Business Line ( 16 Feb )
carried following news report :
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
has set up the Energy Storage Expert Committee to propose creation of the
National Energy storage Mission for India.
The committee has a stringent time line
of four months to release the draft National Energy Storage Mission
Speaking at an industry
event, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy RK
Singh said, “ We need a viable commercial plan for storing renewable energy and
we will be able to significantly cut down import of fossil fuels once the
storage of renewable energy is commercially viable.”
I would say : Not a day too soon !
Consider the following :
·
India is targeting to achieve 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022
·
As of today , actual installed capacity is
barely 17 GW
·
India gets 300 days of sunshine per year
·
Between them , our deserts (Rajasthan / Kutchh / Lahul and
Spiti / Ladakh ) have
Potential to generate 315.7 GW of Solar Power
·
To be able to use at night, Solar power
generated during day ( when sun shines ) , need to be stored in huge banks of
batteries
·
But , how to “ Store “ all that huge amount of Solar
generated electricity and use it round the clock when Sun is not shining ?
This ( storage of solar generated power ) was not possible till recently
But it just became possible !
Only last month , Elon Musk ( TESLA ) installed a 100 MW /
129 MWh , Lithium-
ion Battery Storage facility in
Australia , for a cost of $ 50
million
And 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 hundreds of Storage Batteries of the size ( 100 MW ) installed in Australia
That would cost
, lakhs of crores of rupees !
We need to raise :
·
For
316 GW solar power projects in our deserts…………$ 316 Billion
·
For
100 ( ? ) Mega
Storage Batteries……………………………$ 5 Billion
A Total of ……………………………………………………………………$ 321
Billion
Where / how can we raise such funds ?
Here is how much some countries
managed to “ get declared “ Black Money through their own Amnesty Schemes :
·
Indonesia………..$ 367
Billion ( just 2 % tax / no penalty / no questions asked )
·
Italy………………….$
137 Billion
·
Argentina…………$ 117
Billion
·
Brazil………………
$ 53
Billion
·
India……………….
$ 10
Billion
To know how we can do better, look up
:
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Sun : Our Soul ( 07
Jan 2017 )
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Indonesia Shows the Way ( 23
Dec 2016 )
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Can
you imagine :
What
it could do to our economy if power was available for Rs 1 / Kwh ?
How
many premature deaths ( due to air pollution ) can be avoided if we shut down
ALL coal-based power plants ? ( Ans : 600,000 each
year )
6 million Electric vehicles that the Government wants to put on our roads by 2020 ,
were re-charging their Li-ion batteries , using GREEN solar power ?
20 Feb
2018
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