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ENFUSE Volume – LXVIII Book 1 April – June 2018 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor: Madhavan Nampoothiri Advisors: Dr. R Natarajan Mr. G Thangaraj (Past President) Dr. Jatin Nathwani, WISE (University of Waterloo) Members Ex-Officio: Mr. S Ramalingam, President Capt. Dinesh T S R, Secretary Mr. S Sakthivel, Treasurer Dr. K Mamallan, Joint Secretary Mr. S Jeyaraman, Joint Secretary Members: Dr. A Peer Fathima, Chairman Academic Interface Mr. Ramnath S Mani Vice President, Southern Region Mr. G L Srinivasan, Immediate Past President Publisher: Mr. S Ramalingam Honorary President Energy & Fuel Users’ Assn. of India Editorial-cum-Admn. Office: No.4 B1 J P Tower 7/2 Nungambakkam High Road Chennai 600 034, INDIA Phone: 091-44-48502133 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Regular readers of the ENFUSE Journal will be familiar with the Affordable Energy for Humanity(AE4H) initiative launched and managed by Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy(WISE), Canada and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Over the last several months, ENFUSE has been working closely with WISE towards expanding the footprint of AE4H in India. ENFUSE assisted Dr. Jatin Nathwani, founding Executive Director of WISE in having several interactions during his visit to India a few months back. On behalf of ENFUSE, I am glad to share that as a part of the deepening relationship between WISE and ENFUSE, WISE has appointed Mr. S Ramalingam, President of ENFUSE as Senior Executive Fellow for 2 Years. During this duration, Mr. Ramalingam will work closely with WISE on various issues related to AE4H. Mr. Ramalingam has been in Canada for the last few weeks, and he has been actively participating in various activities at WISE. He has shared some of his learnings and observations in the ensuing pages. In our regular news section, we have a collection of articles on various topics on energy transition and renewable energy. Even within renewable energy, many a time, developers have to decide whether they should go for Solar or Wind, based on several factors. However, there is increasing interest in Solar AND Wind hybrid projects, and in this edition, we look at some of the latest developers in the hybrid space. Apart from the topic of Solar-Wind Hybrid, topics like Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Smart Clothing, etc are also highlighted. We also have the regular features like event reports, and others. We hope you find this edition of the Journal interesting. Do let us know your suggestions and feedback. Regards,

MADHAVAN NAMPOOTHIRI

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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

As communicated in the earlier issue of our

journal, the Visit of Dr.JatinNathwani,

Executive Director of wise to Chennai was a

great success .

Besides introducing Waterloo Institute of

Sustainable Energy, and Affordable Energy

For Humanity organisations of University of

Waterloo, Canada

to the Indian Audiences, Firm contacts have

been established with lead Academic

Institutions and Industries. In fact Director

International Relations of Indian Institute of

Technology, Chennai had since visited

Canada and had further discussions with

WISE to explore joint Research &

Development Possibilities. I thank the

Executive Committee members of ENFUSE

for striving hard to achieve the objective of

catalyzing the efforts of Dr. JatinNathwani

to launch the foot print of AE4H

(Affordable for Humanity ) and enlist the

support from the Think Tanks, Intellectuals

and Industrialists from India and other

Asian countries.

I also wish to share the happy news that I

am humbled to be admitted as SENIOR

EXECUTIVE FELLOW of University of

Waterloo, conferring on me the Official

Tag, to take the message of AE4H globally,

particularly to India and other Asian

Countries, and I seek the support from the

members of ENFUSE to carry out the

responsibilities successfully.

Also , I wish to share with you information

that I am at Waterloo for the last 2 months

and had the unique privilege to participate

in several technical events and the details

are appearing under the ENFUSE NEWS , in

the other pages of this journal for your

perusal. One of such Event , had been

“LAUNCH OF Sustainable Solutions Network

(SDSN) CANADA and further details are

appearing in this journal for your

appreciation. SDSNCANADA is a growing

network of Canadian Universities, Research

Centres, Civil society and Indigenous

organisations, Governments at all levels and

business enterprises committed to creating

knowledge and solutions, to promote and

facilitate transformational Economic,

Environmental, and Social Changes to

realise the SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

GOALS.

The Current launch emphasizing on the 7th

goal of United Nations initiative

“ENSUREACCESS TO AFFORDABLE,

RELIABLE,SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN

ENERGY FOR ALL”,

With the under mentioned elaborative

observations:

“Between 1990and 2010, the number of

people with access to electricity increased

by 1.7 billion. That progress is to be proud

of. And yet as the world’s population

continues to rise, still more people will need

cheap energy to light their homes and

streets ,use phones and computers, and


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carry on every day business. How we get

that Energy is the issue; Fossil fuels and

green gas emissions are making drastic

changes in the climate, leading to big

problems on every continent. Instead

should we not become more energy

efficient , investing in clean energy sources

such as wind and solar, protecting the

environment and working out a balancing

act. “

Perhaps the above is the basic approach of

AE4H, and it is our Mission to take it to the

centre stage.

We wish keep our members informed that

efforts are on hand to organize an

International workshop at Chennai in Feb –

March 2019, bringing in Academic- Industry

team from Canada and possibly we will be

able to throw more light on this in our next

issue .

Until then ,with best wishes to all of you!

S.RAMALINGAM.

Siemens Gamesa lands 150-MW wind deal from India's

ReNew Power

(Renewables Now) - Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA

(BME:SGRE) has secured a turnkey contract to supply and install a 150-MW wind farm in

India for local renewables company ReNew Power Ltd.

As part of the deal, Siemens Gamesa will deliver, erect and commission 75 units of its SG 2.0-

114 MW machines for the project in the state of Gujarat, the wind turbine manufacturer

said on Monday. In addition, it will take care of all needed infrastructure to install the

equipment and operate the wind park in Kutch district.

Independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has a fleet of operational and under-

construction renewable energy plants with a combined capacity exceeding 5,800 MW.

Previously, it has contracted Siemens Gamesa for the commissioning of over 800 MW of

wind parks under India’s feed-in-tariff (FiT) programme. The latest deal represents the first

one between the two companies after India transitioned into an auction-based regime,

according to the press release.

Siemens Gamesa has installed more than 5 GW in India since it entered the market in 2009.


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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO APPOINTS Mr.S.RAMALINGAM AS SENIOR EXECUTIVE FELLOW : For 2 YEARS From 3rd May 2018.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy - Appointment as Senior Executive Fellow

Our goals are to enhance education and research opportunities and to advance the global promotion of sustainable energy as a force to meet the challenge of universal energy access.

Role Profile - Senior Executive Fellow (WISE)

WISE is a world-leading academic teaching and research Institute at the University of Waterloo in Ontario Canada. Our broad-spectrum of activities and knowledge-capacity informs how the energy needs of the world can be met while respecting environmental and social goals. The vision of the Institute is simple: clean energy, accessible and affordable for all. WISE brings together the expertise of 110+ faculty members to develop and implement large-scale multi-disciplinary research projects in collaboration with business, industry, governments and civil society groups. The Faculty, graduate students and Post Doctoral Fellows at WISE possess extensive analytical and research skills to address the challenges of a global energy transition.

WISE has launched a major global change initiative: Affordable Energy for Humanity (AE4H): A Global Change Initiative in

collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. The AE4H is a consortium of leading global

academic institutions, successful entrepreneurs who have created small and medium enterprises, practitioners, and policy

makers engaged with non-governmental organizations. The purpose of AE4H is to deployment of foster practical solutions

to advance the goal of universal energy access. The consortium members comprise energy access researchers and

practitioners from 40 institutions and 20 countries globally with 135 researchers who bring together a high level of

expertise and experience in the development of projects to make energy access affordable.

Engagement Activities and Commitment The primary role of a Senior Executive Fellow is to enhance the general intellectual discourse on emerging challenges of the energy sector and to promote deeper engagement of the Academy with government, NGO’s, small and medium enterprises (SME’s) and global multi-lateral institutions (UN, World Bank, IFC, AFDB). Commitment includes the following: 1. Engagement of, and interaction with, Faculty and students on the subject of global transitions, development of practical policies and pathways for change, and promoting energy as a restorative force for human development goals.

2. Active and senior level participation in the Global Change Initiative: AE4H and acting as an expert resource to WISE.

3. Connecting WISE and the University of Waterloo to policy makers, financial institutions, Foundations, and organizations working in the clean energy solutions sector.

4. Advice and input to the research programs and initiatives at WISE, interacting with Faculty as appropriate.

5. Acting as an Ambassador for WISE and the University of Waterloo, including speaking engagements in Canada and abroad as appropriate.

6. Identification of opportunities for WISE faculty to advance clean energy solutions and business development.

7. Advance specific research and training initiatives and mentor Faculty and research students to foster technology developments and social innovations that enhance environmental stewardship. The role of the Senior Executive Fellow is voluntary and honorific. The Fellows shall endeavour to be on-site at WISE at the University of Waterloo campus as appropriate. Specific undertakings and activities, including coverage for expenses and compensation within the above framework, is subject to approval of the WISE Executive Director.

The appointment shall be for a two-year term and renewable with the agreement of both parties.


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ENFUSE NEWS

Student Chapter at SRM Institute of Science & Technology on 14th March 2018. The long-awaited day finally came. The start of another student chapter at the institution was bestowed upon distinguished staff and students of a department of the institution. The task had to be completed within a short span of time. The faculty co-ordinators and the students had their job cut out. It was a race against time to set up the association as fast as possible. The student chapter that all strived to set up was ENFUSE. ENFUSE abbreviation for Energy and Fuel Users Association of India is a NGO representing a wide spectrum of Indian Organisations who are producers and users of all forms of energy. It was formed in 1950 as a voluntary and a non-profit organisation that seeks to maximise the effectiveness of energy and fuel usage. Its primary commitment aims at creating awareness on efficient energy management by conducting conferences, seminars, workshops and training programs in different regions of the country every year. Setting up a student chapter of such a prestigious institution needed utmost priority and execution of the highest calibre. The plan was laid out and executed at such a short notice. All the members of the chapter came forward contributing their share to execute the work faster to make the inaugural function a memorable one. The time was soon approaching and all the bits and pieces of the work left in setting up was carried out. The prime time finally came and it was the moment to put everything right.

