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

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

REVISED ROOF TOP SOLAR POWER POLICY


Shri  R  K  Singh -  the  Revolutionary

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Our Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) for Power and Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh is a revolutionary


Here is the proof

Today’s Business Line carries following news :


 
The Centre will rework and expand the ambit of roof-top solar power generation policy, according to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy, R K Singh.

Speaking to reporters on the side lines of an international R&D conclave, organised by the Central Electricity Authority, Singh said, “We are coming up with a new scheme which will improve the present roof-top solar systems. We already have schemes for solar pumps and roof-top solar but we are enlarging those schemes and improving the mechanisms so that they can be delivered faster.”

Singh said that the government is also gearing up for taking strides in energy storage. He said, “According to the trajectory we had announced, we are bidding out projects in solar, wind and in hybrid generation. Now we are going to attach a storage component to those bids too. For example, if the entire project is of 1000 MW, the storage capacity with it will be of around 100 MW.”


That is : ONE battery storage ( 100 MW ) for 1 GW ( 1,000 MW ) of solar generation


For our target of 100 GW by 2022 , we need 100 Battery Storage ( of 100 MW each )


But with about 50 months left to reach that target, we need to install 2 Battery Storages EVERY MONTH for the next 50 months !

 
ONE installation , every 15 days !


That is finding a cool $ 100 million per month ( TESLA’s 100 MW Battery Storage , installed and commissioned in South Australia within 100 days , cost $ 50 million each )


All told , for those 100 Battery Storages, we will need $ 5,000 Million ( $ 5 Billion )


Exactly what I wrote in my following blog , only yesterday !



National Energy Storage Mission  [  19  Feb  2018  ]




In that blog , I also suggested how to raise the required funds


But the “ Roof Top Solar Power Generation Revolution “ will remain only a dream , unless that reworked policy ( under formulation ) covers within its “ ambit “ , my following suggestions as well

 

Sun : Our Soul ( A New SOS )  [  02  Jan  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/01/sun-our-soul-new-sos.html

 

 

 

Solar Power at Rs 1 per Kwh ?  [  29  Jan  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/01/solar-power-at-rs-1-per-kwh.html

 

 

 

I urge Shri Singh to consider my following suggestion as well :




·         Individual building owners or Societies will install the plants on their roofs ( model / size / supplier etc to be decided by each consumer )



·         Plants will need to be installed only by Channel Partners ( supplying agencies ) which are empanelled by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy , who have submitted installation data ( Project Completion Report for grid connected rooftop projects ) on the SPIN portal



·         Submit “ Bill / Certificate of Grid Connectivity “ to govt  for “Green Solar Loan 



·         Loan will be repayable at 5 % interest rate , over a 15 year period



·         SOCIETY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY THE  EMI  FROM THE SAVINGS IT WILL MAKE  BY NOT HAVING TO BUY THE GRID POWER FROM STATE DISCOM



·         Societies will even be allowed to repay the EMI in the form of the solar power it generates and FEEDS into the State Grid , under the “ Reverse Metering “ Scheme


( Source : https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/06/green-buildings-put-greed-to-work.html  )

 

21  Feb  2018

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Subject: 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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