Context :
Adani, JSW, ReNew Power line up fresh
investments for renewables in Rajasthan / BL /
02 April
HIGHLIGHTS
Solar Projects applied for :
Ø Adani Group………………… 11,700 MW………………..Rs 46,000
crore
Ø JSW Group…………………… 10,000 MW………………. Rs
48,500 crore
Ø ReNew Power………………. 10,000 MW……………….Rs
30,000 crore
Ø Greenko…………………………. 4,500 MW……………….Rs
30,000 crore
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Total……………………………..36,200 MW……………….. Rs 154,500 crore
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“If
every potential project comes on ground, Rajasthan will see total 70,729 MW of renewable
projects attracting investments worth over ₹2.75-lakh crore. “
Giving
an outline about new solar parks coming up in Rajasthan, Agarwal informed that
three such solar parks are being set up with capacity of 3,175 MW spread across
7,232 hectares. The parks are being developed in PPP mode jointly with
Government of Rajasthan and private players including Essel Infra and Adani
Group.
Rajasthan
bets big on its natural advantage with highest solar radiation at 5.72 kWh/sq meter per
day and 325 sunny days
providing solar power potential of 142 Gw, which is about 19 per cent of 748 GW
for India. The state is also looking to capitalise the open inter-state
transmission scheme
till 2023, which will encourage developers to set up plants in Rajasthan to
supply power in other States.
In near
term, Rajasthan eyes 30,000 MW of renewable energy generation by 2024-25, which Agarwal
is confident to achieve before time.
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MY TAKE
[ A ] Technology
Ø Biggest problem with Solar Power is that of
being able to “ Store “ that energy when Sun is not shining. Energy produced
during the sunlight hours of daytime must be stored in very large GRID SIZE
storage batteries, which can be withdrawn / consumed during the “ late evening –
early morning – night time “
Ø We have to find a Battery
Technology which can store / charge / discharge , GWh of energy , day after day / year
after year, without much degradation
Ø Currently available Lithium-ion Batteries are
unsuitable for such heavy duty , without heating up and catching fire
Ø Fortunately, such a technology is already available
commercially
Ø This technology developed by Prof Sadoway
( dsadoway@mit.edu ) is
being offered by a US based company AMBRI
Ø This liquid metal batteries are claimed to be 30
– 50 % cheaper than Li-ion
batteries on “ $/Kwh “basis
[ B ] Cost of imported Solar
Panels
Ø Recently, there was an announcement by the
Central Government to
raise the IMPORT DUTY for solar panels to 40 %
( from current Safeguard duty of 15 % ) from April 2022.
Idea is to protect the domestic Solar Panel manufacturers and make their
supplies
price-competitive with
This
is very short-sighted decision
If
anything, with immediate effect, we should reduce the import duty to ZERO till 2030
We
must not let our goal of reaching 475 GW of Solar by 2030, suffer in order to encourage
/ protect, a local industry ( Due to huge demand, there is no danger of any employees
losing jobs )
By
reducing import duty to ZERO till 2030, we should target to reach 600 GW –
thereby offering power at Re ONE / Kwh
, which will generate MILLIONS of NEW JOBS
Dear
Shri R K Singhji,
Over the past few days, there have
been unconfirmed reports that the Central Government will offer $ 1 Billion ( approx. Rs 7300 crore ) to any CHIP
maker who puts up a semi-conductor manufacturing plant in India
This is along the lines of PLI (
Production Linked Incentive ) scheme introduced for several industries
No doubt, this will help the
manufacturers – provided there is a MARKET DEMAND for their INCREASED
PRODUCTION ( over some base-line )
However, one of the factors that
foreign industries consider for setting up manufacturing facilities in India,
is the cost of ELECTRICITY – especially in industries which are HIGHLY
AUTOMATED ( like CHIP manufacture ) and, use THOUSANDS of POWER GUZZLING robots
but very few humans .
They have a very low MANPOWER COST but
a very high ELECTRIC POWER COST
Following data tell us about the COST
of ELECTRIC POWER ( Cents
/ Kwh ) for Industrial Consumers in some countries where there are major
manufacturers of Semi-Conductor CHIPS :
Ø Japan…………………………….. 15.00
Ø Taiwan………………………….. 13.40
Ø S Korea…………………………..10.50
Ø China……………………………… 10.20
Ø USA…………………………………. 6.83
Compared to these, Industrial
Consumers in Mumbai pay 12.00 cents (
Rs
9.0 ) per Kwh
Imagine the impact on our entire
ECONOMY ( - and consequent JOB GENERATION ), if we can generate and sell
electric power for :
0.14 Cents / Kwh (
Re ONE per Kwh
) !
I urge you to consider my suggestion
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / 03
April 2021 / hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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RELATED READINGS :
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Sadoway talking about revolutionary liquid metal batteries
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Extract from this E Mail :
Ø
These deserts have , between them , the potential to
generate 315.7 GW of Solar
plus Wind power, compared with our present installed capacity of 331 GW
· But, how to “ Store “ all that huge amount of Solar generated
electricity and use it round the clock when
This (
storage of solar generated power ) was not possible till yesterday
But it just became possible !
Only yesterday , Elon Musk ( TESLA ) completed installation of a 100
MW / 129 MWh ,
Lithium-ion Battery
cost of $ 50 million
All 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 3160 Storage
installed in Australia
That would cost , $ 158
Billion ( Rs 11.15 lakh*crore )
Ø For
316 GW solar power projects in our deserts…………$ 316 Billion
Ø For
3160 Mega Storage Batteries………………………………..$ 158 Billion
Total of …………………………………………………………………………… $ 474 Billion
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