The Chief Guest attending the inauguration was the national president of ENFUSE, Mr.S. Ramalingam. The inaugural ceremony finally began when he came to the institution at around 10 am. The hosts commenced the ceremony at 10:30 am by welcoming all the office bearers and the chief guest. Those in attendance of the event were Mr S. Ramalingam, the national president of ENFUSE, the head of department for EEE, Dr.K.Vijayakumar sir, faculty co-ordinators Dr.R.Sridhar and Mr S.Senthilmurugan along with the members of student chapter. The ceremony began by lighting the lamp to mark the special occasion. The lighting was done by the present delegates along with the president of the student chapter, Mr. A. Aswin. After the lighting was done with, the head of the department Dr.K.Vijayakumar was felicitated with a memento by faculty co-ordinator Dr. R. Sridhar. He in turn felicitated the chief guest with a memento to garland his achievements. The HOD gave his welcome speech by welcoming the chief guest and all those in attendance. He was stupefied on seeing the turnout of the number of members for the organisation. He congratulated all the members and gave an important task in hand to the student chapter which was to stand out from the rest of the student chapters and perform the primary motive of the association that is to organise events to bridge the gap between the industries and college academics. He wished the best of luck to all members and once again congratulated the members on the start of the chapter. This talk was followed up by Dr. R. Sridhar who welcomed the chief guest and gave an introduction on the national president


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describing him with all his achievements and previous posts he held in esteemed institutions. He further described all the chores carried out by Mr. S. Ramalingam in his tenures in different institutions. He like the HOD congratulated the members and asked them to ensure that this journey in the chapter was a memorable one for them. Finally, the hosts called upon the man that all had been waiting for to give his wishes.Mr.S. Ramalingam started his talk by welcoming all the delegates and the members of the student chapter. He gave a detailed description of what ENFUSE is and what it strives to achieve. He articulated all the collaborations that ENFUSE has with various industries and companies. After a brief talk on ENFUSE he went on to show how energy can be saved in various institutions. He showed all facts and figures on how energy can be managed and procured at various levels on usage. He shared his views on what National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) was and its missions for our country. He further showed to everyone all the norms and certification that an industry must have for energy savings. He finally showed data on the quantity of energy that can be saved by each industry if all the execution is done as per norms and certifications. After his talk prizes were handed out to students that won a contest held previously. He finished his talk by keeping a questionnaire session to students who were free to ask if they had any questions or doubts. The inaugural function was brought to an end by the president of the student chapter who delivered the vote of thanks. The inauguration came to an end at 11:45 am when the hosts thanked everyone for attending and signed off.

Seminar On “Steam Boilers Management In Hotels”On 27thMarch 2018 At Hotel Ashoka, Chennai Boiler is the basic equipment in the process of steam generation and as such fundamental to any activity related to industry in general, more in particular to the hotel industry. Our Association, originally started as Steam & Fuel Users’ Association of India formed in the year 1950, had conducted innumerable programme on the fundamentals of steam generation - basics as well as advanced - during the last six decades. This programme for the Hotel Industry had been exclusively designed by Dr.Sakthivel, Dir of boilers focussing on the practical aspects of maintaining the equipments and was well appreciated by the participants April 24, 2018

Under invitation from WISEMr. S.Ramalingam, President, Energy & Fuel Users’ Association of India attended to the lecture by ALEX BERRUTI, Of Innovative Steam Technologies (IST) on the subject,(ONCE THROUGH STEAM GENERATION ( OTSG ) in Power Generation in Canada. The presentation elaborated on the use of once through generators in powerplants with unique advantages over traditional drum boilers with the features ofsmaller foot print,high turn down, fast start besides simplified operator controls. May 1 , 2018 : Under Invitation from WISE, CANADA , Mr.S.Ramalingam, National l President,


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Energy & Fuel Users’ Association of India attended to the TESLA CLUB Annual meeting,on1st May 2018,with the participation of 60 proud TESLA electric car owners their flash highend vehicles. Dr.JatinNathwani made a spirited presentation to the audience on the subject " Decarbonising Canada's Transport Sector.: Will the car owner become grid operator" May 7th& May8th: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS NETWORK FOR CANADA :

Mr. S. Ramalingam, National President, ENFUSE

attended to the event at Canada and the

relevant Photo graphs are appearing in the

other pages of this journal

The United Nations (UN) Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) have a renewed

importance at the University of Waterloo.

Jeffrey Sachs, Professor at Columbia

University author and Special Advisor to

UN Secretary General on the SDGs was on

campus May 7 to commensurate the launch

of the Canadian chapter of the Sustainable

Development Solutions network (SDSN).

The Canadian chapter of the SDSN will be

hosted in partnership with UWs Faculty of

Environment and the Waterloo Global

Science Initiative. The network is a way to

move forward on the SDGs, which are a set

of 17 goals created to tackle world-wide

problems such as hunger, climate change,

and gender disparity. They were initiated in

2015 and are to last until 2030.

“We need to embrace (the SDGs ) as our

best hope to get something done. I can

assure you, absolutely guarantee you, that

they are the only global goals of this kind

that we will have in this generation .” Sachs

said.

The SDSN launch had a full line-up of

speakers, starting with Amy Smoke from

the Waterloo Indigenous Student Center,

who gave a traditional thanks giving address

and song.

FeridunHamdullahppur, President of UW,

gave an introduction as well. “This is

absolutely a momentous event. Not just for

Canada but for the whole world.”

The network was endorsed by Prime

Minister Justin Trudeau, of whom provided

a letter read by Jean Andrey, the MC of the

night and also the Dean of the Faculty of

Environment.

“Thanks You to the organizers of the

wonderful event, and congratulations to the

University of Waterloo’s Faculty of

Environment for being chosen as the

Canadian host of the network,” Trudeau

was quoted.

The purpose of the Canadian chapter will be

to facilitate research and problem solving

on the SDGs, create a network of

universities and civil society organizations

across Canada, and to act as a bridge for

Canadians to the global movement.

“(The SDGs) are framed around this idea of

leaving no one behind. So they call on all of

us, from the largest nation states to the

smallest civil society groups amongst us, to

try to work together, to make progress on

each of these goals” Andrey said.

“We are in a unique time in history with

individuals and groups converging in


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dialogue and strategy, to address pressing

environmental, social and economic issues

that face humanity,” she continued.

The network was officially launched after 17

students from UW and other Canadian

universities presented each SDG. This

network is the newest of 25 SDSN chapters

globally.

Sachs spoke for over an hour, on topics

from SDGs attainment to Canada’s global

role to climate change severity.

“The (SDGs) are adopted because we are in

trouble, and we are in trouble in ways that

we hardly recognize, unfortunately,” Sachs

said. “A lot of what is happening –

especially on the environmental side – is

pretty insidious, we cannot get the political

attention needed to get this one.”

A focal point of his lecture was the need for

climate section. He explained that earth’s

temperature has increased by1.1. degrees

Celsius since pre-industrial times.

Scientists have found that the emissions

built within the atmosphere will warrant

another increase of 0.3 to 0.4 degree

Celsius –even if all greenhouse gas

emissions (GHG) were to stop immediately.

“We are on a path towards three to four

degrees C. And what we need to do is quite

straight forward to describe. We need to

stop and then to reverse, we need to stop

the emissions of greenhouse gases and we

need to begin to reverse the concentration

of greenhouse gases by afforestation ,

reforestation, restoration of degraded

land”.

“What was certainly need to do, is to stop

using fossil fuels. We should do it in a way

that does not destroy the world economy,

does not destroy development, does not

destroy our prospects, does not have

profound damage, and that means that we

need to do it as fast as possible,” Sachs said.

Although he initially complimented Canada

as a “wonderful country”, he provided

much constructive criticism for the nation.

“(Canada) despite the Prime Minister ‘s

words is not yet committed the way that it

has to be the reality of climate change.”

Sachs stated that the Trans Mountain and

keystone pipelines should not be built, and

Alberts oilsands should not be exported.

Instead Canada should export renewable

energy.

“Export the right thing, Export hydro power,

please’ But don’t export staff that’s going to

kill the planet ,” he said.

Despite that Canada sit near the top

compared with other countries ,regarding

its attainment of the SDGs, it still has areas

to work on.

This includes high obesity the gender wage

gap, waste a large nitrogen flux, high CO2

emissions, depleted fisheries low official

development assistance, and low

institutionalization of the SDGs.

To reach the SDGs, Sachs provided six areas of change Decarbonization of the energy system, Sustainable food and biodiversity, Circular economy, Smart infrastructure, Sustainable cities, investments in human capital.


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One day Seminar & Interaction meeting on Industrial Safety

One day Seminar & Interaction meeting on Industrial Safety, On-site preparedness & Safety Audit was Conducted by All India Manufacturer’s Organization (TNSB) on 23.06.2018 at Hotel Regenta Central Deccan, Chennai. The seminar was primarily focussed to provide the stakeholders with the appropriate skills, knowledge and attitude in view of enhancing the importance of adopting Safe Work Practices at our workplaces. Participants from Small, Medium and Large scale industries from various sectors such as engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing and services have attended.

Welcome address was given by Mr.R.Radhakrishnan, Chairman, AIMO-TNSB. The Chief Guest Mr. M.Jawahar, Joint Director of Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Tamil Nadu in his inaugural address emphasized the need for adopting better Occupational Health & Safety Systems to effectively manage new emerging workplace hazards. He also appreciated the All India Manufacturer’s Organization for the active participation in over 150 National and State level Government bodies to represent their member organizations.

Mr. Sriram Viswanathan, DGM, (Process Engendering), CPCL made a presentation on the topic “Safe Work Culture for Sustainable Business”. He presented two case studies to enhance the importance of developing good Safety Culture which determines the commitment & proficiency of organizations health & safety systems.

Mr. R.M.Kshir Sagar, Chief Manager (Fire & Safety) CPCL made a presentation on the topic “Occupational Hazards”. He explained the presence of various occupational hazards in the workplace and their widespread impact on individuals, their families, business & society and once the hazards are identified and assessed, preventive measures should be taken with top priority.

Dr.K.Mamallan, Manager (Safety, Health, Environment & Quality) & ISO, CPCL made a presentation on the topic “HSE Best Practices for Compliance to Safety Audits”. He emphasised more on incorporating HSE Best Practices in the work processes at the design stage itself to prevent the occupational health hazards and fulfil the requirements of the safety audits. At the end, participants interacted by sharing their experience in HSE related issues. Mr.Sudhakar Mukundan, Programme Committee Chairman thanked all the participants & speakers for their active participation The Faculty support had been provided by Energy & Fuel Users' Association of India (ENFUSE) Mr. Sriram Viswanathan, Chairman - New Renewable Energy & Dr.K.Mamallan, Joint Secretary .


