On a couple of occasions recently , PM Shri Modiji said
:
“ What NDA government has achieved in past 10 years, is only a trailer. When (
after assuming office for the third time ) , we draw up our 100 DAYS ROAD-MAP
for developing India in the next 10 years, you will get to see
the full movie “
Dear
Narendrabhai ,
Sun shines on India for 300 days ( approx.. 1800 hours
)
If we transform just ONE HOUR of that Sun shine ( falling over our entire
land area ) , into
power needs , for the entire year !
All that is required is to UNSHACKLE the Users and the entire
Eco-System
I urge you to pass on my following request to Shri Singh ( MNRE ) – with YOUR
COMMENTS
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai
/ 02 April 2024
Dear Shri R K
Singhji,
No doubt you must be busy working on PM-suggested 100 DAYS ROAD-MAP , for
Renewable Energy
In this context , in my earlier e-mails , I had pointed
out :
Ø Roof areas available ( on the terraces of multi-story city buildings ) barely suffices
the needs
of 10 %
of the tenants
In light of this , I had suggested the concept of “ Co-operative Solar Farms
“
Following news report ( although in reference to situation in USA ), VALIDATES my
suggestions :
The
great untapped potential in non-residential rooftop solar for LMI residents
Extract
:
According to a recent study, published in Nature
Energy and led by researchers at
Stanford University, commercial and industrial rooftop offer a great
opportunity to reduce what researchers call the “solar equity gap.”
“The
solar equity gap is a serious problem in disadvantaged communities, in part
because of income inequalities, but also because residential solar isn’t usually practical for people who
don’t own their homes,” said Ram Rajagopal, senior author of the
study and associate professor of civil and environmental
engineering and of electrical engineering at Stanford.
“This
new study shows that commercial and industrial properties have the capacity to host solar resources to fill in
part of that gap.”
The
researchers used satellite images and artificial
intelligence to identify the number and size of rooftop solar arrays in
72,739
census tracts across the U.S., with about one-third of those tracts identified
disadvantaged by the U.S. government.
The
team tracked the amount of unused rooftops with good
solar potential, then calculated the average annual cost of
producing solar electricity in each area, based on the amount of local sun exposure and
other variables.
The
costs ranged from about 6.4
cents per kWh in sun-drenched New Mexico to almost 11 cents in Alaska.
Compare
this to the 2022 electricity rate that was just over 20 cents per kWh in Alaska and about 10
cents in New Mexico, per Energy Information Administration data.
The
researchers noted that there would be additional costs of getting the power to
residential areas as well as other costs, such as battery storage and the
construction of microgrids.
“We
estimate that battery storage would increase total
system costs by about 50%, but even
that would be practical in almost
two-thirds of the disadvantaged communities we
studied,” said Chad Zanocco, co-author of the study and a postdoctoral
fellow
in civil and environmental engineering.
The
untapped rooftops offer great potential for community solar installations,
which low-income residents could subscribe to.
Community solar is a way for people to
access solar energy who don’t own their own home or can’t afford the
up-front cost of solar.
Furthermore,
the Inflation Reduction Act offers a bonus
tax adder for community solar developers who build community solar projects in disadvantaged
communities and have low-income subscribers.
“Beyond
reducing carbon emissions and slowing climate change, increased access to solar
power would offer tangible local benefits
to lower-income communities,”
said Zhecheng Wang, a co-author and a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s
Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
“This
would promote local clean and low-cost energy generation, which would also
increase the resilience from outages and
reduce the pollution caused by fossil fuel
power plants – many of which are located in low-income areas.”
Dear Shri Singhji ,
In light of the parallel situation in our own country ,
I urge you to :
Ø Expand Surya-Ghar Yojana
to ALL residential users of GRID power ( from DISCOMS ) .
I believe, currently , this scheme is restricted to only those families whose
monthly consumption is 300 units or less AND whose annual income is less
than Rs 1.5 lakh . Please remove these conditions
Ø Expand Surya-Ghar Yojana to cover ALL industrial and commercial
establishments
Ø Enable
installations of Co-operative
Community Solar Farms
Ø Integrate FREE Solar Chulha Scheme ( Indian Oil patented / EESL marketed )
with
SuryaGhar Yojana
Ø Introduce for DISCOMS, “ Reimbursement of Revenue Loss + 30 % of Carbon
Credits earned “ , by
Dispense with a family to “ Register / Apply “ on SuryaGhar Portal “ and
conducting of Feasibility Report “ by DISCOM > Each and every DISCOMS have
ALL the data ( building-wise number of tenants AND their ave. monthly
consumption ), to quickly ZERO-IN ( target ) their customers
My above-mentioned suggestions are covered in detail, in my following e-mails :
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai / 02
April 2024
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