Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid

The world’s first global interconnected solar power system, “One Sun One World One Grid,” will combine large-scale solar power stations, wind farms, and grids with rooftop solar and community solar grids to provide a stable, resilient, and inexpensive source of clean energy to everyone.

The project will bring together a global coalition of national governments, international financial and technical organisations, legislators, power system operators, and knowledge leaders to accelerate the construction of the new Infrastructure is required for a world powered by renewable energy sources.

What is the aim of the project?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi first proposed the idea of a single global solar grid during the ISA’s First Assembly in late 2018. OSOWOG plans to create and scale inter-regional energy systems to transfer solar energy throughout the globe, taking use of time zones, seasons, resources, and cost disparities between countries and regions.

It will also aid in the decarbonization of energy production, which is currently the world’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

OSOWOG partnered with Green Grids Initiative (GGI) to develop a combined GGI-OSOWOG initiative in order to better coordinate its efforts and actions with other comparable initiatives around the world.

How Does Renewable Energy Transmission Work?

Transmission lines transport energy from a source of generation to homes and businesses, allowing us to generate enough electricity to meet our demands. Transmission lines have traditionally been connected to fossil fuel generators (coal and gas plants). The energy generated by these plants is then transmitted from the location of production to transmission lines, which carry it over great distances before reaching your home, for example.

Renewable energy transmission operates similarly to conventional transmission, but without the use of fossil fuels. Solar and wind energy, on the other hand, generate electricity that is subsequently transferred via transmission lines.

Carbon footprint

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions connected with all of a person’s or other entity’s actions is referred to as their carbon footprint (e.g., building, corporation, country, etc.).It includes direct emissions from fossil-fuel combustion in manufacturing, heating, and transportation, as well as emissions related to the generation of electricity for goods and services. Other greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons are typically included in carbon footprint calculations (CFCs).

The previous ecological footprint concept, developed at the University of British Columbia in the early 1990s by Canadians, is connected to and evolved from the carbon footprint concept. William Rees, an environmentalist, and Mathis Wackernagel, a regional planner from Switzerland. An ecological footprint is the total amount of land required to support a certain activity or population. It takes into account environmental factors like water consumption and the quantity of land utilised for food production. On the other hand, a carbon footprint is often stated as a weight measurement, such as tonnes of CO2 or CO2 equivalent per year.

Carbon footprint calculation

Carbon footprints are different from a country’s declared per capita emissions (for example, those reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Carbon footprints focus on the greenhouse gas emissions connected with consumption rather than the greenhouse gas emissions associated with production. They take into account emissions from commodities that are imported into a country but manufactured elsewhere, as well as emissions from international transportation and shipping, which are not accounted for in typical national inventories. As a result, a country’s carbon footprint might grow even if carbon emissions within its borders fall.

The United States has the biggest carbon footprint per capita. According to the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center and the United Nations Development Programme, the average American had a carbon footprint of 20.6 metric tonnes (22.7 short tonnes) of CO2 equivalent in 2004, which was five to seven times higher than the global average. Averages vary widely around the world, with citizens of wealthy countries having larger footprints. France, for example, had a carbon footprint of 6.0 metric tonnes (6.6 short tonnes) per capita in the same year, but Brazil and Tanzania had carbon footprints of 1.8 metric tonnes (approximately 2 short tonnes) and 0.1 metric tonne (0.1 short tonne) of CO2 equivalent, respectively.

Reduction of carbon footprint

Individuals and businesses can lower their carbon footprints and thereby contribute to global climate mitigation in a variety of ways. By acquiring carbon offsets, they can offset some or all of their carbon footprint (broadly defined as an investment in a carbon-reducing activity or technology).They will be carbon neutral if they purchase enough carbon offsets to offset their carbon footprint.

Improved energy efficiency, as well as changes in lifestyles and purchasing patterns, can all help to minimise carbon footprints. Changing one’s energy and transportation habits has the potential to reduce one’s major carbon footprint. When opposed to driving, taking public transportation, such as buses and trains, minimises an individual’s carbon footprint. Individuals and businesses can minimise their carbon footprints by installing energy-efficient lighting, providing insulation to buildings, or generating power with renewable energy sources. Wind-generated electricity, for example, emits no carbon dioxide directly. Reduced meat consumption and switching purchase habits to products that require fewer carbon emissions to generate and transport are two other lifestyle changes that can reduce an individual’s secondary carbon footprint.

Conclusion:-

A massive power network that can tap into this limitless supply of renewable energy might give clean electricity whenever and wherever it is required, day or night. The GGI-OSOWOG programme intends to build inter-country transmission infrastructure.