Context :
PM
to unveil solar cooking system at India Energy Week / Eco Times
/ 04 Feb 2023
Extract :
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will launch a solar cooking system and garments made of recycled plastic bottles, both developed by the
Indian Oil Corporation's research lab, at the India Energy Week on February 6
in Bengaluru.
Indian Oil
Corporation's research and development centre at Faridabad in Haryana has
developed an "innovative and patented Indoor solar cooking system after extensive lab
and field testing", as per the statement.
Modi will unveil the twin-cooktop model
of the solar cooking system during India Energy Week and flag off the commercial roll-out of the product.
"The indoor solar cooking system has been found to cook a variety of Indian foods
involving operations like boiling, frying, baking, “ the Ministry said
If this cooking system
reaches 30 million
households by 2025-26, then in seven years, it would lead to :
# Savings
in LPG cost by more
than ₹1 lakh crore,
# Forex savings of ₹ 50,000
crore,
# CO2 emissions reduction by 50
million tonnes
# Marketable carbon credits worth about ₹ 4,000 crore
MY TAKE :
I have been persevering / pleading / advocating, for a SUPER-FAST introduction
of Solar Cookers for several years now
In this regard, following are the emails which I have sent over the years to our
Cabinet Ministers :
Solar Chula ?
Some Unanswered Questions …………………….[ 03 Nov 2017 ]
Highlights :
Nowhere on the web site , there are any SPECIFICATIONS , against
which ONGC will carry out those “ Performance Tests “ to decide “ Successful
Demonstration “
Hence , the SPECIFICATIONS for Solar Chulhas
would need to be :
# Chulha should be capable of cooking a meal for 4 persons ( will need to
sharply
a SOLAR POWER STORAGE device , which collects / stores solar power ,
from solar panels mounted on the terrace / roof top . Solar Storage
Device should have adequate storage capacity for cooking 2 meals
before needing re-charge and should be capable of being re-charged
from standard 210 V / 5 Amp domestic electric outlet
# Chulha should be of XYZ dimensions , for easy accommodation inside a
kitchen
# Chulha should not cost more than Rs 10,000 / - to manufacture ( which
would be
Solar Chulha : Where can I buy ? …………………………………………….[
16 July 2018 ]
Highlights
:
On 3rd Nov
2017 , ONGC came out with a half page advt , inviting public to :
“………come up with innovative ideas to design and develop
“ Solar Chula “
Not finding in that advt
or on ONGC web site , any “ Specifications “ for that chulha , I sent following
email to ONGC [ cmd@ongc.co.in ]
Apparently , my email
did have some effect , since ONGC , later on , came out with the following “ performance features “ on its website :
Dear Shri Dharmendra
Pradhanji ( min.png@nic.in / d.pradhan@sansad.nic.in )
This solar chulha is the answer to save the lives of millions of women in rural India
It is possible that private sector industries may not think of getting into the manufacture / distribution of this product , since it may not be adequately profitable
But , if government can give subsidies for Electric cars ( FAME ) and Electricity connections to villages ( SAUBHGYA ) , then why not for Solar Chulhas ?
Would that not be far better than giving subsidy for LPG ?
Dear Shri Goyalji : How about a Solar Cooker ?
……………………..[ 26 Aug 2020 ]
Highlights
:
How can Govt help
to accelerate a RAPID ADOPTION of Solar Cookers ?
By
providing a DBT ( Direct Benefit Transfer ) of 75 % of the Sale Price of a
Solar Cooker ( meeting very specific performance criteria – and having obtained
a prior ISI certificate ) , into the Jan Dhan Account of the buyer ( subject to
max of Rs 7,500 )
This
subsidy would be available to a HOUSE-HOLD ( and not to each person in the
family ), and can be availed only ONCE per family. Aadhar details would be mandatory
Subsidy would be available for only DIRECT PURCHASE from govt approved Authorised Dealers – and not from Re-Sellers
Time to " Talk the Walk " …………………………………………………………..[19
Sep 2020 ]
Not in one day : What about 3 years ? …………………………………….[
25 Oct 2020 ]
Highlights
:
# Allocation of Rs 37,256
crore for LPG subsidy ( for cooking ), is an ANNUAL RECURRING expense
# If
household cooking was to be based on use of a SOLAR CHULHA (
Stove ), then no need for LPG !
# Some
3 years ago, IIT-B won a competition for design of a Solar Cooking Stove
# Govt had specified its max “
Sale Price” at Rs 10,000 /- per Stove [ $ 135 ]
# For
Rs 37,256 Crore , govt can buy and distribute ( FREE ), some 3.7 cr ( 37 million ) solar stoves
# Within
about 2 years, Govt can handover a SOLAR STOVE to all households covered by
Ujwalla Scheme
# If my
suggestion gets implemented, country would save annually , foreign exchange
worth Rs 37,256 Cr
Enough to entice Elon ? ……………………………………………………………[
03 Nov 2020 ]
Highlights :
And if Elon can be persuaded to manufacture in India POWERWALL solar power Storage Device for Rs 5,000 / -
and couple this with Solar Cooker ( government giving away FREE to 80 million
LPG-LNG users ( under Ujwalla scheme ), that would save annual foreign exchange outflow
of Rs 70,024 crore (LPG imports during 2019-20 )
Inscrutable are the ways of the Providence ?
