of inequality ah 75 years ago, mahatma gandhi peacefully led the country to independence. what has remained of his vision? where does the world so call to largest democracy stand and where is india headed? this is the moment to unleash on violet bars. gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah, today on eco india, we are staring at the sun and advances in harnessing it as a reliable source of energy. solar power is clean, flexible, and for now,

one of the most affordable renewables on the market. we unpack some of the pros and cons. hello and welcome to the program. i'm son thought i'm now averaging 300 days of sunshine. a yard. india has huge solid energy potential. it still relies heavily on cooling forest. electricity needs compounding some of the world's worst air pollution, but with plans to get half its power supplies from general builds by 2030. india is going to have to up it sula game. a village in good off is leading the weight as the countries forced to move forward by the sun 247 ah for years the smart boards at this school in good draught were rendered useless by an under labeled power supply. but that changed when the entire village of moore

did up plugged into solar energy. now, not only does it school have round the clock, bower, the building generates its own electricity with an array of solar panels on the roof. as actually charged me, if i that acre he fell me age or a letter. you don't, you could not really use our digital classrooms as much as they would have liked it all out. but since we got the solar panels in the school. yeah, we can use all the tools that use up electricity went out without worrying about the electricity bill electric bill. we now use as much bye as we need through the dating. so yes, how many for digging will do a day that the law got that got as a find stuck on what i said to him? famous for its 11th century sun temple madeira was chosen as the location for a pioneering pilot project that seeks to answer a simple question. gansler bow meet the energy needs of an entire rural community.

in february 2022, the government provided residents with 3 panels to install in their homes. $1300.00 household signed up and by october there will so ready. so do with those of the school and other government buildings to ensure a constant energy supply. the panels in the village are connected to a solar power plant that was built nearby. equipped with a further 22000 panels, yoga ham, or did i go? or ski drainage redesigned this plant is specifically keeping in mind the energy requirements of montana ledger. we set up a 6 megawatt plan $1015.00 mingo at betty energy's today. system power b c homeloan. so this will fill the requirement of the entire village. hm. lily, he said that his m look full pick up thing was school, the battery storage system supplies, barlow and the sun is not shining during the night or the weeks of rain in the monsoon season. it ensures a smooth distribution of the power generated by the plant and mo, did as resident was on, there was another one up our bank or mom,

where every bar line needs a control room that can monitor everything and identify any fords in real time to resolve them quickly. so this system is for this solar plant and that is clean at the back is showing all the data they up be to the, for example, how much energy is being generated by the sun's variation is getting measured and can be seen here. we can even monitor the sample and how the energy is spec to the entire village from here. and we can also see how much energy is getting stored in the battery is bad and we can even monitor the surplus energy that gets transmitted to the mean grid. hell, what give me plasma village households can generate around one kilowatt of power enough for most to cover their daily needs. if they have any energy left over, the government buys that surplus, putting money in residence buckets. this monetary incentive has served to been over more evidence minder. fidel was initially skeptical about the project, but decided to get on board when he saw his neighbors. electricity bill dropped to

0. my antidote i is a little earlier over bill would be around $2500.00 degrees every montera, but now we end up hardening money if we use less electricity than our solar panels produce. how does alga cherry year all our savings are currently driven into our bank account that i'm out? oh, man, get government? am i going to do the project funded by the government to the tune of 9000000 euros is lighting up lives in madeira. but you get older me, let elegy runs a small tailoring shop that switch to sola has made a big difference to her business. i made my thing ponce de la d v i for that i used to operate the machine manually with my foot glassy now. after i got solar, i got an electric motel for the sewing machine down by earlier i would only work in the day and me duty blouses. as i said, i was so la bothered in the house. i can work in the night till late and make more blouses. no medical. so when i was able to make about 50600 rupees a day,

now i meet lords worked at least 1500 rupees a day. this has helped me so much in running my household expenses. her garden may medically cut quine at the adams goes, as i am either back at mo, data school, solar energy is no longer an abstract concept from science textbooks. the children are experiencing the benefits of clean, green energy planning from the sun 1st hand. oh, might i go, other villas was already famous wellness and damn, but it is now also in years forced release to have solar power. and that has made it more famous. i'm very proud to say that i live in would you know, really, joe, my dad, i'm it at in india is the woods 3rd largest carbon dioxide emitter and aims to meet half of its energy demands from renewable sources by 2030. it's an ambitious goal. madeira is a model that relies on government funding, but it's offering india a glimpse of the benefits that come with being energy self sufficient. as

