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

Sunday, 24 April 2022

Not “ MAY “ but “ MUST “

 


 

Context :

Renewables may power EV charging    /  ET   /  25  April  2022

Extract :

Ø  "Open access is for entities buying more than 1 MW of power. But none of the

     charging stations will have 1 MW at one location. The draft green open access

     rules lowers the threshold to 100 kW for consumers. Though not intended only for

     EV, it is an excellent opportunity to make them completely green," said Awadesh

     Jha, executive director (charge and drive) at Fortum and chairman of national

     committee on future mobility at CII. 

    ( fortum.india@fortum.com /jha_k3@hotmail.com / awadhesh.jha@fortum.com )

       


 He said this is the first of its kind initiative in the world.

 

“This brings the EV ecosystem a step closer to Europe, where Fortum customers if

 they are charging from a particular location, are informed they are charging their

 vehicle from wind or solar,” he said.

Ø 

Ø  A policy directive enabling any consumer above 100 kW hour load, including

    residential societies, commercial complexes or charging stations, to source

   green electricity from any source other than the local distribution supplier has been

   announced by the government. Sources in the government said the rules are at the

    stage of final legal vetting. The Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy

    Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 were issued in August last year.

 

 

MY  TAKE  :

 


       >   Solar Power Based Charging Station ?  …………..[ 06 June 2018 ]


Extract :

 

Ø  But , if we must have Battery Charging Stations , the least we can do is to have

    these depend upon Solar Power and not dirty , coal-based electricity

  

Ø  If Indian Oil / Hindustan Petroleum etc do not step in fast ( to obsolete

    themselves ) , then it is quite possible that innovators like Chetan Maini / Pawan

    Goenka etc would obsolete them !

 

 

Ø  Clean Energy pumping Dirty Fuel ?..........  [  08 Dec 2018 ]

 

Extract :

 

·          Oil companies are planning to install Solar Panels on Petrol Pumps , to

          replace Dirty Electric Power coming  from Coal-based Stations

 

           Indian Oil   ……………………………………… 27,377  pumps

  

·          Hindustan Petroleum………………………. 15,287  pumps

  

·          Bharat Petroleum……………………………  14,500  pumps

  

·          Indian Oil target ……………….    1,140  pumps PER MONTH ( all in 24 months )

  

·          Cost of 25 Kw PV installation…………   Rs 13.5 Lakh

 

(https://www.aliensolar.com/blogs/blog-and-news/cost-of-rooftop-solar-system-on-grid-off-grid-hybrid-in-india  )

  

·          Reduction in Power cost per year…..  Rs  7  Lakhs  ( 50 % of current cost )

 

 This is a great news , not only because it has a pay-back period of only 2 YEARS

 but also because it heralds a “ re-inventing “ of energy-retailing business for

 these Oil giants which have , as of now , enjoyed a near monopoly of the Energy

 Distribution market

 

 

I get a feeling that they asked of themselves :

 

 “ What business are we in ?

 

Are we in the business of pumping liquids in the tanks of petrol / diesel vehicles ? 

 

Or , are we into energizing  Electric Vehicles by re-charging their Lithium-ion

batteries  ?

 

  Can we take the first step by installing Solar Panels at our pumps  ?

 

  Then gradually convert these pumps to pump Electricity ( invisible fluid )  ?

 

 

Dear Shri R K Singhji,

 

 

Oil Majors may have made the correct “ Political Noises “ 3 years ago but the

ground reality looks very different !

 

For companies which have enjoyed “ Absolute and Total Monopoly “ in selling

DIRTY ENERGY for decades , it is quite understandable that they fear “

Obsolescence “

 

Only you are in the position to tell them the BITTER TRUTH :

 

  If you don’t make yourself obsolete – and FAST – then someone else will

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  25 April 2022

 

 

 

REFERENCES :  

 

 

Time to Reinvent for Hindustan Petroleum - Bharat Petroleum ?     [  25  May  2017  ]

 

Carbon  Conspiracy  ?  …………………………………………   [  13  Nov  2017  ]

 

Roof Top Solar : Better Alternative  ……………………..[  24  May  2018  ]

 

25,000 New Petrol Pumps ? Why ?  ……………………….[  18  June  2018  ]

 

Every Building : a Battery Charging Station ?  ………[  26  Oct  2018  ]

 

 

 

Related Readings :

 


Electric cars can now charge on sunlight day and night with Tesla Powerpacks at new ‘Smart Solar Charging’ station 

 

Already , a Solar Panel charged Battery Charging Station has come up in Netherlands

 

E-car charging stations could soon become mandatory in your residential building

 

 

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