potentially endangering lives.