Average power usage spikes by 25 per cent in Delhi this summer: Study
The hotter it gets, the more power we use to run air conditioners, which in turn, puts all climate change mitigation and energy security actions in the red, a study has revealed. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment on Thursday said the average power consumption in the national capital during peak heatwave days in June increased by 25 per cent compared with the season's average. The CSE's new study, "A Midsummer Nightmare", based on eight-year trend analysis of electricity consumption in Delhi, said, "Average electricity consumption in Delhi during the peak heatwave days of June 7-12, 2019, increased by 25 per cent compared to the season's average. CSE Executive Director Anumita Roychowdhury said if the growing discomfort due to increasing heat was not addressed with wide-ranging architectural design solutions, the mixed use of cooling approaches and improved energy efficiency of mechanical cooling methods, India’s energy security and climate change mitigation efforts would be deeply undermined. "India is already facing an energy crisis where urban penetration of air conditioning is 7-9 per cent and the domestic demand for electricity is 24.32 per cent of the total electricity consumption in 2016-17," it said.
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