Context :
Rs 1100 toll for one-way trip on
Mumbai-Nagpur e-way /
TOI / 21 Aug 2021
Extract :
Ø The toll for a light
vehicle (car) for a one-way trip down the Rs 55,000 crore Samruddhi Corridor
connecting Nagpur and Mumbai will be around Rs 1,100 / - , said MSRDC joint managing director, Anilkumar
Gaikwad
Ø Gaikwad said, “ Toll would be as per
guidelines issued by Central government in 2008.Light vehicles would be charged
Rs 1.65 per km . Toll will be for the exact Km used on the highway.
Ø Toll for heavy vehicles will be thrice the rate for light vehicles
Ø Shinde said the plan is to establish Solar Power plants of 250 MW along the
corridor
Ø We are developing the project so that
vehicles will operate at a speed of 150 Km per hour. Travel timing from Nagpur
to Mumbai will be reduced from 15 hours to 6-7 hours
Related Readings :
Govt to explore Solar Energy Generation potential on National Highways : Nitin
Gadkari / Swarajya / 05 Aug 2021
Extract :
In a written reply
to a question in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (5 August), Union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the ministry has "decided to
explore solar energy
generation potential on National Highways and to install solar panels in available
places that are not earmarked to be used for any transport or highway related
services, plantation and meet the requirements for installation of solar
panels,".
MP wants solar panels installed on the median of
NH in Dharmapuri / Hindu / 10 Aug 2021
Extract :
DNV Senthilkumar.S, MP, has
written to Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to install
solar panels on the median of the National Highways traversing through
Dharmapuri.
According to MP, the solar
panels would promote green, clean energy and the electricity generated by
the solar panel can be sold commercially. The toll plaza can manage
and maintain the solar panels, the MP has said. He has asked to emulate the
example of a busy South Korean Highway, where the solar panels were installed.
Dr.
Senthilkumar has sought permission to install solar panels along the
60 km stretch of the national highway running through Dharmapuri
constituency and offered to fund the project through the MPLADS.
My Take :
Ø A
“ Reverse Toll “ ? Possible ! ………………………….[ 07 May 2017 ]
Ø In
this blog / e-mail, I had suggested exploring the technology for generating
power in the form of piezo-electric panels embedded on the highway surface, which
generate electricity due to tyre
pressure
Ø There
is practically no progress in this technology over the past 4 years
Ø Over
the past 4 years, there have also been experiments of generating electricity by
embedding Solar Panels in the concrete surface of
a highway. Even here, there is no progress but for a couple of “ pilot
stretches “ of 100 – 200 meters
Dear Shri
Gadkariji,
You
are keen,
“ to explore solar energy generation potential on National Highways and to
install
You only
option, seems to be : use of current PV solar panels
technology
Ø As
to the question of “ available places “
is concerned, how about installing those solar panels
right above the expressway
,
– on tall mounting framework, high enough to let buses / trucks / ODC (
Over Dimensioned
and covering the entire length of 706 km ?
Ø We
already have “ proof of concept “ in the form of Solar
Panels installed over Narmada Water Canals in Gujarat – which, besides
generating power also prevent water evaporation, thereby saving precious water
.
Ø ( from Wikipedia entry
)
# Gujarat has about 458 km (285 mi) of open main canal, while the total
canal length,
at present.
When completed,
about 85,000 km ( 53,000 mi ) long.
# Assuming a utilization of only 10% of the existing canal network of
19,000 kilometres
solar power generating capacity can be installed by covering the
canals with solar panels.
# This also implies that 11,000 acres (45 km2) of land can be potentially
conserved along
HOW MUCH POWER CAN WE
GENERATE BY COVERING ENTIRE EXPRESSWAY ?
Ø
Area
available = Length x Width
of Expressway
= 700,000 Meter x 120 Meter = 84 Million Sq Meter
Ø
To
generate 1 MW , we need 9290 sq meter ( say, 10,000 sq meter ) of Solar Panels
Ø Therefore, 84 Million Sq Meter coverage can produce 8,400 MW (8.4 GW)
Ø
Assuming
1 MW needs investment of Rs 6 crore (
considering taller framework ), we would need Rs 50,400
Crore of additional investment ( over and above Rs 55,000 cr for the Expressway
construction itself )
ANY NEW ALTERNATE / CHEAPER / MORE EFFICIENT , TECHNOLOGY
ON THE
HORIZON THAT SHRI GADKARIJI SHOULD EXPLORE ?
Dear Shri Gadkariji,
About a month ago, I sent to you following e-mail :
Ø How
to reduce Carbon Emission to Net Zero ? ………[ 25 July 2021 ]
In that e-mail, I mentioned about following new
technologies under development ,
[ A ] Solar Panel which
are 1,000 times more powerful than current panels
Dr Akash Bhatnagar, from MLU’s Centre for
Innovation Competence
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).
New Solar Cell Innovation Provides 1,000 Times More Power / Interesting
Engineering / 22 July 2021
[ B ] Iron – Air Batteries that can store Solar generated power for 150 hours ( 6
days )
World's cheapest energy storage will be an iron-air battery
/ RechargeNews / 23 July 2021
The
Boston-based company ( Form
Energy ) says,
- its first commercial product is a “ rechargeable iron-air battery “ capable of delivering electricity for 100 hours at
system costs competitive with conventional power plants and at less than 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion”.
Form Energy president and chief operating officer Ted Wiley said:
“ We’ve completed the science, what’s left to do is scale up from lab-scale
prototypes to grid-
will produce electricity for one-tenth the cost of any technology available
today for grid storage.”
Dear Shri Gadkariji,
Opportunity does not knock twice .
On other hand, a phone call to Dr Bhatnagar ( MUL ) and to Ted Wiley (
Form Energy – Boston ), might enable us to achieve our target of 450 GW renewable energy, by 2025
instead of 2030
You might even want to announce :
“ On this
Expressway, there will be no TOLL what-so-ever ( of Rs 1100 ) for Electric
Vehicles and a toll of Rs 2200 for ICE vehicles “
. A preview of FAME – III ?
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com
/ 22 Aug 2021
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