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Sustainable Development Solutions

Network (Canada) Launch with the

display of 17 goals by the volunteers

A view of Audience at Seminar on

“Steam Boilers Management in

Hotels”

Tesla electric cars in front of

Engineering Blafg E5 at University of

Waterloo.

A view of SRM Institute of Science &

Technology student chapter


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Dr. S Sakthivel, Treasurer, ENFUSE

Lecture at Seminar on “Steam Boilers

Management in Hotels”

Inauguration of Student Chapter at

SRM Institute of Science &

Technology


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CONTENTS

Page No.

1. Saudi’s Building The World’s Largest Solar Power Project ………………. 13 2. SDSN Canada Launch ………………………………………………………………………. 14 3. Smart Chargers Amp Up Electric Vehicle Research …………………………. 16

4. Smart Clothing" Aims To Predict Failing Health …………………………… 17

5. Tri Global Energy ………………………………………………………………….. 18

6. Sandia Laboratories To Receive $10.5 Million To Design A Cheaper Solar Energy System …………………………………………………………………………………. 21

7. Break Through: Indian Origin Scientist Uses Solar Energy To Extract Hydrogen From Water ………………………………………………………………………. 22

8. Frequent Thunderstorms And Dust Storms Another Gift of A Warming

World …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24

9. Comment | Hybrid Wind-Solar Policy – Tackling State Electricity Boards

Issue Will Be Key To Success ……………………………………………………………….. 26

10. India Wants to Maximise Renewables Production with Solar – Wind –

Hybrid Plants ………………………………………………………………………………………... 28

11. Podcast / Does hybrid energy policy make sense for India? Find out ……. 30

12. Government announces national wind-solar-hybrid policy …………………… 34

13. India announces new policy for wind and solar hybrid power projects … 35

14. Some Light on Energy Savings ………………………………………………………………. 36

15. Energy transition: being the contrarian in the room …………………………….. 37

16. Zero watt lamp power consumption and led bulb alternatives …………….. 40

17. Energy for the Common Good ………………………………………………………………. 42

18. Trump’s insane trade war ……………………………………………………………………… 45


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Saudi Arabia last week announced plans to

build the world’s largest solar power

project, which dwarfs anything that exists

today and the next biggest plant in the

pipeline by a factor of hundreds. A part of

crown prince Mohd bin Salman’s Vision

2030 for the desert kingdom, the project

promises to earn serious green cred for the

world’s largest exporter of oil at a time

when the focus is shifting to renewables…

BIG DEAL $200 bn

Total cost of the project, to be completed

by 2030. That is about the same as the GDP

of New Zealand.

200 gigawatt (GW)

The amount of energy it is to produce –

that’s about 100 times the size of the

biggest solar plant operating today.

4 x

The project will up Saudi’s power capacity

by about 4 times from about 77 GW today.

MAKES PLENTY OF SENSE

Saudi gets huge amounts of sun,

has vast areas of empty desert

The country wants to diversify from

oil as a revenue source and also as a

source for its own power

But if Saudi produces electricity

through more cost effective means,

it can sell more of its own]

The project will also create as many

as 1 lakh jobs and save $40bn from

Saudi’s power bill

Saudi has the world’s largest contiguous

desert – Rub’al Khali

Right now, around 60% of the kingdom’s

power comes from oil

AND DON’T FORGET THE BATTERIES

To make sure the lights are on when

the sub’s not shining, the project will

come with an array of batteries to

store power.

Masayoshi Son, founder of SoftBank,

which is partnering the project, said

it would feature the construction of

the “largest utility-scale battery”

The 200GW project will be spread

across Saudi Arabia

The first two solar parks will

generate 7.2GW and are scheduled

to begin construction this year.

Source: Bloomberg

Saudi’s Building The World’s Largest Solar Power

Project


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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

We are at a unique and critical time in history, with organizations from across the globe, in all sectors of Government, industry and NGOs converging in dialogue and strategy to address the most pressing social and environmental issues facing humanity. We have waited a long time to get here. Cross sector partnerships are key for effecting positive change, and can be applied to wicked problems like climate change, poverty and social justice, here at home, and around the globe. This is why an organization like the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of Canada is so important. I believe achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is possible but only if we work collaboratively. SDSN Canada has the power to activate the tremendous potential and unique perspective of our country, to build a network of Canadian Universities, research centers, civil society organizations, and knowledge institutions equipped and energized to realize the SDGs at a local and national scale in partnership with government and industry partners. The University of Waterloo is proud to have the opportunity to host the SDSN in partnership with the Waterloo Global Science Initiative. Waterloo is home to Canada’s largest Faculty of Environment, and has researchers and institutes across campus working on

Every of sustainability and social justice. Waterloo‘s proven capacity for transformative change aims to lay the foundation for SDSN Canada in partnership with our academic colleagues from coast to coast to coast, industry, government and civil society partners. I look forward to the dialogue during our sessions, which will pave the way for SDSN Canada and our collective partnership in bringing about positive systemic change, and implementing the SDGs across Canada. JEANANDREY SDSN Canada Chair and Dean, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo. SESSION – 1 Education and Training for Sustainability A number of targets are associated with Sustainable Development Goal #4 – Quality Education Many of these goals focus on improved access to free, equitable and quality education and the provision of other supports and services that achieve increased levels of literacy, numeracy, knowledge and skills for all, focusing in particular on developing regions. As the world moves forward with the implementation of the education 2030 Agenda there is an opportunity for Canada to take a strong role. This two-hour session will feature presentations by Canadian institutions/

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organizations that have shown leadership on sustainability-related education. These presentations will lead to discussion on the questions: How can we improve education for sustainable development in Canada? How can we work together to improve education? The session will conclude with an overview presentation of the SDG Academy and exploration of how this might provide a forum for some universities to work together. Please note this session will have a Lightning Round sharing format with short presentations from each panelist. SESSION - 2 Sustainable and Inclusive Cities This session focuses on SDG #11 – Sustainable cities and communities. The session explores the major sustainable development challenges facing cities, with a focus on the Canadian context. The session aims to identify research priorities that can inform public policy aimed at delivering more equitable social outcomes for sustainable urban development. SESSION – 3 Canada’s Energy-Climate Nexus This session will explore a number of SDGs, with an emphasis on SDG #7 – Affordable and Clean Energy and SDG #13 – Climate Action. The session will be framed around addressing three main questions and issues: Post Paris Climate Change accord, are there any new developments or findings that

undermine the scientific basis (or, is there new evidence for moving to the 1.5 C target with urgency)? What is the nature of the energy transition challenge for an effective response to mitigating the threat of climate change and is the scope and scale of technological shift required for change achievable within reasonable parameters of global financial capacity? Is the Canadian capacity for social, business and policy innovations robust enough and adequate to meet the aspirations of a low carbon energy economy? SESSION – 4 Doing Justice to Life on Land and Below Water In this interactive session, world- class experts, jurists policy- leaders and practitioners discuss innovative solutions to realize SDG #14 – Life below Water, SDG #15 – Life on Land and, in light of SDG #16 - Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, in Canada and the world. After a scan of Canada’s most pressing challenges and a discussion of existing initiatives and gaps, participants will work together to identify emerging opportunities for collaboration through the new SDSN Canada. Through dynamic brainstorm sessions supported by rapporteur/ facilitators, sharing of ideas and prioritization of next steps, the session will focus on innovating legal and institutional SDG #16 solutions to help realize SDG #14 and #15 locally and globally.


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In April, Waterloo became the first Canadian university to install smart charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs). That’s good news for anyone on campus who wants to charge up for free. It’s even better news for the 21 WISE faculty whose research focuses on EVs. Unlike regular chargers, these units optimize charging patterns based on demand levels and time-of-use electricity costs. They also collect a wealth of detailed data to help investigators shed light on critical issues of grid management and next generation EV design. For example, how do different charging behaviours affect battery performance? Will the growing popularity of EVs stress the electrical grid? Could EV batteries sell power back to the grid during peak demand periods? What is the difference between a level II and a level III charger? Time required for charging is the key differentiator. This is important for consumers. Typically, a level II charger (max 7.2 KW capacity) can be used for overnight charging at home. The level III charger can deliver up to 50 kW for full charge between 20 minutes to an hour.

The units come with PowerLimiting option, making it possible to remotely control how much power they deliver. At UW, researchers will also have access to 20 kW Tesla Wall Connector that can be enabled as a smart charger with additional metering. The capability to collect a large amount of data through telematic devices provides a significant boost to UW researchers in support of an ongoing Drive4Data program at WISE. The existing program involves 10 EVs and the data collected reflect “real-life” usage: length of trip, drive cycles and status of battery charge under hot and cold conditions. The installation of the smart chargers will allow a large number of vehicles to be included in the D4D program. Data mining and analytics will support the next generation of modelling tools and algorithms. Lead Researcher: Prof. Roydon Fraser + WISE Team of 21 Faculty

SMART CHARGERS AMP UP ELECTRIC VEHICLE

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Researchers combine wearable technology & AI to predict the onset of health problems. By Eugenia XenosAndersonFaculty of Applied Health Sciences A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing. The study, which involved researchers from Waterloo’s faculties of Applied Health Sciences and Engineering, found that the data from wearable sensors and artificial intelligence that assesses changes in aerobic responses could one day predict whether a person is experiencing the onset of a respiratory or cardiovascular disease. “The onset of a lot of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, has a direct impact on our aerobic fitness,” said Thomas Beltrame, who led the research while at the University of Waterloo, and is now at the Institute of Computing in University of Campinas in Brazil. “In the near future, we believe it will be possible to continuously check your health, even before you realize that you need medical help.” The study monitored active, healthy men in their twenties who wore a shirt for four days that incorporated sensors for heart rate, breathing and acceleration. They then compared the readings with laboratory responses and found that it was possible to

accurately predict health-related benchmarks during daily activities using only the smart shirt. “The research found a way to process biological signals and generate a meaningful single number to track fitness,” said Richard Hughson, co-author and kinesiology professor at the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging. Beltrame and Hughson co-authored the study with Alexander Wong, Canada Research Chair in artificial intelligence and medical imaging and an engineering professor at Waterloo. He is affiliated with both the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute and the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging. Robert Amelard, of the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, is also a co-author. The study appears in the Journal of Applied Physiology.“This multi-disciplinary research is a great example of how artificial intelligence can be a potential game-changer for healthcare by turning data into predictive knowledge to help healthcare professionals better understand an individual’s health,” said Wong. “It can have a significant impact on improving quality of life and well-being.” Carré Technologies developed the smart shirts, called Hexoskin, used in the research. The team plans to test these systems on mixed ages and genders, and people with health issues to see how people might wear the sensors to gauge whether their health is failing.

