There is an underground revolution emerging around us. It hums mellow on top of our homes/unfastens softly listlessly upon our streets navigates noiselessly along beneath the farmland grounds a mile removed. This Energy Revolution is called green energy — and it is quickly changing how we live, work, travel and dream.

From Sunlight to Switchboards

Enter a well-designed home today and there is a faint but strong shift that you will feel. Solar panels shimmy with pride-cum-sustainability on the building roofs, sending clean energy into the kitchen, the bedroom and other corners. Smart meters minute by minute keep count of each unit of energy and on we need to think carefully. The era of mindless consumption of power is over, and the era of mindful consumption has come. It is due to the strong government efforts and the rise in knowledge about climate facts that solar energy has finally ceased to be a luxury. It is a way of life.

Mobility, Reimagined

Silent hum of electric motors is taking over roaring engines on our roads. Schoolchildren are transported by e-rickshaws, urban highways are glided by electric buses and electric charging points appear as green points at malls and parking spaces. The EV (electric vehicle) tsunami is not on its way, but it has already hit the shores, and it is accelerating. Things used to be considered futuristic are now becoming a part of our morning commute. EVs are taking over the pace of the city powered by clean grids and anchored by tech.

Empowering the Grassroots

This is not a change that is limited to sky lines of the cities. Green energy is being installed in heartland India and brightening villages where power used to flicker off -- or not show up at all. Microgrids in the form of solar power supply are used in classrooms, clinics, and community centers. Without any dependence on diesel prices and fuel panic, farmers continue to water their farms using solar-powered pumps. Renewable energy is an opportunity to many, and yet not merely an environmental solution since it leads to opportunities, education, and empowerment.

Innovation at Every Turn

There is the bio energy plant which turns kitchen waste to cooking gas on the one hand, and windows which act as solar panels on the other, innovation is blossoming. Entrepreneurs and start ups are building green solutions out of ideas that can be scaled. The green collar army of installers, technicians, energy auditors is expanding, generating good jobs in the back-yards around the nation. India is at the perfect position to spearhead this green revolution as it has the blend of ancient wisdom and the latest technology.

A Greener Rhythm of Life

Green energy is not all about watts and volts. It is all about embracing more respect towards the earth by adopting a mellower pace, one that looks forward. It is about generating power in homes instead of polluting rivers, and in commuting instead of casting a haze in the sky. It is all about compassion, self-sufficiency and reconnecting people and the environment.

The Road Ahead

Naturally, there are problems on the way. The technologies of storage, energy equity, and infrastructure remain to be addressed. But the trend is obvious and cannot be turned back. Since green energy moves in silently and revolutionizes our everyday lives, it also changes the vision of progress: greener air, less noisy towns, stronger friendly communities, and a planet that heaves a bit easier. Therefore, the next time your ceiling fan hums on a sunny afternoon or your EV passes a petrol station, just stop and figure it out, you are not consuming energy. This is how you are creating the future.

Email:-----------------atiwari@myamu.ac.in