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Friday, 18 November 2016

India Crosses 8.7GW in Solar Installations

According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The month of October 2016 has crossed the installed capacity of 8.7GW in India, there has been a push in the reforms by the respective state governments for the solar rush and thus installed capacity in this calendar has been more than 1.9GW
During the last fiscla the 3GW was added whereas this year till October has been much of a rise and couple of bigger projects will bring in more installed capacity by the end of this fiscal. As expected this might cross the previous years' capacity installed.

It was also mentioned by Hon. New and Renewable energy minister Mr. Piyush Goyal that world bank recently approved $625M as overall loan which consists of World Bank Loan of $500M, Clean Technology Fund (CTF) of $100M and CTF grant of $5M for grid-tie solar rooftop programme

There have been many proposals for financing of internal infrastructure development of solar parks for investors to have single window to work with, rather than different land banks, TRANSCO's etc

Looking at roof top grid connected setup, the government and MNRE has come up with various state policies and net metering seems to be picking pace in the market.

Thus sunny days are right around the corner it seems...

has recently approved a total amount of $ 625 million consisting of World Bank loan of $ 500 million, Clean Technology Fund (CTF) loan of $ 120 million and a CTF grant of $ 5 million for grid- connected rooftop solar programme

World Bank has recently approved a total amount of $ 625 million consisting of World Bank loan of $ 500 million, Clean Technology Fund (CTF) loan of $ 120 million and a CTF grant of $ 5 million for grid- connected rooftop solar programme.

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Hydrogen fuel solar powered gas station: A new step towards greener future

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The leading US based industrial gases company Air products recently opened India's first of its kind gas fueling station powered by solar energy. Part of a mass public transport bus fueling and vehicle demonstration program, the SmartFuel® station generates 100% renewable hydrogen from solar energy via an electrolyzer. This project is located near Solar Energy Center near Delhi and part of a project is managed by the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE).

With the addition of this SmartFuel station, Air Products now has three hydrogen fuelling stations operating in India. Hydrogen fuel is one the cleaner fuels for operating the local transport autorickshaw (Three wheelers).
Hoping more such initiatives are taken by the public and private sector undertaking which will move the planet towards sustainable future

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Expected Renewable Energy installations by 2030, 2040 and 2050

REN 21 is a global renewable energy policy multi-stakeholder network that connects governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, industry associations, research institutes and universities, and members of civil society — recently conducted a massive, 76-page report on a large variety of potential renewable energy scenarios for the coming decades. The report, “REN21 Renewables Global Futures Report,” compares scenarios created by fossil fuel companies (like ExxonMobil and BP), leading nonprofit organizations (like Greenpeace and WWF), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and others. In total, Ren21 reviewed 51 different scenarios.

The detailed 76 pager report gives us different projections and scenarios from various companies on different aspects which mainly include polices from government, cost of renewables, challenges and possibilities ahead, Energy storage, centralized or decentralized power grids, future investments, roles of oil and gas companies etc

Few things that can be seen in the report are

1. Policy choices will have a tremendous effect on what sort of world we create in the coming decades. Policy factors were the only assumptions that resulted in the scenario variations. Of course, there were many assumptions as I mentioned above used in each study that had an effect on the results — technology advancements, consumer behavior, industry behavior, etc. But policy assumptions were one of the most important, probably the most important. And policy choices are up to us. They are up to citizens, and of course politicians

2. Scenario projections themselves are used to influence policy and the public. It may seem obvious, but it’s worth pointing out that the scenarios put out by BP, ExxonMobil, WWF, Greenpeace, etc., while they are simply based on different assumptions, are often aimed at influencing what the public and policymakers think can be done, should be done, or even will be done. They are tools used to advance certain goals.

With these key points, I would like to summarize that global warming and rapid climate changes need to be reduced if we want the inhabitants of this world to exist and grow. And in doing so we need to demand such policies from our governments and make it feasible for renewables by making logical choices for a better future

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