global temperatures and energy costs rise, the risk to transition to green energy has picked up in germany will lead many more solar energy plans to meet its climate targets, but racially put them. it's a question that's creating conflict in rural communities. miss moore, east and german village of hawkins arden is located right next to a forest. it used to be part of a restricted military area that was cordoned off for decades where the wilderness could thrive undisturbed. but soon they might not be much left as there are plans to clear 370 hector's, a forest equal to more than 500 socket pitches to make way for a solar power plant. boy and said that i was horrified to here, we would have to chop down the woods to produce renewable energy. there are

rooftops and other surfaces available afflictions and you don't sacrifice a forest to increase the energy supply. market conflict surrounding solar power plants. many are brewing in the eastern german state of brandenburg, as many surfaces here are seen as suitable for soda entity. will the country side around berlin soon looked like this. many residents are protesting that for farmers like yoga and caesar, solar entity can also be a blessing they can and 3 times as much leasing the land to power companies. men from agriculture i've, i'm good to move them out as a mobile has farmers. we have to pay for everything up front, fertilizer pesticide scenes, but we never know how the harvest will be. i do, it's a huge risk when the solo firms came to us and asked if we were interested. and of course i was because it offers security from my farm 2 of whom i between 100

hector's of land and the district of tempe, fed, and north of berlin are being i'd for solar power and some here also stand to lose these riding stables are right next to the proposed plant. this is what the neighboring would look like. less appealing to paying visitors. thank us. want us to like, i think people will reconsider coming here to ride. they might prefer to go where they can ride by the fields and through the wooden doors inviting con, there is dialogue between opponents and supporters of the project in temper feita. the investors changed their plans following protests by citizens initiatives beyond if we reduce the planning area by about 40 percent and we have very few lines of sight from residential areas. i mean what, where it would be seen. we plan to install hedges for her,

and we've gone far away from the village, and the residential areas are on fun. evelyn ma bong, quite different from what was 1st envisioned hawkins on north. ready what satan is that by 2045 germany hopes to get most of its energy from renewables to do this, solar and wind power systems must be expanded on a massive scale, but on the most suitable places for generating solar energy around the world. sunny places, not off of north africa, has that land enough land. if we covered 300 kilometers by 300 kilometers and with solar panels am or the equivalent of about one percent of the sahara getting we could meet the entire planets. energy needs. ready solar power plants already exist in the sahara, but they may need generate powerful countries in the region. nothing has come of the big plans to expose that solar power to europe due to a lack of electricity, lines, investment and political faith. and it's you,

i think if we consider these desert solar parks over 10 to 30 years, and we don't know what the political conditions will be in 10 years, time is lava. we need multiple sources. vicki building solar parts here in eastern brandenburg is the way to go on. soil here is to sandy and try to grow much beyond. we've used fertilizer and pesticides over. we've done everything. we are cloud, we've sun seeds then ended up with no harvest kind. crawford, my whole little the farmers next door have the same problem horse, and that not only is there too little in, it's also of poor quality though farmers are now benefiting from the energy companies, offered to lease a small portion of their land for a lot of money, they also sit in the local council that decides on this investment and declare system. of course it does look a bit bad in your mind. i am a local counselor and i'm also a former. you've been living with us. we will not vote on this. and we will also not have any influence on the whole procedure that was in the hon if the other

counselors will have to decide shying on. that's how democracy works. so function either that's his name or kathy. but down at the riding stables, they see things differently. eulley on it really feels that local counsellors are not the right negotiating partners. i thought it was quick. the such big project simply don't belong in the hands of local community representatives. like people who work as nurses and possibly can't read or understand the contracts. iraq, if i think of it, i live in the 1st, the state or federal governments should regulate these things differently. i must reagan, which leads the question, who said, decide and where should all the wind and solar power plants go that are so urgently needed for the switch to green energy. in the face of controversy and on solar fox on land, floating farms are viewed as a potential solution installed on the surfaces of leaks read the was fornes or

