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

Monday, 6 November 2023

FW: 1000 TIMES MORE POWERFUL SOLAR PV PANELS

 Taru,

 

If you think following might be of interest to Mukeshbhai, feel free to pass it on to him

 

Regards,

 

Batuk Kaka

 

 

Dear Akash,

 

 

After considerable search, I found your e-mail ID at :

 

https://parksystems.com/medias/nano-academy/webinars/115-webinars/1903-photovoltaic-effect-in-ferroelectric-materials-by-using-piezoresponse-force-microscopy-pfm-june-17-2020

 

I hope this message reaches you – and hope you find a few minutes to respond

 

A few days back, I came across a news report re your research on PV Solar Panels which produced 1,000 times more current

 

I thought ( if quickly commercialized ), that invention could enable every house ( including small huts ) to generate its own / full requirement of power , by mounting such panels on their Roof Tops / Terraces

 

That could enable the World to shut down ALL fossil-fuel based power-plants and help avoid climate catastrophe through global warming

 

Without waiting to check-out with you, I sent out following e-mail to all of India’s Cabinet Ministers :

 

How to reduce Carbon Emission to Net Zero ? …………….[ 25 July 2021 ]

 

WHY HAS ROOF-TOP SOLAR FAILED TO TAKE OFF IN INDIA ?

 

In India, a typical ( concrete / stone ) building has, no more than 500 / 600 sq ft of terrace-space

Even if entire terrace was covered , current PV panels can generate just about 5Kwp of power , which is hardly enough for even ONE flat ( one family ) in that building

That apart, since there is ( at present ), no way in which Solar Power ( generated during the day ) can be stored for use in evening / night

That forces ,

    #  feeding this ( day-time ) power into the grid of local power distribution company ( DISCOM ) , using REVERSE METERING

    #  drawing / using GRID POWER at night

Indian DISCOMs are not happy losing their customers ( reduced demand ) and take weeks / months to grant permission for Reverse Metering ( outright discouragement )

 

YOUR INVENTION IS THE SOLUTION. HERE IS HOW :

 

Current PV technology will give 5 Kwp ( from 500 sq ft )

Your tech ( being 1,000 times more productive ), will produce 5,000 Kwp !

Or , just 5 sq ft of terrace, can produce 50 Kwp ( enough for most Concrete / Stone buildings, of which, India could have 50 million , as per my estimate  )

That means ( at a conservative estimate ),these 50 million buildings can generate 250 GW of Roof-top Solar !

As against India’s target of generating 45 GW of Roof-top Solar by next year ( 2022 ), we have so far managed only 5 GW !

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP INDIA ?

 

Ø  Through your willingness to transfer your technology to several Indian firms manufacturing PV Solar Panels . I request that you make such an offer to ,

 

      #   Shri R K Singh , India’s Minister for Renewable Energy / rajkumar.singh19@sansad.nic.in 

 

 

ANY OTHER ISSUE ?

 

Ø  Yes. Each Rooftop Solar installation must be made stand-alone . No feeding day-time power generation into local GRID. No Reverse Metering . Total independence

Ø  This would require a reasonably-sized STORAGE BATTERY that can store power for a long period and can be installed on the terrace

 

 

ARE SUCH BATTERIES AVAILABLE ?

 

Ø  Fortunately , FORM ENERGY ( Boston / USA ) claim to have developed an IRON-AIR battery that can store power for 100 hours

 

Extract from their website :

 

 

      #    Our first commercial product using our iron-air technology is optimized to store electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with legacy power plants

 

      #    Each individual battery is about the size of a washing machine. Each of these modules is filled with a water-based, non-flammable electrolyte, similar to the electrolyte used in AA

 

            batteries. Inside of the liquid electrolyte are stacks of between 10 and 20 meter-scale cells, which include iron electrodes and air electrodes, the parts of the battery that enable the

 

            electrochemical reactions to store and discharge electricity. 

 

      #   Our battery systems can be sited anywhere, even in urban areas, to meet utility-scale energy needs

 

      #   LOW-COST > Stores energy at less than 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion battery technology.

 

      #   RELIABLE > Delivers 100+ hour duration required to make wind, water, and solar reliable, year round, anywhere in the world.

 

 

   Dear Akash,

 

   I urge you to respond to my request – even if your answer is “ NO “

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh

 

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

 

www.hemenparekh.in      

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