A Heartening Response

 Yesterday , through a LinkedIn response ( to a posting ) , I sent following message to Nikita ( Nexus Power ) :

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Nikita Baliarsingh• FollowingForbes 30 Under 30 | TEDx Speaker | PMI Global Future 50 | Shepreneur | MG Changemaker | Entrepreneur | Writer | Horse Rider15h • Edited • 15 hours ago

Nishita and I are honored to be a part of PMI's Global Future 50 List! #PMIFuture50 list recognizes the next-generation #project leaders creating, transforming, and defining our post-COVID world. 

Nexus Power
Project Management Institute Gratitude!

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Nikita,

Congratulations upon getting included in PMI Future 50, a well-deserved recognition of your revolutionary " Crop-Residue " battery which is , not only recyclable but also does not involve pollution caused by extraction of Lithium - Cobalt - Manganese etc

At one place in your interview, you say :

" ..we keep generating multiple ideas. But one needs to finish one project and then think of the next instead of taking up too many at once. "

But suppose, one application of your battery has the potential to save lives of 2.5 LAKH poor / rural women dying each year due to indoor pollution caused by burning Straw - Wood Chips - Cow-dung cakes ., etc. then should you not give it, highest priority ?

For details, please read :

Air Pollution Sources : And “ How to save 2.5 Lakh lives “

https://lnkd.in/eyw2KtE

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/06/air-pollution-sources-and-how-to-save.html

I am anxious to get your views

regards,

hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 30 June 2021

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Today , I got following heartening response :

Nikita Baliarsingh• FollowingForbes 30 Under 30 | TEDx Speaker | PMI Global Future 50 | Shepreneur | MG Changemaker | Entrepreneur | Writer | Horse Rider

9h

Thank you for the information. Will definitely give it a thought. Also, by multiple ideas I meant ideas in different genres and not under the same product line.

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Conditions Apply

 

 

Context :

FM unveils an outlay of Rs 3.03 lakh cr for Reform-Based Result-Linked Power Distribution Scheme

 

Extract :

Among key measures announced by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was also a stimulus of Rs 3.03 lakh cr for Reform-Based Result-Linked Power Distribution Scheme.

FM on Monday announced that Revamped Reforms-Based, Result-Linked power distribution scheme of financial assistance to DISCOMS for

#   Infrastructure creation,

#   Up-gradation of system,

#   Capacity building and

#   Process improvement ,

was announced in the Union Budget of 2021-22.

Under the scheme, participation is contingent on pre-qualification criteria like ,

#   Publication of audited financial reports,

#   Upfront liquidation of State Government’s dues/subsidy to DISCOMS  

#   Non-creation of additional regulatory assets.

Further, the scheme is aimed to assist with the installation of

#   25 crore smart meters,

#   10,000 feeders,

#   4 lakh km of LT overhead lines.

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MY TAKE :

 

Smt Sitharamanji,

This financial assistance to DISCOMS ( most of them in red with losses running into hundreds of crores and no money to pay their dues to Power Supply companies – Govt or Private ), is a welcome step

You talk of “  assisting the DISCOMS with installation of 250 million Smart Meters “ , which is sufficient to cover ALL the households in India

Please make this “ mandatory “ ( and FREE as far as the household is concerned ), in place of “ assisting “

Link the release of FUNDS in some direct proportion to the number of Smart Meters that gets installed by a DISCOM

As far as these smart meters are concerned, kindly consider the SPECIFICATIONS described in my following earlier e-mails :

Ø  A Pre-paid Electricity Meter ? ………………………..[ 19 May 2017 ]

Ø  Electrifying : Smartly ……………………………………..[ 25 Sept 2017 ]

Ø  Smart Meter : No Pending Payments ?...........[ 08 Dec 2017 ]

Ø  A Smart Move , Shri Singh ! …………………………..[ 07 June 2018 ]

 

Madam Sitharamanji,

 

By “ mandating “ that DISCOMS must install smart meters ( to benefit from the funds ), you would be doing nothing less than setting in motion an ENERGY  MANAGEMENT  REVOLUTION  as described in my following e-mail :

Ø  Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits …………..[ 12 Mar 2021 ]

 

Where I suggested :

Ø  These INTERNET-CONNECTED appliances will continuously relay / transmit these data to the SMART ELECTRIC METER installed in each home

 

Ø  In turn, each SMART METER will relay / transmit to concerned DISCOM ( and to any other specified govt agency servers ), such usage / consumption data, through Internet ( IoT / Internet of Everything ).

