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 :
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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