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

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Procuring Technology for “ Next Gen Solar Panels “

 


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 :

Indian envoys and mission officers to be judged on 3Ts  /  Hindustan Times  /  04 Feb 2022

Extract :

 

Ø  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.

 

Ø  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.

 

  

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 )

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]   Background

         Current PV technology will give 5 Kwp from 500 sq ft of PV Solar Panels

         giving 20 % energy conversion efficiency.

         An average urban household needs 20 Kwp – which would need 2000 sq ft

         of panels. 

         With 10 flats in a building, that would require 20,000 sq ft of Solar Panels /

         terrace area.

         Just not possible – nor affordable

 

[ B ]  Technology ( brief description ) :

             Solar Panels ( under development ) which are 1000 times more efficient

             than current panels

             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 !

 

[ C ]  Country where developed :

         GERMANY 


 [ D ]  Inventor / Developer  :

          Dr. Akash Bhatnagar,

The Centre for Innovation Competence SiLi-nano®
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

akash.bhatnagar@physik.uni-halle.de

Akash is a Group Leader at Zentrum für Innovationskompetenz SiLi-nano in Halle. The primary focus of his group is synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric/multiferroic materials for functional applications. His expertise includes thin film growth, surface probe microscopies and transport measurements. Prior to this position, Akash received his Doctorate at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics while working in the group of Prof Dietrich Hesse, and subsequently worked as a Research Fellow at University of Warwick, UK in the group of Prof. Marin Alexe.

[ E  ]  Source of News

         Strongly enhanced and tunable photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric-paraelectric superlattices 

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

 

 

With regards,

Hemen parekh  / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 23 Feb 2022

 


Related Readings :


1000 TIMES MORE POWERFUL SOLAR PV PANELS ………………..[ 08 Sept 2021 ]

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

E Mail To Olaf Scholz - German Chancellor ………………………………[ 05 Jan 2022 ]

Rooftop Solar Installations Could Exceed 2,000 GW by 2050 Globally ( 24 Sept 2021 )  

New Solar Cell Innovation Provides 1,000 Times More Power / Interesting Engineering / 22 July 2021

World's cheapest energy storage will be an  iron-air battery / RechargeNews / 23 July 2021

 

 

CC :

Shri Harsh Shringlaji….  Foreign Secretary – psfs@mea.gov.in 

Mrs. Reenat Sandhu Secretary [West] –  secywest@mea.gov.in 

Shri Saurabh Kumar ……Secretary [East] –  secyeast@mea.gov.in 

Shri Dammu Ravi  ……….Secretary [ER] –    secyer@mea.gov.in 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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