"SMART CLOTHING" AIMS TO PREDICT FAILING HEALTH”

https://www.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/japplphysiol.00299.2017


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Tri Global Energy (TGE) is a leading utility scale developer , responsible for over 60 per cent of all wind energy projects currently under construction in Texas the nation’s leader in wind capacity. But that’s not what makes Tri Global Energy unique. The company’s focus on a win-win relationship with investors, landowners, and the environmental is what truly sets them apart. In 2009, a wind farm developer approached landowner John Billingsley and a group of is neighbors. As a businessman, Billingsley was interested in how the project was put together, and he found out it was completely oriented toward the developer and the major equity partner. “It was just so one-sided,” says Billingsley. “I tried to talk the developers into changing their lease to make it at least more favourable to the landowners, and they wouldn’t do it. So I decided to heck with it, I’d just start my own company”. Flash forward almost a decade later. Billingsley is now the CEO of Tri Global Energy. The company’s success is derived from the power of local communities where the company conducts business and the company’s leadership that develop unique partnerships and innovative programs. “We have a proprietary business plan called the Wind Force Plan, which involves quite a bit of community involvement. That’s basically become our strong point,” says Billingsley. “We have the reputation of dealing well with land owners.”

Billingsley understands landowners, having grown up on a farm in West Texas, and he still owns farmland where he grows cotton. “I’ve got a lot of empathy for those people,” he says. “I put together a business plan that involved their participation in all aspects of the wind project - from the management to participating in the profit in varying degrees. Once that word got around, we got really busy. “During 2011, 12 and 2013, we received more offers to do wind forms from various places than we could keep up with.” This year, TGE has 18 projects in various stages of production. One of its latest wind projects. Bearkat Renewable Energy, is located in Glass-cock Country. Texas about 150 miles South of Lubbock. Bearkat spans nearly 30,000 crores and at the completion of the two phases, it will produce close to 360 megawatts (MW). The first phase, which took nearly seven months to complete, will soon be generating 197.6 MW of wind energy. The second phase will produce 162.1 MW, and construction will be initiated immediately after the first phase is up and running, producing energy. “The people out there-the farmers and the ranchers and the other people in the community were really excited and anxious to put together a wind farm on their properties,” says Billingsley. They were so excited that they got together and came to my company and initiated themselves with us. Although that’s not

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normally how projects are started,” Billingsley says. Normally, TGE selects a site near a Wind Energy Transmission of Texas (WETT) substation and transmission line, “it costs anywhere from $750,000 to over a million dollars a mile to have an interconnection transmission line between a site and on interconnection substation,” says Billingsley. “The closer to a substation you are, the less the project is going to cost.” After site selection, TGE will then orient the site to suit that particular spot. “Then we just kind of draw that into a rectangle and start leasing land inside that,” explains Billingsley. “Each farmer or rancher or landowner who leases land to us will share in the production whether they get a wind turbine on their particular property or not, based on the number of acres in relationship to the total acreage. “So instead of paying them on upfront fee like most of our competition did and still does, we give them a guarantee that if we do develop a wind farm they’re going to get production. They’re going to get electricity royalties for the next 50 years. A separate LLC is formed for each wind farm. “Each of the landowners are given a piece of the equity in the wind farm, so they would share in the profits,” says Billingsley. Normally TGE raises the four to five million dollars of development money needed to get a wind farm from initiation to construction from community investors who live and work in the area. Quite a few of them are the landowners themselves,” says Billingsley. “And they

also participate in the royalty. We create a management team where there’s normally four or five prominent landowners or investors who live our there, and they are the managers with TGE on the separate LLC’s.” With Bearkat, as with all of the company’s projects, TGE has local people managing with them,under the company’s guidance. “We have an exclusive development contract with them ,” Billingsley says. “The know everything that’s going on, it’s very transparent. They feed that information back to the community. In fact, our landowners and investors out at the project site usually include two or three country commissioners and district judges, and other people who are involved in the community. We get all kinds of cooperation out there.” After the site has been selected, TGE hires environmental and transmission engineers to do the various types of testing to satisfy all the permits and other requirements. While the permitting and environmental studies are taking place, TGE looks at equity partners. With the Bearkat project, TGE partnered with Danish company Copenhogen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) one of the major renewable energy developers in the world, although they are just getting involved in the U S. The partnership is a good one and currently, Tri Global Energy has a number of projects lined up with CIP. For the engineering,procurement and construction (EPC) contractors, Tri Global Energy selects bankable companies and puts the projects out for bid. “But we know which ones we like to work with and have


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done a good job.” says Billingsley. “We are also involved with all of the major turbine suppliers, so those go out to bid. You look at the major companies, the particular aspects of the wind and see which turbines would fit.” The EPC on the Bearkat project was Black and McDonald, and the electrical contractor was Rosendin Electric. The environmental engineers on the project were Westwood Professional Services. In November, Global Wind Service, which employed over 60 technicians over the course of the project, installed the last of the 57 Vestas VI26 3.45MW turbines of Bearkat 1. The VI26 turbines were a little bigger, taller, and heavier than many of the other turbines, which was ideal for this site. “There are about four or five major Tier A turbine manufacturers, and each one has several models than can work,” Billingsley says. “We deal with all of them and select the company base upon the competitiveness and how efficient it is for our particular project and for their turbine’s specific purpose.” As for the transformers,Tri Global Energy went with SGB-SMIT, a company based in Germany. And for the actual construction, the roadwork, cranes, etc., local companies are used as much as possible. Because of all the work up front, time spent developing contracts with the landowners, and the company’s top-notch managers and consultants, the Bearkat project was constructed with little issue. Construction began in April2017, and the facility was producing power in December 2017.

So what started as one dissatisfied landowner in a wind farm project in 2009 has turned into a major company, with about 58 projects in development and more than 50 employees. It has attracted top consultants and partners from all over the U.S., as well as from Europe and Asia. “They are now coming to us to see if they can give us their services,’ Billingsley adds. The company’s unique business model requires a lot of one-on-one with landowners. Right now, the company is dealing with 3,500 landowners and investors from its various projects. “It takes on awful lot of back office infrastructure to keep track of oil of those folks. It’s something that most big corporations aren’t set up to do,” says Billingsley. TGE’s unique business model is definitely paying off. By the end of 2017. TGE had concluded the development of over 1 GW of wind power,which represented a major mile stone for the nine-year-old company. “We are very proud of what we’re doing,”says Billingsley. “Most at these people who we’re dealing with grew up on the land like me. My talks came out here in the late 1800s. A lot of these people are third, fourth and fifth generation ranchers and farmers. Ad they’re all very conscious of the land and the environment.

Being able to work with a group of people like this for the betterment of their community, as well as the betterment of the United States and the world, really, using renewable energy is very much a blessing and I’m very proud to be part of this industry.”


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The laboratory is working on a design that improves concentrating solar power technology Solar energy technology entities are witnessing a lot of dynamism and attracting early-stage research and development funding. Sandia National Laboratories will receive $10.5 million to research and design a cheaper and more efficient solar energy system from the United States Department of Energy (DoE). The laboratory is working on a technology to improve concentrating solar power systems. Concentrating solar power systems use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a receiver on a tower. The heat generated in the process is concentrated sunlight, and is absorbed by either a solid, liquid, or gas. This can be used immediately to generate electricity or can also be stored. This technology’s major advantage is that it can generate renewable energy in the absence of sun and without using batteries for storage. Sandia’s proposed system uses sand-like ceramic particles to absorb and store the heat from the concentrated sunlight. Sandia already has developed the world’s first high-temperature falling particle receiver, and this research will refine and integrate that system into a complete pilot plant. “We have demonstrated a prototype for the continuously circulating falling particles, and now we are adding six hours of storage, a 1 MW heat exchanger and a particle lift to demonstrate the entire thermal system,”

said Cliff Ho, Sandia’s lead engineer on the project. At present, a high temperature concentrating solar power system can heat a substance to 565 degrees Celsius. The Sandia team is using its system with its sand-like ceramic particles to reach temperatures above 700 Celsius. This system with built in storage will improve efficiency and lower the cost of electricity. The project will be executed in three phases: First, the team will work on a pilot plant and identify its design, components, cost, performance, etc. The second phase will entail a detailed proposal that includes the final concept of the plant. The final phase of the project will involve building and operating the plant. So far, CSP based projects have lost out to PV-based projects due to higher costs. After receiving billions of dollars in venture capital funding 10 years ago, CSP technology couldn’t compete with cheaper crystalline silicon modules. It remains to be seen if this new technology can achieve a breakthrough.

Nitin is a reporter at Mercomindia.com and writes on renewable energy and related sectors. Prior to Mercom, Nitin has worked for CNN IBN, India News, Agricultural Spectrum and Bureaucracy Today. He received his bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Communication from Manipal Institute of Communication at Manipal University and Master’s degree in International Relations from Jindal School of International Affairs.

SANDIA LABORATORIES TO RECEIVE $10.5 MILLION TO DESIGN A CHEAPER SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM

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In a big push for solar fuel, Govinder Singh Pawar has created a semiconductor that can store solar energy more efficiently than any other method we know today. New Delhi: Indian-origin scientist Govinder Singh Pawar has possibly pushed the world one giant step closer to moving to a pollution-free world. In a big push for solar fuel, Pawar has created a photoelectrode — a semiconductor that can both store solar energy more efficiently than any other method we know today and also use it to generate enough voltage to extract hydrogen from water — for fuelling our world. A scientist at the University of Exeter, Britain, Pawar said he has been working on this project as his PhD for the past two and a half years. Over 85 per cent of the world’s energy today is sourced from fossil fuel all over the world. “The amount of energy we consume today is only half of what it is expected to be in 2050,” he explained in his new paper that was published in the science journal ‘Nature’ earlier in February. Given the looming threat of climate change and incessant human fight over oil, the time is way past for us to have found a sustainable, alternative source of fuel that is scalable and can be implemented widely. This need held Pawar’s attention. Pawar’s parents immigrated to Britain over 20 years ago. He studied chemistry in college, finishing with a Master’s at

Loughborough University. In his third and fourth year at college, Pawarrealised he was most captivated by his research projects when they related to energy. “I was always interested in electrochemistry and physical chemistry,” he said. “New sources of energy for the future in a ‘green’ and sustainable way had interested me greatly. I wanted to pursue a PhD related to that.” And so he married his two interests and set out to help solve one of our planet’s biggest problems. Now he works under the guidance of Dr. Asif Tahir, who also supervised him for this paper. Hydrogen as energy source Through humankind’s travails with wind, water, and solar energy, the pot of gold at the end of this sustainable energy rainbow is anti-climactically the most common element in our universe – hydrogen. This would be our ideal energy source for the future. Hydrogen fuel is a zero-emission fuel that is clean and is completely capable of replacing carbon energy sources. Despite the fact that nearly every star we see is almost entirely made of it, molecular hydrogen is very hard to come by on earth. One of the few ways it can be effectively produced is by extracting it from water.

