Perhaps the biggest challenge before India today is how to provide energy to its people, energy to light their homes and hearth, energy to run the wheels of development, energy to maintain the spectacular growth rate achieved in recent years. The end of our fossil fuel reserves is on the horizon. Given the global uncertainties and fluctuations associated with the oil sector an over dependence on imports of oil, gas petroleum Products-though seemingly unavoidable may not be every prudent. Generation of electricity from renewable sources like the sun and wind is proving to be expensive, yet we know that our commitment towards arresting global warming and the ill effects of climate change means that we must rapidly move towards greener and cleaner energy sources.