Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday 20 February 2018

NATIONAL ENERGY STORAGE MISSION


National  Energy  Storage  Mission

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Business Line ( 16 Feb ) carried following news report :








The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set up the Energy Storage Expert Committee to propose creation of the National Energy storage Mission for India.

The committee has a stringent time line of four months to release the draft National Energy Storage Mission

Speaking at an industry event, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy RK Singh said, “ We need a viable commercial plan for storing renewable energy and we will be able to significantly cut down import of fossil fuels once the storage of renewable energy is commercially viable.”


I would say : Not a day too soon  !

Consider the following :

·         India is targeting to achieve 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022

·         As of today , actual installed capacity is barely 17 GW

·         India gets 300 days of sunshine per year

Between them , our deserts (Rajasthan / Kutchh / Lahul and Spiti / Ladakh ) have
Potential to generate 315.7 GW of Solar Power

·         To be able to use at night, Solar power generated during day ( when sun shines ) , need to be stored in huge banks of batteries

 But , how to “ Store “ all that huge amount of Solar generated electricity and use it round the clock when Sun is not shining ?

    This ( storage of solar generated power ) was not possible till recently
    But it just became possible !

   Only last month , Elon Musk ( TESLA ) installed  a 100 MW / 129 MWh , Lithium-
   ion Battery Storage facility in Australia , for a cost of $ 50 million

   And within 100 days – ensuring no more “ black outs “ in South Australia  !


To store that 316 GW ( 316,000 MW ) of solar power generated in our deserts , we will need hundreds of Storage Batteries of the size ( 100 MW ) installed in Australia
   
    That would cost , lakhs of crores of rupees !
   We need to raise :


For 316 GW solar power projects in our deserts…………$  316  Billion

For 100 ( ? ) Mega Storage Batteries……………………………$  5  Billion

         A Total of ……………………………………………………………………$  321  Billion


    Where / how can we raise such funds ?

Here is how much some countries managed to “ get declared “ Black Money through their own Amnesty Schemes :

Indonesia………..$  367  Billion ( just 2 % tax / no penalty / no questions asked )

Italy………………….$ 137  Billion

Argentina…………$  117  Billion

Brazil……………… $    53  Billion

India………………. $    10  Billion
    

    To know how we can do better, look up :


    Sun :  Our  Soul  (  07  Jan  2017  )



Indonesia Shows the Way  (  23  Dec  2016  )



Can you imagine :

What it could do to our economy if  power was available for Rs 1 / Kwh ?

How many premature deaths ( due to air pollution ) can be avoided if we shut down ALL coal-based power plants ? ( Ans :  600,000 each year )

6 million Electric vehicles that the Government wants to put on our roads by 2020 , were re-charging their Li-ion batteries , using GREEN solar power ?

20  Feb  2018


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