BREAK THROUGH: INDIAN ORIGIN SCIENTIST USES

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Splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen is a process called ‘artificial photosynthesis’, which essentially replicates what plants around us do within their complex, invisible systems. However, the bigger problem is cost-effective production and storage of fuel. The amount of energy required to split water is so high, that process requires a sustainable energy source itself. Cost-effective production of semiconductor In his laboratory, Pawar and Tahir have created a semiconductor that has eluded cost-effective production for years. The semiconductor can both store solar energy and then also produce energy to split the water. The material is made of Lanthanum orthoferrite, or LaFeO3, and is today the best material that can be used for artificial photosynthesis. It absorbs more sunlight than any other material tested before, uses it to split water, and then store the hydrogen fuel. Materials being used currently are either too expensive, use toxic chemicals, have excessively complicated structures, are unstable, or use expensive techniques like coating with an atom-sized layer of metals to improve performance. The semiconductor material Pawar developed took several iterations and a very long time to arrive at just the right combination and order of plating, coating, spraying, and heating. Pawar’s results spell great news. “My paper shows that we are able to produce

semiconductor materials which are non-toxic, inexpensive, stable, and scalable,” he said. Most importantly, it can produce hydrogen without an external catalyst; all that is needed is sunlight and water. Collaboration for further research Pawar is currently collaborating with researchers at IIT-Madras, who are tackling the problem of making the material absorb even more solar energy than it does now. At the moment, the amount of sunlight it can absorb is a limitation. “If it can absorb more light, it would be able to produce more hydrogen,” he said. “The next step is to improve the materials light absorption capabilities for more hydrogen generation, which we are currently working on.” Further research could potentially make Pawar’s results scalable enough to implement on an experimental basis in vehicles and heating homes. Britain has been ahead of the curve, several trucks today already run on a hydrogen-diesel mix and the country has seen reduced emissions. Several Scandinavian countries have hydrogen powered public buses. Norway has plans to move to an entirely hydrogen-fuelled home heating system. Turkey has been doing heavy work in the area too. Pawar’s material, if scaled well, could one day potentially be an effective cost-saving technique to propel a large part of the world into a hydrogen economy.


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The mechanisms for thunderstorms and dust storms are essentially the same; the only difference being that it’s a thunderstorm when there’s moisture, and a dust storm when it’s dry.

Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department prediction for the next five days includes incessant thunderstorms and dust storms across several parts of India. The warning says that there will be thunderstorms over Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and even West Bengal, Odisha, and parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. There are smaller storms predicted in the northeast, and dust storms in parts of Rajasthan. Heat wave-like conditions are expected in parts of Maharashtra. Are these predictions unusual? No, because thunderstorms and dust storms are common in summer. But also yes, because this pattern of severe weather events, accompanied by freak incidents, is seemingly becoming the new normal the world over. The intensity of thunderstorms as well as heat is increasing each year. The most recent winter in India was the third consecutive one to qualify as warm. In 2016, India recorded its hottest day in history, coinciding with four consecutive years of record-breaking heat. The year 2016 is globally the hottest year on record.

What causes such massive storms in summer? The mechanisms for thunderstorms and dust storms are essentially the same; the only difference being that it’s a thunderstorm when there’s moisture, and a dust storm when it’s dry. As the air over a region gets increasingly hot, it rises up while the colder air sinks. In this process of convection, the warm air also heats up the upper layers of our atmosphere. This warm air meets more warm air full of moisture that is blowing in from the Bay of Bengal, creating instability. The Himalayas divert these winds to other warm northern states beyond the northeast. When the air runs out of moisture, but there are still low-pressure regions created because of heat, warm air full of dust rushes in to fill the void, causing deadly dust storms. Badly managed land resources, including exposed roadsides and urban dust, contribute to this. The increasing number of heatwaves in our country is a leading cause for such freak storms. As of today, a large part of northern and north-western India is considered to be under a heatwave. Additionally, pollutants and industrial emissions in the air disperse across the nation, further maintaining warm temperatures.

FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS AND DUST STORMS ANOTHER GIFT OF A WARMING WORLD

http://www.imd.gov.in/pages/press_release_view.php?ff=20180508_pr_243

http://www.imd.gov.in/pages/press_release_view.php?ff=20180508_pr_243

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/india-records-its-hottest-day-ever-as-temperature-hits-51c-thats-1238f

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/india-records-its-hottest-day-ever-as-temperature-hits-51c-thats-1238f


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What are the implications of changing temperatures? Human casualties are a direct result. The death toll due to heatwaves is rising. As winters get warm and summers warmer still, Himalayan glaciers melt and retreat, threatening to flood the coastal plains of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Dust storms can affect and induce asthmatic attacks and other breathing problems, and can also carry with them large amounts of spores and viruses, spreading disease. Apart from human casualties, rapid fluctuations in seasonal temperatures could greatly affect crop yields, and thus farmers. Dry storms often blow off top soil, reducing fertility. Storms can also set off cascading environmental effects. If seasonal migratory birds change their patterns in a year because of heat, they would affect the local fish and worm populations that function on a rhythm, which in turn affects local ecosystems. There are indirect, secondary effects too. Rising minimum temperatures during the winter put small-scale winter industries in north India at a risk, which in turn affects the sheep and dairy population, consumption, and prices.

How do we protect ourselves? The simplest way is to remain indoors. If you are outdoors during a storm, it is advisable to stay away from trees as they are prone to lightning strikes. Swimming pools and large bodies of water are to be avoided too, as they can conduct electricity. An approaching storm’s distance can be measured by calculating the time difference between lightning and thunder: In the American way, you divide the gap in seconds between lightning and thunder by five, and that’s how many miles away a storm is. When indoors, again, avoid not only water but also handling electric equipment and plug points. During dust storms, avoid stepping out, especially driving, on account of the diminished visibility. Dust storms are often formed when a large burst of air rushes outwards from a thunderstorm as well, so it is quite important to take cover for the thunderstorm that will follow.

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The hybrid policy will definitely tackle a key pain point for the sector the main bottleneck remains.

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The much-awaited wind-solar hybrid policy has been announced by the government. The industry had been asking for a hybrid policy that would help earn a better return on their capital, and its prayers have finally been answered. To boost renewable power generation, the policy aims to promote new projects as well as make some of the existing one's hybrid. Under the policy, solar farm and wind farms will be connected to a common grid, thus efficiently utilising the transmission infrastructure and the land bank. After a strong start, the renewable energy sector had run into rough weather, both at the operating level as well as the regulatory level. The poor financial health of state electricity boards (SEBs) forced them to default on their power purchase agreements (PPAs). The government has set a target of 175 gigawatt (GW) of renewable power which includes 100 GE of solar and 60 GW of wind power capacity. India currently has an installed base of 70 GW of alternate power. By 2030, nearly 40 percent of India’s installed capacity will be from renewable

power. Most of the incremental power generation capacity is renewable in nature. Why a hybrid policy makes sense can be understood from the shortcomings of both wind and power generation separately. Solar and wind power both work only when their source of energy is good. Thus only when the sun shines at a particular intensity will the solar panels convert it into electricity and similarly, a relatively high windy day is needed to rotate the blades at a meaningful speed to generate current. For the most part of the day, both these units are sitting idle. Plant load factor (PLF) of solar farms are around 20 percent levels while for wind power plants, thanks to technology advantages and height of the tower can touch around 40 percent. This too is seasonal. The other shortcoming is land, or rather the cost and availability of it. Apart from the cost of equipment, one of the biggest cost of renewable energy is land acquisition. The hybrid policy intends to overcome these shortcomings. The same parcel of land can be used to generate solar as well as wind power. This would result in optimum utilization of natural resources and more ‘working hours’ during the day. In other words, more energy is generated from the same land which would address the falling yields for the investors.

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Falling equipment costs and increased domestic and foreign competition with access to cheap capital sent power tariffs crashing. Now with hybrid units, that would enable more electricity generation, and yields for investors can improve substantially. While hybrid policy will definitely tackle a key pain point for the sector the main bottleneck remains. The government will need to make SEBs stick to their commitments. Fiscally stressed state governments are keeping renewable

power as backup power and not encouraging its compulsory use despite rules stating that they should. Unless this issue is addressed, the hybrid policy would look good just on paper. Renewable power, in any case, has low utilization rates and if the power generated is not evacuated to the grid, losses of the generation companies will mount.