………………………….[15 June 2021 ]
Highlights
:
In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating ONGC’s corporate office, PM Shri
Modiji
said :
“ Our poor rural ladies are suffering due to air
pollution caused by burning wood – straw – cow-dung cakes – kerosene , for
cooking on chulhas . Millions of them are prematurely dying due to lung
diseases. We must give them Solar
Chulhas “
Dear Shri Goyalji,
> Yesterday,
you urged the industry to come up with a " VIABLE
and FAST,
electric cooking systems so
that it can replace cooking gas which is an
imported
product. "
> How about
" enthusing " the local industry to
come forward to " Mass
Produce " IIT-B designed
Solar Cookers ?
> Even
if each Solar Cooker purchase was subsidized to the tune of 75 % (
max Rs 7,500 ), it would work out cheaper than 40 % PERPETUAL
SUBSIDY on LNG gas cylinders ( since subsidy proposed by me, is
only ONE TIME ) .
Quite possibly, within 2 years ,
you would recover that LNG subsidy cost !
> As
a finance-expert , you can calculate the " PAYBACK PERIOD /
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
/ NCREMENTAL CAPITAL-OUTPUT RATIO /
BREAK-EVEN POINT etc " , better
than anyone else
Air Pollution Sources : And “ How to save 2.5 Lakh lives “………[
25 June 2021 ]
Highlights
:
Dear Shri Narendrabhai ,
During
past 15 months, COVID has killed ( approx. ) 400,000 Indians
But,
in another ONE YEAR , we would have conquered it , bringing down the toll , to
under 1,000 in 2023
On
the other hand, indoor COOKING with wood – cow dung cakes –
straw etc., have been killing 250,000 poor , rural , Indian housewives, YEAR
after YEAR , for decades !
In
this context , I urge you to ask ONGC officers :
“
What is holding you back, to get manufactured and distribute for free, SOLAR CHULHAS to 20 Crore poor families ? And
within 2 years ?
If
our Pharma Industry can rise to the occasion and start producing enough vaccines
to give jabs to 10 million people EVERY DAY , why cannot our OIL – PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS manufacturers come forward to save 250,000 lives, year after year ?
Congratulations, Dr Harish Hiraniji …………………………………………..[
13 Nov 2021 ]
Highlights :
Prof. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, handed over the CSIR-CMERI
developed Solar DC Cooking System to the Asansol Braille
Academy, West Bengal today
The CSIR-CMERI
developed Solar DC Cooking System is a Solar Energy based
Cooking System which consists of solar PV panel / charge controller / battery bank and / cooking oven.
The
CSIR-CMERI developed Solar DC Cooking System has 20-25% better efficiency and more
Economical in comparison with Conventional Solar based Cooking Systems which loses efficiency owing to AC-DC conversion.
Similar
to other Solar Energy based products, if Government subsidies are provided
there will be a significant reduction in the price of the product.
# achieving the target
of 200 GW of Solar energy as envisioned by the Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India and
# also to save
almost 290 million tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions.
Dear Dr Hirani,
While congratulating you –
and your team of researchers – for this path-breaking innovation, I urge you to
bring out V 2.0 of your
system, with following objectives :
# Bring down the size
of PV solar panel required, from 145 sq ft to a low of 15 sq
ft , so that , all of India’s
households ( some 290 million ) can mount it on roof / terrace or projecting
from a window
Only then, will your System manage to save 290 million tons
of Carbon Dioxide emissions.
In the hands of the householder, this can be further
brought down
to ( say ) Rs 5,000 , by :
Ø Central Govt
providing a BUYER SUBSIDY ( DBT ) of ( say ), Rs 5000 ( what
govt may be spending today on subsidizing LPG cylinders to poor households
under UJWALA scheme
Ø Govts reimbursing GST / SGST + introducing
Production linked Incentives ( Rs 5,000 ? )
Ø For every unit sold, system
manufacturers allotted 10 Carbon Credits ( worth Rs 5,000 )
A Battery Swapping Policy for Battery-Powered Solar
Cookers ? [ 25 Mar 2022 ]
Highlights :
We are about to
announce a BATTERY SWAPPING POLICY for electric vehicles ( mostly 2W / 3W ).
We propose that this policy
ALSO covers batteries needed for CMERI developed SOLAR DC Cooking System
So you need to buy only the “ DC operated
Cooking Oven “ ( costing approx. Rs 3,000 )
No need to buy / own that 48V – 100 Ah, battery
bank . Nor do you
need to buy / install rooftop Solar Panels
You just go to your
nearest Energy Operator ( EO ) and “ lease “ that battery
When it is about to
get discharged, take it back to that EO and swap it for a fully charged battery
!
Convert from
“ Ownership “ to “ Service “
Of course, we will continue to subsidize your “ Battery Swaps “ ( max 12 / year )
at Rs 400 per swap (
which amount will be linked to the ex-factory battery price
and will go
up or down in some proportional linkage )
Getting Closer : Battery-powered Electric Cooker …………………….[
11 May 2022 ]
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Related Readings :
Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Energy Based Electric Cooking
System
CSIR-CMERI Solar DC Cooking System
CSIR-CMERI Solar DC Cooking System- A
Step Towards a Green & Pollution Free India
Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Energy Based Electric Cooking
System
https://www.indiascience.in/videos/csir-cmeri-launches-solar-dc-cooking-system-e
with regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 04 Feb 2023
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Solar Cooker Advt of Indian Oil ( today )
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