Tuesday, 31 October 2023

FW: Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji / Procuring Technology for “ Printed Solar Film “

Subject: Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji / Procuring Technology for “ Printed Solar Film “

Procuring Technology for “ Printed Solar Film “

Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji

( Foreign Secretary – psfs@mea.gov.in )

Congratulations for setting up KRA ( Key Result Areas ) for our Ambassadors in various countries ( especially, in relation to “ procuring high technology “ ) , as reported below :

04 Feb 2022

Extract :

Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla has written to all mission heads that Indian embassies will function as a team and all officers will be judged on parameters of enhancement of trade, procurement of technology and selling India as a tourism destination.

On August 6, 2021, PM Modi has addressed the heads of missions virtually with the focus on enhancing Indian exports, procuring high end technology for India, and promoting India as a global tourism destination.

It is in this context that foreign secretary Shringla reminded all the mission heads last week that annual assessment for all officers in the embassy will be largely done on their performance on 3Ts including the ambassador himself.

Each officer apparently will have to self-assess herself or himself on their performance regarding 3Ts and then set up targets for next years

MY TAKE :

Technologies that can help us solve our myriad problems, are under development ( or already available commercially ), all over the World.

It is very likely that some of these news might escape your attention. In turn, you may not be able to alert our ambassadors to inquire / evaluate these for possible “ acquisition “ by India ( by Indian PSUs / Private Sector Firms / Research Labs etc )

Before alerting the concerned ambassador(s), you may want to forward this e-mail to the following High-powered TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEES of GOI, for giving their opinion ( within a week of being referred ? ) :

Troika of Technology ?............ [ 20 Feb 2020 ]

As a citizen, I believe it is my duty to bring to your notice, such technology-related news whenever I come across one

Here is one :

[ A ] Technology ( brief description ) :

The University of Newcastle renewable energy tech - which is,

# ultra light-weight,

# ultra flexible,

# recyclable and

# cheap to manufacture,

The material, similar in thickness and appearance to a chip packet, is manufactured using conventional printers.

This technology will really disrupt and revitalise the contracting print industry.

Printed solar is cheap to manufacture, at a production cost of less than $10 per square metre and rapid to produce, with commercial scale equipment capable of producing kilometres of material a day.

With over 99 per cent of the panels consisting of PET, the material can be recycled - a distinct advantage over traditional silicon panels.

Imagine a world where everyone has access to electricity, and where every surface can generate clean, low cost, sustainable energy from the sun. That’s a world I want to live in,” said Professor Dastoor.

When painted across a roof, the cells produce enough electricity to power a household.

[ B ] Country where developed :

AUSTRALIA

[ C ] Inventor / Developer :

Creator of the organic printed solar material, Physicist Professor Paul Dastoor from the Faculty of Science

Prof Paul Dastoor / Shining Light on Organic Electronics

[ paul.dastoor@newcastle.edu.au ]

[ D ] Source of News

Topmost Candidate for PLI ?............... ( 19 Jan 2022 )

Extract :

Our installed capacity of Roof Top Solar was a meagre is 6.0 GW By Oct 2021

Our target is to achieve 40 GW by the current year ( 2022 )

Obviously an impossible task, with just 11 months left to install 34 GW

( NOTE :

India’s current “ Installed Manufacturing Capacity “ for PV Solar panel / module, is a meagre 2.8 GW per year – and this depends upon a large number of components imported from China

Adopting “ Printed Solar Film “ technology will enable us to ramp up to 20 GW / year – without any imports !

With regards,

Hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 18 Feb 2021

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