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| Rationale for Mini Grids in India-II | ||
| Small local grids operating in parallel to the distribution network have been in vogue in urban and peri-urban settings in energy deficit regions since decades . Diesel genset operators selling power in the evenings based on light, fan and TV points in energy deficient habitations were quite common in the 1980s until early 90s. With improvement of the power supply scenario in the 1990s, these local grids went out of business. However, rural power supply scenario did not improve. Private players came up in many rural areas to meet household electricity needs, especially in the evenings through renewable energy based micro grids in rural areas.
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| Workshop addresses key issues on repowering of wind projects | ||
| Binit Das As part of the United States India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized a national workshop on ‘Repowering of Wind Projects in India’ on November 7, 2022 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. |
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| Green hydrogen an alternative to fossil fuels | ||
| Noble Varghese The World Hydrogen Energy Summit that was held in New Delhi on October 16th and 17th, brought together leaders in new and traditional energy industries to discuss the potential for reducing climate impact through the use of ‘green’ hydrogen, as a replacement for traditional fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, petrol and diesel. Senior government officials, industry leaders, scientists and clean energy experts from across the globe convened and discussed the way forward for using this technology. |
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| India's first solar-powered village promotes sustainability | ||
| Solar as a reliable source of power has been proven time and again. Yet, there has been scepticism on whether this can be utilised for 24x7 power. Now, the country's first village which is solar powered, may change that sort of thinking. Consider this---More than 1,300 households have 1 KW rooftop solar systems on residential buildings. There are 316 KW rooftop solar PV systems on various government buildings at Modhera, Samlanpura and Sujjanpura villages. Going forward, this could be a role model for other villages and towns in India. | ||
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| At COP27, IRENA DG calls for bridging renewables’ deployment gap. | ||
| Renewable Energy Targets in 2022: A guide to design, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27, assesses the level of renewable energy ambition in national climate pledges and benchmarks targets against the global climate goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C. It shows that the collective level of energy transition ambition to date is not enough despite the Glasgow Climate Pact to upgrade 2030 targets in national pledges. | ||
| Guidelines for managing solar waste | ||
| As per the E-waste management rules 2022, issued on Nov 2, 2022, some guidelines have been laid down for the solar sector as well. In this gazette, it has been stated, "As per the Draft Rules, namely the E-enter (Management) Rules, 2022 Environment by the Government of India, | ||
| Public sector oil marketing companies can procure ethanol | ||
| The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a higher ethanol price derived from different sugarcane based raw materials under the EBP Programme for the forthcoming sugar season 2022-23 during ESY 2022-23 from December 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023. This entails the following: | ||
| MoU for green hydrogen facility signed at “Invest Karnataka 2022” | ||
| ABC Cleantech announced on November 2nd that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Karnataka as part of ‘INVEST Karnataka 2022’ for setting up a green hydrogen production unit of 0.2 million tons/annum and 1 million tons/annum of Green Ammonia integrated with 5 GW of Renewable Energy Projects with an investment outlay of Rs 50,000 crores. This manufacturing unit is proposed to generate employment for about 5,000 people over 10 years. | ||
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| Huge potential for India in hydropower | ||
| According to a report by the India Brand Equity Foundation, published in August 2022, India has low conventional energy resources compared to its required energy needs driven by a huge population and a rapidly increasing economy. | ||
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| MNRE Programme on Biomass | ||
| On November 2, 20220, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced its programme on biomass. The aim is to support manufacturing of briquettes, pellets and promotion of biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration in industries. The National Bioenergy Programme has also been approved and industry experts are positive that it will provide a boost to the biomass sector in India. | ||
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