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   India plans to support hydrogen fuel cells

  May 23, 2013:The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced plans to launch a research, development, and demonstration program focused on hydrogen fuel cells, as well as tidal and geothermal energy. The program is designed to support the development of hydrogen fuel cells from academic institutions and state-based agencies. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is offering financial aid that could cover 100% of the costs associated with eligible hydrogen fuel projects. The fuel cells that will be strongly supported through the program will involve stationary power generation and those used in automobiles. 
  Hydrogen fuel cells have become a well favored energy system for much of the auto industry and many automakers have plans to launch hydrogen-powered vehicles  in the near future. In terms of stationary power, fuel cells have been popular in the world of industry for some time but continue to attract more attention due to their ability to produce large amounts of electrical power without also producing harmful emissions. 
  The program will not be solely focused on hydrogen fuel cells as it will also extend support to biofuels, tidal energy, and geothermal energy. These others forms of renewable energy have also been gaining popularity in India, but at a much slower pace than that of wind and solar. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy expects that its new program will help promote new forms of sustainable power and encourage the adoption of these forms of energy. 



   Giriraj of India Completes 33MW of Solar Capacity in Rajasthan

   Jaipur, April 6, 2013: Giriraj Enterprises Ltd. of India completed 33 megawatts of solar-power capacity, the most to be built under the nation’s Renewable Energy Credits mechanism. The company started output from three projects of 19, 11 and 3 megawatts in the western state of Rajasthan last week, Prafulla Khinvasara, the company’s chief executive officer for renewable-power projects, said  Companies such as Giriraj, a tobacco trader, are building solar generators to benefit from renewable-energy incentives. Producers of clean power can earn certificates for the output they send to the grid. They can then sell the credits to state power distributors that are obliged to buy a portion of their electricity from clean sources such as wind, solar and water.
  Giriraj has signed a power purchase agreement with the local state-owned electricity distributor, Khinvasara said from Sangamner in Maharashtra state, where the company is based. Giriraj will be able to sell electricity at an average price of 2.7 rupees (5 cents) a unit, and expects to trade 53,000 certificates a year, he said.  
  Indian demand for renewable-energy credits, or RECs, almost tripled last month to 435,481 in the run-up to the fiscal year- end. Solar credits sold for 13,400 rupees apiece on the Indian Electricity Exchange, according to REConnect Energy Solutions Pvt. “The Indian REC market is considered risky and unpredictable by investors,” said Bharat Bhushan, a New Delhi- based analyst with Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “Thirty-three megawatts is the largest solar REC project in India and it is not a normal practice to see such large investments in solar RECs.” Source: businessweek.com

  World's largest solar power plant ready for production in Sakri 
 
Abu Dhabi, March 27, 2013: President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed had launched on Sunday ‘Shams 1 Solar Power Plant’ with a capacity of 100MW in Abu Dhabi. It was claimed that Shams 1 is the world's largest working plant using concentrated solar power.
 "The entire solar photovoltaic power project in Sakri has a capacity to generate 150MW of electricity. This is the maximum production at one place in the world", the official said while talking to ummid.com. “More than 95% work of the plant has been completed and it will start production by generating 50MW of electricity on March 25. Production of another 100MW of electricity will start maximum in two weeks time”, the
MahaGenco official said. The project is implemented with dual technology, with 100MW power to be generated based on Crystalline Technology using photovoltaic cells, whereas 50 MW of electricity would be generated using Thin Film solar cells.
  "However, the Thin Film technology has the demerit that it fails when the atmosphere is too much cloudy. They also fail during night", the official said.
  The distinguishing feature of Abu Dhabi's Shams 1 is to generate electricity in night. This plant also relies on a small amount of natural gas to boost its efficiency during the day. In other parts of India, Rajasthan and Gujarat are the only two states where solar energy is generated in a huge quantity. “But, the plants in these two states are scattered at different places. The main feature of the Sakri plant is that it has a capacity to generate 150MW of electricity at a single place”, the official said adding that Sakri was chosen as the place for the purpose since it gets as much sunshine as Barmer in Rajasthan.
  The solar photovoltaic power project in Sakri built at the cost of Rs.1642.50 crore is constructed on 381.56 hectares of land, and in three different blocks of 161, 171 and 42 hectares of land with 07.56 hectares of land being reserved for Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL).
  The project to be completed in partnership with Germany was sanctioned by the state government in the 2010/11 budget, and was supposed to be commissioned in December 2012. It however got delayed because the land identified for the purpose belonged to the Forest Department and it took more than a year for the MahaGenco to get possession of the land. Source: Ummid.com
  
India, US Launch Solar Energy Research Institute With $50 Million Funding 
January 11, 2013: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of  Energy (DOE) along with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have officially launched the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and United States (SERIIUS) with $50 million collaboration to promote solar energy research. The research institute forms collaboration between academia and industry (from both countries) for the development of solar energy in both the countries.
  SERIIUS is a part of PACE program that was launched in 2010 by US President Barrack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to Kamanio Chattopadhyay, co-founder of SERIIUS. This joint centre on solar energy is led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on the US side and the Department of Science and Technology on the Indian side, and both have committed to provide $12.5 million over a period of 5 years, while an additional $25.5 million will be provided by the consortium of 30 partners from both India and US sides. Source: CleanTechnica!

 

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