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Most of the power generation in India is carried out by conventional energy sources, coal and mineral oilbased power plants which contribute heavily to greenhouse gases emission. This focuses the solution of the energy crisison judicious utilization of abundant renewable energy resources.India is on the path of rapid economic growth along with speedy overall development; simultaneously it has to face theglobal threat of climate change. So, India has unique renewable energy resources (RES) and development of countrydepends to a great extent on harnessing these sources. Renewable energy sources and technologies have potential toprovide solutions to the longstanding energy problems being faced by the developing countries like India. Renewableenergy is a sustainable and clean source of energy derived from nature. These technologies have long been recognizedas an important part of the solution to address energy security concerns and ensure economic growth in an environmentfriendly manner. The renewable energy based power generating systems can play a major role towards the fulfillment ofenergy requirements. This paper shows the potentials of available energy technologies and its act as a driving force byincreasing the utilization of renewable energy sources to reduce the energy demand and become energy independenceand current progress or achievement of renewable energy in India.

Bhavik.J. Patel, K.D.Panchal, “Renewable Energy Technologies-An Effective Driving Force of Energy Independent Future India”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 2, Issue 6, pp. 182-188, June 2015.