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The Indian government has given the country’s booming renewable energy sector a boost. On May 14, the ministry of new and renewable energy released a draft policy for setting up wind-solar-hybrid plants—where both windmills and solar panels are put up on the same piece of land. One of the major drawbacks of both wind and solar farms today is that power is produced only during certain intervals—when the sun shines during the day, or when there are strong enough winds, typically during the evening. A hybrid project reduces this variation and power can be generated from a plant nearly round the clock. “It is a great combination because then you have steady power coming from six in the morning to six in the evening from the solar, and then have wind which starts around 12 and goes on till about two or three in the morning,” said Ramesh Kymal, CEO of wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa’s India business. Hybrid plants also allow power producers to tap into multiple energy sources simultaneously, and generate more power from a given site. “A new market is emerging… to capitalise on the synergies (of wind and solar power plants across India). Hybrid has become a very important factor in the way forward,” Kymal added. And this push towards hybrids has come just as the wind energy and solar power \

sectors in India are stabilising after a rough year battling policy changes and regulatory issues, even as the country targets renewable energy capacity of 175,000 megawatts (MW) by 2022, up from around 70,000 MW currently. Fertile land India is an ideal market for hybrid projects, experts say, given that most states are rich in both wind and solar energy resources. States such as Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh have large capacities of both wind and solar power projects. Moreover, hybrid projects allow power producers to make better use of the land and the electricity transmission infrastructure. Typically, these two components make up around 25% of the cost of a renewable energy plant. With hybrid projects, both the wind and solar components will feed power into the same transmission lines, allowing companies to put up nearly twice as much capacity on each site and earn better returns on their investments. India’s transmission infrastructure currently isn’t sufficient to handle the increase in clean energy capacity, and hybrid projects will help use existing grids efficiently. “Going forward, the grid is going to be a challenge (in India) so hybrid is the best considering the grid bottleneck. That makes more economical use of your (electricity

INDIA WANTS TO MAXIMISE RENEWABLES PRODUCTION WITH SOLAR-WIND-HYBRID PLANTS

https://qz.com/1268029/india-added-more-energy-capacity-from-renewables-than-coal-and-hydro-power-last-year/

https://qz.com/1268029/india-added-more-energy-capacity-from-renewables-than-coal-and-hydro-power-last-year/

https://mnre.gov.in/sites/default/files/webform/notices/National-Wind-Solar-Hybrid-Policy.pdf

https://mnre.gov.in/sites/default/files/webform/notices/National-Wind-Solar-Hybrid-Policy.pdf

https://qz.com/1245556/indias-wind-power-sector-had-a-terrible-year-in-2017-can-it-turn-around/

https://qz.com/1173641/indias-solar-power-sector-is-making-a-comeback-after-a-dull-2017/






https://qz.com/1157903/as-big-solar-and-wind-floundered-small-innovations-were-the-highlights-of-indias-renewables-sector/

https://qz.com/1157903/as-big-solar-and-wind-floundered-small-innovations-were-the-highlights-of-indias-renewables-sector/

https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/energy-speak/why-renewable-energy-evacuation-demands-a-decisive-push/2774

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transmission) facility,” said Ankur Agarwal, a senior analyst with India Ratings and Research. While a few companies had experimented with hybrid projects a few years ago, the sector is now gaining momentum. In April, New Delhi-based renewable power producer Hero Future Energies commissioned a 50 MW pilot project in Karnataka, where it put up solar panels on an existing wind farm. In January, the central government-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) called for expressions of interestfrom renewable power companies to set up a 160 MW wind-solar hybrid plant in Andhra Pradesh. Early days For the next couple of years though, the country will only see small-scale hybrid

plants or projects where companies will convert their wind or solar farms into hybrid ones, analysts say. This is because Indian companies still need to manage the technical issues involved in integrating the two different energy sources. “It is not just putting two power plants together and making it one,” Agarwal said. “People have to figure out technical feasibility, integration between the two. Systems (are required) to manage the load coming from both wind and solar.” Moreover, hybrid projects require battery systems to store wind and solar power, and synchronise the two. Energy storage technology is still expensive in India and globally, and will add to costs until the storage market develops in India.

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced a new wind-solar hybrid policy to boost India's renewable energy industry.

The government has given the country’s booming renewable energy industry a serious boost. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced a new wind-solar hybrid policy last week that will see the installation of wind-solar-hybrid plants—where both windmills and solar panels are on the same piece of land.HYA RAMESH 24 May, 2018 So why does a hybrid policy make sense for India? The shortcomings of both wind and power generation separately. Solar and wind power both work only when their source of energy is good. Thus only when the sun shines at a particular intensity will the solar panels convert it into electricity and similarly, a relatively high windy day is needed to rotate the blades at a meaningful speed to generate current. A hybrid project helps deal with this inconsistency and power can be generated from a plant almost round the clock. The other shortcoming is land, or rather the cost and lack thereof. Apart from the cost of equipment, one of the biggest costs, like it is for most industries India, is land acquisition. The industry had requested a hybrid policy that would help earn better return on their capital. It looks like their prayers have finally been answered.

An MNRE official told the media, “In India…small wind-solar hybrid projects are under initial stages of implementation. But we realized there’s a need for a policy framework to bolster growth in this segment of renewables. Going hybrid also puts a sort of check on the intermittency of solar or wind, if considered separately.” According to officials, the ministry is looking at launching a scheme for new hybrid projects which are 10 to 15 per cent cheaper than 100 per cent solar or wind projects. Under the scheme, the government will likely bid out hybrid projects on tariff based competitive bidding. These projects could then be set up anywhere in India, depending on feasibility and land availability. Sources said the efficiency of such projects ranges from 40-45 percent as the two sources, wind and solar, complement each other. On the other hand, 100 percent solar or wind projects have shown efficiencies of 20 to 30 percent. According to media reports, The centre has set an ambitious target of 175 Giga-watts of installed capacity from renewable energy sources by 2022, which includes 100 GW of solar and 60 GW of wind power capacity. That is an increase of over 100GW from the total renewable power installed capacity in India currently, which is about 70 GW. It is expected that by 2030, approx.40 percent of India’s installed capacity will be from renewable power. Most of the incremental power generation capacity is renewable in

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nature. India is rapidly increasing its share of renewable energy sources but still relies on coal, oil and natural gas and the related carbon emissions for 80 percent of its electricity. That said, the primary objective of the govt’s wind-solar hybrid policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid systems for optimal and efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land. This will achieve better grid stability. Studies have shown that in India, solar and wind resources are complementary to each other and the hybridization of these two technologies would help in minimizing the variability. "Solar and wind power being variable in nature pose certain challenges on grid security and stability and therefore suitable policy interventions are required not only for new wind-solar hybrid plants, but also for encouraging hybridisation of existing plants," the ministry said. The new policy also encourages new technologies, methods and solutions involving combined operation of wind and solar PV projects. It talks about the integration of both the energy sources i.e. wind and solar at AC as well as DC level. The policy also provides for flexibility in the share of wind and solar components in the hybrid project, subject to the condition that, rated power capacity of one resource be at least 25 percent of the rated power capacity of another resource for it to be recognised hybrid project. The MNRE’s final policy also permits the use of battery storage in the hybrid project for

optimising output and reducing variability. The policy makes it mandatory for regulatory authorities to list out and implement the necessary standards and regulations for such hybrid systems. Under this policy, the central government will extend all fiscal and financial incentives available to wind and solar power projects to hybrid projects. It will also support technology development projects in the field. The power generated from hybrid facilities can be used for many purposes: Captive purpose; Sale to third-parties through open access; Sale to various state Discoms either at tariff determined by State Electricity Regulatory Commissions or through a transparent bidding process and Sale to Discoms at average power purchase cost. If we look at the state of renewable energy in India, the sector had run into rough weather after a strong start, both at the operating level as well as the regulatory level. The poor financials of state electricity boards forced them to default on their power purchase agreements or PPAs. Falling equipment costs and increased domestic and foreign competition with access to cheap capital sent power tariffs crashing. Now with hybrid units, that would enable more electricity generation, and yields for investors can improve substantially. Superimposing wind and solar resource maps for India shows large areas where both wind and solar have high to moderate potential. Existing wind farms have the scope of adding solar PV capacity and, similarly, there may be wind potential in the vicinity of an existing solar PV plant.


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Experts say India is an ideal market for hybrid projects, considering that many states are rich in both wind and solar energy resources. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh have large capacities of both wind and solar power projects. “It is a great combination because then you have steady power coming from six in the morning to six in the evening from solar, and then have wind which starts around 12 and goes on till about two or three in the morning,” according to Ramesh Kymal, India CEO of wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa. Hybrid projects allow power producers to better use land and electricity transmission infrastructure. These two components make up around 25% of the cost for a renewable energy plant. With hybrid projects, the wind and solar components will feed power into the same transmission lines, allowing companies to have almost twice the capacity on each site and to earn better returns on their investments. India’s present transmission infrastructure is less than sufficient for handling the increase in clean energy capacity. Hybrid projects could help utilize these grids more efficiently. “Going forward, the grid is going to be a challenge so hybrid is the best, considering the bottleneck. That makes more economical use of your (electricity transmission) facility,”said Ankur Agarwal, a senior analyst with India Ratings and Research, told media outlet Quartz. Some companies had experimented with hybrid projects a while ago but the sector is now gaining momentum. In January this

year, the Solar Energy Corporation of India had invited expressions of interest or EoIs from engineering, procurement, and construction contractors to develop a 160 MW large-scale solar-wind hybrid project with an energy storage system in Ramagiri district of Andhra Pradesh. NTPC, too, had invited tenders to set up a 3.5 MW solar+wind hybrid power project at NTPC Kudgi in Karnataka. In April, Delhi-based renewable power producer Hero Future Energies commissioned a 50 MW pilot project in Karnataka, where it put up solar panels on an existing wind farm. There is an employment boom waiting to happen in the renewable energy sector. According to the ILO, the International LabourOrganisation, more than 3 lakh workers will be employed in the solar and wind energy sectors in India to meet the country's target of generating 175 GW of from renewable sources by 2022. "To meet the target, the number of workers required by ground-mounted solar, rooftop solar and wind power projects, will need to increase… The potential for employment creation is conditional on the domestic capacity of solar module manufacturing and the establishment of vocational training programmes and certification schemes," the ILO report observed. For the next few years, however, India is likely to see mostly small-scale hybrid plants or projects where companies will convert their wind or solar farms into hybrid ones. According to analysts, this is because Indian companies still need to manage the technical issues involved in integrating the two different energy sources.


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“It is not just putting two power plants together and making it one,” says Agarwal. “People have to figure out technical feasibility, integration between the two. Systems (are required) to manage the load coming from both wind and solar.” Hybrid projects still require battery systems to store wind and solar power and synchronize the two. Energy storage technology is expensive in India as well as globally, and this will spike costs for the provider until the storage market develops in India.

Renewable power has low utilization rates and if the power generated is not evacuated to the grid, losses of the generation companies will mount. While hybrid policy will definitely tackle a key pain point for the sector, the major bottleneck remains. The government will need to make state electricity boards stay true to their commitments. Fiscally-stressed state governments are keeping renewable power as backup power and not encouraging its mandatory implementation despite rules stating that they should. Unless this systemic issue is addressed, the hybrid policy will look good only on paper.