offshore beginning popularity in asia. europe's largest floating solar park recently opened in portugal. our reporter got a thought of the facility to explore its advantages. here on portugal, al cave are reservoir. europe's biggest floating solar park covers the equivalent of 6 football pitches. it can only be reached by a short boat trip, one on which miguel tathina has been giving many interviews. it's taken 7 years with the energy company team to bring the 5 megawatt to photovoltaic array to completion. is working. and if for the food by everybody, what is the potential that we have here on our hands? this is natalie selling energy. that is the my purpose. oh, our purpose in my theme is at 50 things that are sustainable. are if

a reason and use the least resources are the minimum resources is possible. the energy company is investing heavily in renewable energy. solar currently only makes up 6 percent of the countries energy mix, bought an advantage of floating sober parks is bad that they occupy spaces that could not be used otherwise. and being on water energy production is more efficient than on land. as the panels don't heat up as much and are likely to last longer, the panels must be kept clean to produce as much energy as possible. that job requires a good sense of balance and patience. but eventually, robotic cleaners will take over the task. 1500 local households receive clean energy from the system that's been fine. and mainly by portugal, state energy provider, e. d. p. o, for their whole rock of surfaces that can be used. and her skilled p,

yes is just as they are modular her of course, respecting law, the environmental conditions, if you have it scalable, it's complimentary to the other sources is not an alternative. it's a compliment area. so it's a solution to go further. and 3 chris piv of her changing and the colonizing the array connects to the grid by the hydro power plant in the damn axes, solar energy can be stored or used to pump water back into the reservoir to generate hydro, electric power, the 12000 panels and 25000 float us on the i'll give a reservoir, have been tested to withstand water, wind, and rough waves. the floaters are made in this factory in cash diet, in spain's alec under region. one carillo's at amanda is one of the engineers behind the technology. they're made from recycle to poly thin plastic,

and they're selling like hot cakes. but i'm far back in the amplifier over the field of living. we're just a little company, but we grew ever recent years ago. now we are 20 people who work on the design. the commercial side and engineering. yeah. if anavia yolanda liberals younger than i was the reps, us plant a liberal and on the production site, we're talking about $30.00 to $40.00 workers. weren't that are hot and must everybody else understand ours. and we think our plan, but it's a real success story for at and under and immune groupons who set up the company together in 2008. they're now adapting their floaters to other environments such as sewage plants or agriculture waste facilities. the alcohol array covers less than one percent of europe's largest artificial lake, and it appears, planning a much bigger floating array on the lake. as part of portugal, push for 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 this tower surveillance

mark him portugal and the example to the world as well with our 1st project in a hydro them, and then placed a benchmark in all utilities in the world. especially in asia, asia, they were very keen on these projects because they have large dams and they also are important to the energy problem to, to solve. and they will ramp up exponential who actually with this type of projects in. so we can expect to see many more piece floating solar parks around the world in future to the southern indian state of thomas are now and a retired government worker who's on a mission to improve lives in rural areas. he's introduced farmers to sustainable measures that boost use and devise the string of solar power devices specifically tailored to their needs. ah.

ready experiences are meant to be passed on and david raja beulah has had plenty he spent many years as the deputy director for the department of agriculture . and i mean i do state meeting farmers who are unable to make ends meet. ready this region is one of the most economically deprived in the country. often farmers here are caught in a cycle of debt. the thing or the reading like and when i visited villages almost told me they struggle to repay the loan because their earnings were to load a stream cases on when they couldn't be paid their loan. they'd come from even coming in on the ground with kelly. but be la uses his experience in the field to bring change. initially he found to be problems here,

the reliance on pesticides in water scarcity, water putting farmers deeper into debt as they struggle to generate sufficient yields. farmers should not only but their finances, but they should also have a budget for water starting with a water problem bu spoke to a former named center who was in deep debt and willing to try out new ideas. the model, the version of what we calls us, all of our broad fight to save water and money on electricity. ration where the next rainy season is delayed by 3 months, almost need to preserve water and coffee, or 200 liter that can hold the water. it can be mixed with cope will be the solar power despair distribute the mixture on drops this way. we can see the product for delivery and call you that. com. and since the now had a panel, they dealt with the 2nd problem to fill in with the solar powered light controlling fast. it was a solar and the light in the powers on automatically during the night. in the plate

