Not “ MAY “ but “ MUST “
Context :
Renewables may power EV charging / ET / 25 April 2022
Extract :
Ø "Open access is for entities buying more than 1 MW of power. But none of the charging stations will have 1 MW at one location. The draft green open access rules lowers the threshold to 100 kW for consumers. Though not intended only for EV, it is an excellent opportunity to make them completely green," said Awadesh Jha, executive director (charge and drive) at Fortum and chairman of national committee on future mobility at CII.
( fortum.india@fortum.com / jha_k3@hotmail.com
He said this is the first of its kind initiative in the world.
Ø “This brings the EV ecosystem a step closer to Europe, where Fortum customers if they are charging from a particular location, are informed they are charging their vehicle from wind or solar,” he said.
Ø A policy directive enabling any consumer above 100 kW hour load, including residential societies, commercial complexes or charging stations, to source green electricity from any source other than the local distribution supplier has been announced by the government. Sources in the government said the rules are at the stage of final legal vetting. The Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 were issued in August last year.
MY TAKE :
> Solar Power Based Charging Station ? …………..[ 06 June 2018 ]
Extract :
Ø But , if we must have Battery Charging Stations , the least we can do is to have these depend upon Solar Power and not dirty , coal-based electricity
Ø If Indian Oil / Hindustan Petroleum etc do not step in fast ( to obsolete themselves ) , then it is quite possible that innovators like Chetan Maini / Pawan Goenka etc would obsolete them !
Ø Clean Energy pumping Dirty Fuel ?.......... [ 08 Dec 2018 ]
Extract :
· Oil companies are planning to install Solar Panels on Petrol Pumps , to replace Dirty Electric Power coming
from Coal-based Stations
· Indian Oil ……………………………………… 27,377 pumps
· Hindustan Petroleum………………………. 15,287 pumps
· Bharat Petroleum…………………………… 14,500
· Indian Oil target ……………………………. 1,140 pumps PER MONTH ( all in 24 months )
· Cost of 25 Kw PV installation………… Rs 13.5 Lakh
· Reduction in Power cost per year….. Rs 7 Lakhs ( 50 % of current cost )
This is a great news , not only because it has a pay-back period of only 2 YEARS but also because it heralds a “ re-inventing “ of energy-retailing business for these Oil giants which have , as of now , enjoyed a near monopoly of the Energy Distribution market
I get a feeling that they asked of themselves :
“ What business are we in ?
Are we in the business of pumping liquids in the tanks of petrol / diesel vehicles ?
Or , are we into energizing Electric Vehicles by re-charging their Lithium-ion batteries ?
Can we take the first step by installing Solar Panels at our pumps ?
Then gradually convert these pumps to pump Electricity ( invisible fluid ) ?
Dear Shri R K Singhji,
Oil Majors may have made the correct “ Political Noises “ 3 years ago but the ground reality looks very different !
For companies which have enjoyed “ Absolute and Total Monopoly “ in selling DIRTY ENERGY for decades , it is quite understandable that they fear “ Obsolescence “
Only you are in the position to tell them the BITTER TRUTH :
“ If you don’t make yourself obsolete – and FAST – then someone else will “
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 25 April 2022
REFERENCES :
Time to Reinvent for Hindustan Petroleum - Bharat Petroleum ? [ 25 May 2017 ]
Carbon Conspiracy ? ……………………………………………………………………
Roof Top Solar : Better Alternative ……………………………………………
25,000 New Petrol Pumps ? Why ? …………………………………………………….[ 18
Every Building : a Battery Charging Station ? ………………………………….. [ 26 Oct 2018 ]
Related Readings :
Already , a Solar Panel charged Battery Charging Station has come up in Netherlands
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