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MUMBAI: With an aim to boost renewable power generation, the government today announced a national wind-solar hybrid policy, which seeks to promote new projects as well as hybridisation of the existing ones. The government has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 gigawatt (gw) of installed capacity from renewable energy sources by 2022, which includes 100 gw of solar and 60 gw of wind power capacity. The total renewable power installed capacity in the country stood at about 70 gw last financial year. The policy provides for a comprehensive framework to promote large grid-connected wind-solar photovoltaic (PV) hybrid system for optional and efficient utilisation of transmission infrastructure and land, thereby reducing the variability in renewable power generation and achieving better grid stability, the ministry of new and renewable energy said in a release. Besides, the policy also aims to encourage new technologies, methods and way-outs involving combined operation of wind and solar PV plants, it added.

"Solar and wind power being variable in nature pose certain challenges on grid security and stability and therefore suitable policy interventions are required not only for new wind-solar hybrid plants, but also for encouraging hybridisation of existing plants," the ministry said. The policy provides for procurement of power from a hybrid project on tariff-based transparent bidding process for which government entities may invite bids. It also permits use of battery storage in hybrid projects for optimising output and further reduce variability. The policy also mandates the regulatory authorities to formulate necessary standards and regulations for wind-solar hybrid systems, the release said. Under the policy which is first, the government will extend all fiscal and financial incentives available to wind and solar power projects to hybrid projects. It will also support technology development projects in the field. On the technology front, the policy provides for the integration of both the energy sources, wind and solar at AC, as well as DC levels, the release said

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a policy to promote new hybrid projects as well as hybridisation of existing wind/solar projects New Delhi: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) today announced a new National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy that provides a framework for the promotion of large grid-connected wind-solar Photovoltaics (PV) hybrid systems for efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land. The policy also aims at reducing the variability in renewable power generation and achieving better grid stability. A scheme for new hybrid projects under the policy is also expected shortly, the ministry said. On technology front, the policy provides for the integration of both the energy sources i.e. wind and solar at Alternating Current (AC) as well as Direct Current (DC) level. The Policy also provides for flexibility in the share of wind and solar components in the hybrid project. This is subject to the condition that rated power capacity of one resource should be at least 25 per cent of the rated power capacity of other resource for it to be recognised hybrid project. "The Policy seeks to promote new hybrid projects as well as hybridisation of existing wind or solar projects. The existing wind and solar projects can be hybridised with

higher transmission capacity than the sanctioned one, subject to availability of margin in the existing transmission capacity," the ministry said. The Policy also provides for procurement of power from a hybrid project on tariff-based transparent bidding process for which government entities may invite bids. The new policy permits the use of battery storage in hybrid projects for optimizing the output and further reduce variability. It mandates the regulatory authorities to formulate necessary standards and regulations for wind-solar hybrid systems. With significant capacity additions in renewables in recent years and with Hybrid Policy aiming at better utilisation of resources, it is envisaged that the Hybrid Policy will open-up a new area for availability of renewable power at competitive prices along with reduced variability. The wind and 'solar hybrid power projects policy' is welcome. It is to be noted that the "Complex Interface" for integration of a steady & stable generation source with a highly fluctuating energy source should also be addressed in depth to make the integration successful. High Off shore potential of Wind power generation along the vast coast line of India, coupled with substantial On shore PV generation should be a game changer for attaining sustainability in India.

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Free distribution of CFLs will send out a strong message on energy efficiency. The allocation of Rs.2 crore in the State Budget for 2009-10 for distribution of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) free to those below the poverty line has opened up a big opportunity for the State to address sustainable development issues, particularly with reference to energy efficiency. The move is of great significance to the building and real property development business in the State that has been looking to make lighting more energy-efficient and environment-friendly. The move by the State government has renewed a call from some quarters for the elimination of the ubiquitous ‘zero-watt’ bulbs (12- to 15-watt incandescent lamps). It is estimated that the more than eight lakh zero-watt bulbs in use in the State consume more than 9 MW of power annually. Most people are unaware that these bulbs, lighted generally for ceremonial purposes and running through day and night, are one of modern-day’s energy-inefficient contraptions. The zero-watt bulb invariably finds a place in decorative lighting and lighting before deity figures. More than replacing all the energy-inefficient incandescent lamps, the free distribution of even a limited number of CFL lamps will send out a strong message on the

urgent need for energy efficiency even as the State faces yet another bout of energy crisis.

The State will also benefit from the Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY) of the Union government, being implemented by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency. The government will distribute CFLs at Rs.15 apiece with the manufacturing companies using carbon credits for making good the subsidy provided for the lamps. The BLY programme will use the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol. The nation-wide scheme is a public-private partnership initiative in which the respective State electricity boards will be partners in monitoring the programme. GeorgekuttyKariyanapally of Lifeway Solar, says the move to distribute CFLs is welcome but going in for LED lamps will have served the

purpose better. The quantum of energy saved will be much higher than what is now envisaged, he says.

He says the effort should be to eliminate the zero-watt bulbs so that the State can save up to 9 MW of power annually. This will not be possible under the present vision of the CFL distribution programme. One of the points he raises to support his view is that LED lamps have much more life than CFLs. The lifespan of an LED lamp will be five years at least. He says there is no need to debate the suitability of LED lamps for reading purposes as the zero watt bulbs they will replace are not used for it. K.A. MARTIN

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Speech given by Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Shell, Offshore Northern Seas Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2016.

The oil and gas industry should not shy away from being the contrarian in the room, argues Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden. This century’s energy landscape will inevitably be a patchwork of renewables and hydrocarbons. Such realism is crucial to achieving an effective and efficient energy transition.

Your Royal Highness, Prime Minister, Your excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen.

It is great to be back in Norway.

There is a classic story about one of the most famous Norwegians of all time, the playwright Henrik Ibsen. Lying on his sickbed, he overheard his nurse saying that he was a bit better that day.

Ibsen sat up in bed and said in a clear voice: “Tvertimod” ― on the contrary. And this was the last thing he ever said.

Ibsen was indeed a contrarian, a character type no society should do without. Questioning commonly held beliefs with good reason is vital for tackling societal challenges.

And when it comes to some of the beliefs about the challenge of the energy transition, which may be founded on less than solid fact, our industry should not shy

away from being the contrarian in the room.

All of us here today have a pivotal role to play in shaping the energy system of the future. With our knowledge, we have some indispensable ― and you could say, contrarian ― insights to offer.

Please allow me to explain.

As we all know, the demand for energy is expected to grow. By 2035, according to the new policies scenario of the International Energy Agency, demand could be a quarter higher than last year.

Just as demand will go up, emissions of greenhouse gasses will need to come down… especially if the world is to live up to the significant and ambitious Paris agreement on climate change.

The underlying question is: How far can countries transform their economies to meet demand and reduce emissions at the same time? And, crucially: How fast can they do that?

Social, political and geographical conditions differ from country to country. So the energy transition is likely to play out in a different way in different places. Norway can use hydropower for example, while other countries don’t have that option. The pace of the transition will differ too. In some places it will be relatively fast, in others relatively slow.

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Renewables have a major role to play in the energy transition. But sun, wind and water chiefly produce electricity. And, at least for the moment, there are some serious limitations to widespread electrification.

Roughly speaking, you can divide the energy system into four sectors: power, transport, industry and buildings. All four of them face their very own, very different challenges on the road to electrification.

Without hydrocarbons, for example, long distance air travel and heavy road transport are not yet feasible on a large scale.

To make essentials like iron, steel and cement, you still need hydrocarbons that can produce high temperatures.

Making buildings all-electric can be very challenging, especially in places where people would basically have to leapfrog from woodstove to electric cooker.

And densely populated regions may well find it difficult to power their megacities on renewables alone. This is because the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow. And because there is a limited amount of space available for solar and wind farms.

So even if we stretch the limits of today’s technologies, the world cannot yet live on renewables alone. Indeed, it will already be a major challenge for the share of renewables in the energy mix to grow sufficiently.

The first generation of wind and solar technologies left the lab in the 1970s and 80s. Decades later, these renewables account for around 1% of the global energy

mix. Moreover, electricity is only 18% of final energy consumption.

To fight climate change, the share of electricity will need to increase rapidly ― and all at a time when the energy system as a whole is growing.

In other words, this century’s energy landscape will inevitably be a patchwork of renewables and hydrocarbons. Or, to put it differently, some level of emissions will remain for some time.

I believe it is part of our industry’s role to underline this undeniable truth. It is part of our role to be the contrarian in the room. Not because we like it, but because realism is absolutely crucial to achieving an effective and efficient energy transition.

Building on this realism, we need to offer practical solutions that will help shape the energy transition. Carbon capture and storage is one of these solutions. CCS can capture CO2 from power plants and industrial sites and store it safely under the ground.

Shell operates a pioneering CCS project called Quest in Canada and we’re involved in a number of other CCS projects around the globe ― including a test facility in Mongstad, Norway.

Our industry needs to reduce its carbon intensity too. This is one of the reasons behind Shell’s strategic choice for natural gas. When burnt to produce electricity, gas emits half the CO2 and just one-tenth the air pollutants of coal.

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energy sources has a more prominent role in Shell’s new strategy. As we have explained to our investors, new energies like wind, hydrogen and biofuels will become essential parts of our portfolio over time.

Before I finish, ladies and gentlemen, let me acknowledge that it is far from easy to be the contrarian in the room. And I can tell you from my own experience it is not

always comfortable either. But I believe it is the very essence of leadership in the energy transition.

I trust you will join in working with governments, companies and civil society to help shape a viable energy future. Together we must show the world that our industry is an invaluable part of that future.

Thank you very much.

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Prague: Czech state-run power group CEZ is targeting the wind energysector in France, a country where the segment has been on the rise for the past decade, a company official told AFP. France has vowed to raise the share of green power in its energy mixto 23 percent by 2020 and to 32 percent by 2030 as part of meeting EU-wide renewable energy targets. CEZ, which is 70-percent-controlled by the Czech state, bought nine wind farm projects under construction in France from German developer ABO Wind in June 2017. If all nine farms are completed, CEZ installed wind output in France will reach 100 megawatts within five years. CEZ chose to invest in French renewables after experiencing difficulty investing in the sector in southern neighbours such as Albania or Bulgaria where regulatory regimes are less stable. "The countries of Western Europe including France are very favourable to renewable energy," Martin Pacovsky, CEZ's director for renewable energies, told AFP in a recent interview. "It's good to be there," he added, summing up the company's reasons for investing in France. CEZ, Europe's eighth largest power group, has assets in Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey. It runs wind parks in Romania with an output of 600 megawatts and in Germany with 133 megawatts. In 2017, CEZ produced 62,887 terawatt-hours of power, of which 4,677 TWh came from renewable sources.