below the keep some water mixed with champ, this sharp intake. this particular light traps that on the feed act like a natural site that will take drops. but while capturing insects may be good to turn profits in the short term loss of biodiversity is bad for agriculture in the long term. so there was more to be done. and this time, the change they brought in together was the one with the most potential diversification, instead of growing crops that depend entirely on rain, like the lentil type ragdoll. they also started looking at meet the vegetables and nuts, as well as hurting animals for the saying that almost do not have to spend money investing in new crop. they can use their existing cross animals, but they should look at the market to increase profitable products. and keep the less profitable property to a minimum, minimum weight,

you're going to be not started trying this out with central to i was i don't want them to go to meeting moving on land, which does not have integration facility. if there is rain, he can get some profit. if not, then he loses everything the not. but he also had gas. you dream. and there were chickens on his farm. so we will out how he can increase the number of chickens to get supplementary income. when we calculated his profit at the end of the year, 350000 rupees are 4000 euro allowable order to walk with what he had central began using the visa from the chicken as 40 laser for his gas, you trees and other crops. and their productivity increase due soon after farmers from nearly 10 villages nearby also started following the new process. the amount of time the next day i am planning is to practice organic farming without using any

chemical pesticides in what chemicals are expensive and make farmers. i want to empower farmers in the area to shift to organic farming. and now i'm again sending now speaks at community gatherings to tell his story and promote farming changes that bought, improve profit and help the environment. swiss environmentalist, luis palmer is passionate about solar energy and believes the world of dreaming with good ideas, to stop global warming. to find them, the man who became the 1st person to suckle the globe in a solar powered vehicle is back on the road. taking his message across the earth, we caught up with him in berlin. louis time i want nothing less than to save the wealth with his 3 tons. so le vehicle. he's traveling the globe in it, collecting ideas to tackle the climate crisis,

needed volunteer like the direction of the we want to meet people who are doing something about climate change. so these are individuals and companies with innovative ideas. and we invite them to our video studio where we make clips for social media. we want to show, hey, the world is full of ideas. so it is, it's simply unbelievable that c o 2 emissions are ruining our world because there are so many solutions in louis louis time as contribution is the solar butterfly, the self sufficient, tiny house on wheels unfolds its solar panels like a butterflies spreads its wings. they power both the electric car that travels some 300 kilometers on one charge and the appliances inside its cabin. or the color is through the coffee machine and the 3 run everything in here. what electricity was not just the coffee maker. well, but i'll also the t v studio in both stove like microwave or shower, which so the cameras and puter cameras everything we need to leave out. it's the

well 1st vehicle built largely from plastic waste taken from the theme and it's emissions free. there's a reason it looks like a butterfly we haven't met on the given that we chose the butterfly on purpose because it transforms itself as begin. it starts as a caterpillar. how devouring everything on the ground, allan bowl, that's us, human being since hi, we devour everything hall, oil, gas, and cool from the ground out all the resume ins. how to follow the caterpillar's lead. it suddenly grows, wings takes off and then flies from flower to flower. now is always we to have to change our ways and move towards renewable energy. so we don't need coal, natural gas and oil any more. often. anthony brown, pama and his team hoped to cover more than 200000 kilometers within 4 years. that rate lead through 90 countries on 6 continents, including a spin through india in 2023, drawing attention everywhere they go to the benefits of solar power aligned is

a lot on the g column. solar energy alone could save us from the worst of what a warming live out. we can use it to heat houses, run cars if somebody could produce electricity and even produce hydrogen and power airplanes. for all the scenes you feel so 3 quarters of the problem could be solved just with solar energy. it's a lot and if you lose on december 12, 2025, the solar butterflies, well tour is due to end in paris in time for the 10th anniversary of the paris climate echoed imagine a world where every we consume energy is powered by renewable sources. and not fossil fuels from foreign chargers to the cause. we drive around from kitchen appliances to the treadmills we used to keep for it. i looked at these episode showed you that this is possible and that we need to continue to move in that

direction. i'll leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah ah, ah, with

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