 

Ø  These data-transfer will be separate for EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLIANCE

 

Ø  This will enable DISCOM / concerned Agencies, to know / monitor, IN-EFFICIENT appliances, operating above the CERTIFIED THRESHOLD for each type of appliance

 

Ø  Appliances operating “ above “ the threshold, will be assigned / allotted “ CARBON DEBITS “ , whereas those operating “ below “ the threshold, will be assigned “ CARBON CREDITS “

 

Ø  If the NET of these two is POSITIVE ( + ), that home will be incentivized by a lower tariff – and vice-versa

 

Ø  This model ( of INCENTIVIZATION ) must be further strengthened by measuring the amount of ROOF TOP Solar Power , flowing into the SMART METER , with appropriate linkages to CARBON CREDIT

 

Ø  This linkage will motivate a large number of households to install ROOF TOP solar panels

 

Ø  This scheme will enable us to take the CARBON MARKET / CARBON CREDIT / CARBON FINANCE concept, right inside our 290 MILLION  households !

 

Ø  All manufacturers of House-hold Electric Meters must be told to manufacture only SMART ELECTRIC METERS , starting April 2022

    All DISCOMS to replace existing meters in each and every home, with a SMART METER, by April 2024

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  30 June 2021

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a pinch of Salt ?

 

With a pinch of Salt ?

 

Context :

BMC, Israeli co ink pact for state’s first desalination plant  /  TOI  / 29 June 2021

Extract :

How much will this cost to produce 1,000 litres of water ?

 

My guess :

Ø  Capital Cost……………………….. Rs  1,600 crore

 

      Running Cost

Ø  Interest @ 15 %...........................................................  Rs   240  Cr

Ø  Depreciation @ 10 %.....................................................  Rs   160  Cr

Ø  Operating Expenses @ 20 % ( Manpower+Electricity+OH )… Rs   320  CR

      TOTAL ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Rs  720  Cr

    Assuming 360 working days ( to round-up ), this works out to……….Rs  2  Cr / day ( = Rs 20,000,000 )

    To produce 200 MLD = 200, 000,000 litre per day

    Works out to Rs 20 / 200 litre ( Rs 100 / 1,000 litre, as against Rs 18 / 1000 litre reported in the news !

    Where am I goofing up ?

    In running / operating cost of a desalination plant, ELECTRIC POWER constitutes 44 %

    (  Refer :  The Cost of Desalination  )

    In the news report there is no mention that that this Maharashtra plant would use any Renewable ( Solar / Wind / Hydro power )

So, it would draw a huge amount of electric power produced using COAL

How much Air Pollution will that increase ?

Will that project report by the Israeli Company ( expected by May 2022 ) , bring out this ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ?

 

Now consider this :

             ( Source :   Water from Air ? Or from Sea ?   /  29 Oct 2020 )

 

Ø  Data shared by Chennai Metrowater Supply and Sewerage Department (CMWSSD) specifies the breakup of the expenditure on various modes of procuring water as in the table below:

Source	Capital Cost per MLD (in Rs)	O & M Cost per MLD (in Rs)
Desalination plants	15.30 crores	68,000
Surface Water resources	7.70 crores	6000 – 23,000 Ave of Rs 14,500

 

Ø  Proposed 100 MLD desalination plant propose by Gujarat will have a Capital Cost = Rs 1000 Cr

             ( source :  A Desperate  Measure ?  /  18 Nov 2018 )

 

( Remember  : This is for DRINKABLE water as against proposed Maharashtra plant producing un-drinkable water, suited for Industrial use, gardening, and such purposes – as reported in above-mentioned news )

And , at that Capital Cost ( using same set of calculations as above ), per litre production cost at Gujarat plant will be………. Rs 0.10 / litre ( = Rs 100 / 1000 litre – same as for Maha plant )

 

Dear Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawatji

(  Minister for Jalshakti  /  minister-jalshakti@gov.in ),

 

I urge you to,

Ø  Release, a CENTRAL POLICY GUIDELINES for States to set up coast-based Desalination Plants

Ø  Set up a team of SCIENTISTS / TECHNOCRATS to evaluate number of technologies , promising extraction of DRINKABLE WATER from AIR , using no more than Solar Energy ( there is one which can extract water from air even at NIGHT ! )

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  30 June 2021

 

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