Which of the following energy resources is used in most factories in India?

Option 1 : Coal

Coal is energy resources is used in most factories in India.

• This is the most abundantly found fossil fuel.
• It is used as a domestic fuel, in industries such as iron and steel, steam engines and to generate electricity.
• Electricity from coal is called thermal power.
• The coal which we are using today was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns and swamps got buried under the layers of earth.
• Coal is therefore referred to as Buried Sunshine.
• The leading coal producers of the world are China, USA, Germany, Russia, South Africa and France.
• The coal producing areas of India are Raniganj, Jharia, Dhanbad and Bokaro in Jharkhand.

Hydroelectricity: is electricity made by generators that are turned by the movement of water.

• It is usually made with dams that partly block a river to make a reservoir of water.
• Water is released, and the pressure of the dam forces the water down pipes that lead to a turbine.
• The leading producers of hydel power in the world are Paraguay, Norway, Brazil, and China.
• Some important hydel power stations in India are Bhakra Nangal, Gandhi Sagar, Nagarjunsagar and Damodar valley projects.

Solar Energy: produced by the sun in the form of heat and light energy is called as solar energy.

• Solar radiations can be converted electricity through solar cells (Photovoltaic cells).
• Photovoltaic cells convert solar radiations directly into electricity through silicon solar cells

Nuclear power :is obtained from energy stored in the nuclei of atoms of naturally occurring radio active elements like uranium and thorium.

• These fuels undergo nuclear fission in nuclear reactors and emit power.
• The greatest producers of nuclear power are USA and Europe.
• In India Rajasthan and Jharkhand have large deposits of Uranium