"Our goal is to invest two billion euros ($2.34 billion) in new energy solutions and renewable assets by 2021," said Pacovsky.

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We all are well aware of the low intensity bulbs that are run 24*7 at home around photo frames/ paintings, small temples/ religious area in the home or they may be even used as decorative lights. Some people use these bulbs as night lamps. Some astrologers also believe that using green light night bulb will help children fare well in education. These low intensity incandescent bulbs are called zero watt bulbs. As per the term given to these bulbs, people assume that these bulbs hardly consume power and hence don’t mind keeping them on 24*7. But, do these bulbs actually consume zero watts?

Why the name ‘Zero Watt Bulbs’?

Zero watt bulbs consume 12-15 watts of power. However, in older days, when all the appliances were turned off and only the zero watt bulb was kept on, the ‘not so sophisticated’ electromagnetic meter could not measure power of such less magnitude. The meter read ‘zero’ power and hence the name zero watt bulb. This misconception led to the unchecked usage of these bulbs.

Thus, ‘zero watt bulbs’ were called so not because of zero power consumption, but due to the inability of the older meters to accurately measure their power consumption.

How economic are these ‘Zero Watt Bulbs’?

Fortunately or unfortunately, the advanced meters these days ensure that even fraction

of a power consumed by any appliance does not go unnoticed. This leads to high electricity bills for users who follow the above misconception. Lets take an example:

Power consumption of zero watt bulb: 15W.

Running hours: 24

Thus, units consumed per year will be (365*15*24)/1000 = 131.4 kWh.

Taking Rs 8 as per unit cost of electricity, the annual amount of bill will be: Rs. 1051.2

Multiply this by the number of bulbs used and you will realise that these bulbs may not be as economic as you may have assumed them to be.

A case study

In Kerala, there was an estimation that there are around 8lakh ‘zero watt bulb’ used by the state people. Since each of these bulbs consume 12-15 watts of power, the power consumption of the state increased by 9 Mega Watts (9*10,00,000 Watts). This proves that even though these bulbs consume negligible power, their unchecked use sums up to a huge power consumption or power wastage.

Zero Watt Bulbs used as Night lamps: Are they safe?

Light at Night (particularly falling on the retina) is one of the reasons for lack of proper sleep and other adverse health

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effects. According to Stephen Lockley, a Harward sleep researcher, dim lights of mere eight lux level (brightness exceeded by most table lamps and double that of a night light) can interfere with melatonin production. Melatonin is a hormone that is secreted and produced only at night. Melatonin is essential to the regulation of reproduction, body weight, and energy balance. It is also necessary for the synchronization of sleep and circadian rhythms. Also, it used to suppress the growth of cancerous tumors. Exposure to even dim lights affects the production of melatonin. To add to it, research shows that blue light has the most harmful effect with respect to the above case.

For small children afraid of darkness, a red night light should be used as it has least effect on melatonin production as compared to blue or white night lamps.

LED Alternatives for Zero Watt Bulbs

If you are still interested in going for zero watt bulbs, then there are several LED alternatives available in market these days. These LED alternatives consume just 1 W of power as compared to 15 W of the “Zero Watt” bulbs. Depending on the type, they cost between Rs 75 to Rs 150 a piece, and 14 W of saving can help recover the cost quickly. And LEDs being long lasting will

keep it going for years. GM which is one of the popular brands has many models as shown below. Some of them also have a auto-sensing feature that makes it switch off the bulb automatically when there is enough light in the room and switch on when it is dark.

Watt’s the tip!!

Considering the above effects of Zero watt bulb, we recommend following tips to ensure savings: in terms of energy, money and health.

1. Replace the existing zero watt bulbs with 1W LED lights. They are more efficient than zero watt bulbs and produce almost the same amount of light. Thus, power consumption reduces from 15W to 1W, which in turn leads to increased savings on electricity bill.

2. Avoid the use of zero watt bulbs as night lamps. If required, red LED night lights should be used since they are least harmful and again, consume less energy.

3. Ensure that the existing zero watt bulbs are not kept on unnecessarily and put them off if not required because at the end “tiny drops make a mighty ocean’.

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Aristotle famously contrasted two types of knowledge: “techne” (technical know-how) and “phronesis” (practical wisdom). Scientists and engineers have offered the techne to move rapidly from fossil fuels to zero-carbon energy; now we need the phronesis to redirect our politics and economies accordingly. NEW YORK – The climate crisis we now face is a reflection of a broader crisis: a global confusion of means and ends. We continue to use fossil fuels because we can (means), not because they are good for us (ends). This confusion is why Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew are spurring us to think deeply about what is truly good for humanity, and how to attain it. Earlier this month, the pope and patriarch each convened business, scientific, and academic leaders, in Rome and Athens, respectively, to hasten the transition from fossil fuels to safe renewable energy. In most of the world today, the purposes of politics, economics, and technology have been debased. Politics is regarded as a no-holds-barred fight for power, economics as a ruthless scramble for wealth, and technology as the magic elixir for more economic growth. In truth, according to Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew, we need politics, economics, and technology to serve a far greater purpose than power, wealth, or economic growth. We need them to promote human well

being today and for future generations. America may be the most confused of all. The United States today is rich beyond imagining, with median household income and gross domestic product per capita each equal to nearly $60,000. The US could have it all. Instead, what it has is widening income inequality, falling life expectancy, a rising suicide rate, and epidemics of obesity, opioid overdoses, school shootings, depressive disorders, and other grave ills. The US incurred $300 billion in losses from climate-related disasters last year, including three massive hurricanes – the frequency and intensity of which has risen, owing to fossil-fuel dependence. The US has vast power, wealth, and growth, and yet diminished wellbeing. The US economy and politics are in the hands of corporate lobbies, including Big Oil. Resources are relentlessly allocated to developing more oil and gas fields not because they are good for America or the world, but because the shareholders and managers of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Conoco Philipps, and others demand it. Trump and his minions work daily to undermine global agreements and domestic regulations that have been put in place to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Yes, we can produce more oil, coal, and gas. But for what? Not for our safety: the hazards of global warming are already upon us. Not because we lack alternatives: the US has ample wind, solar, hydro, and other sources of primary energy that don’t cause

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http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/ssachs/jeffrey-sachs-energy-for-the-common-good/11887949-fred.stlouisfed.org/series/a939rc0a052nbea?c=d4c2fcc0-412b-4ce8-acad-17360bd07871

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global warming. The US economy, alas, is an out-of-control juggernaut, chasing oil wealth and jeopardizing our very survival. Of course the US is not alone in the mad pursuit of wealth over wellbeing. The same get-rich-quick confusion of means and ends is causing Argentina, host of the G-20 Summit later this year, to pursue fracking of natural gas, with all the associated climate and environmental risks, instead of tapping its bounteous potential in wind, solar, and hydro power. The same corruption of purpose is causing the Canadian government to guarantee a new pipeline to export output from its polluting and expensive oil sands to Asia, while under-investing in Canada’s vast renewable energy sources. In his meeting with the CEOs of major oil and gas companies, Pope Francis told them, “Our desire to ensure energy for all must not lead to the undesired effect of a spiral of extreme climate changes due to a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, harsher environments, and increased levels of poverty.” He noted that the oil companies are engaged in “the continued search for new fossil fuel reserves, whereas the Paris Agreement clearly urged keeping most fossil fuels underground.” And he reminded the executives that, “Civilization requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilization!” Pope Francis underscored the moral dimension of the problem: “The transition to accessible and clean energy is a duty that we owe toward millions of our brothers and sisters around the world, poorer countries and

generations yet to come. Decisive progress on this path cannot be made without an increased awareness that all of us are part of one human family, united by bonds of fraternity and solidarity. Only by thinking and acting with constant concern for this underlying unity that overrides all differences, only by cultivating a sense of universal intergenerational solidarity, can we set out really and resolutely on the road ahead.” As Pope Francis was meeting the CEOs in Rome last week, Patriarch Bartholomew was similarly convening leaders of scientific institutions, UN agencies, and major faiths in Athens and the Peloponnese, to chart a path to environmental safety. Patriarch Bartholomew also underscored the fundamental moral concern. “The identity of every society and measure of every culture are not judged by the degree of technological development, economic growth or public infrastructure,” he said. “Our civil life and civilization are defined and judged primarily by our respect for the dignity of humanity and integrity of nature.” The 300 million faithful of the Eastern churches led by the Ecumenical Patriarch are in lands facing extreme dangers from global warming: intense heat waves, rising sea levels, and increasingly severe droughts. The Mediterranean region is already beset by environmental distress and forced migration from conflict zones. Unchecked climate change – which has already contributed to conflict – would spell disaster for the region. Patriarch Bartholomew’s conference opened at the Acropolis, the very heart of ancient Athens, where 2,300 years ago

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Aristotle defined ethics and politics as the quest for wellbeing. The political community, wrote Aristotle, should aim “at the highest good,” to be achieved by cultivating the virtues of the citizenry. Aristotle famously contrasted two types of knowledge: techne (technical know-how) .

and phronesis (practical wisdom). Scientists and engineers have given us the technical knowledge to move rapidly from fossil fuels to zero-carbon energy. Francis and Bartholomew urge us to find the phronesis, the practical wisdom, to redirect our politics and economies toward the common good

Striking the right balance between wind energy

and biodiversity EPFL researchers have developed a simulator that can calculate the performance of wind farms over 30 years while also factoring in the need to preserve local biodiversity. Tested at a site in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, the simulator could be applied to the Swiss Jura region, which has a similar landscape. Three EPFL labs were involved in developing the model in partnership with the University of Bucharest in Romania. Researchers from the Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WIRE), the Ecological Systems Laboratory (ECOS) and the Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG) pooled their data and models with those of experts from the University of Bucharest's Centre of Landscape–Territory–Information Systems (CeLTIS) as part of a ground-breaking initiative in wind energy. Their aim is to provide the local authorities with a model they can use to simulate in a given landscape the wind energy potential in the long term, taking into account the evolution of the landscape and its biodiversity: the model allows to integrate for instance the role of agricultural land use. This is important for striking the right balance between arable land and pastureland, which can help to generate strong winds, and natural woodland, where the trees tend to reduce the performance of wind farms. This study was part of the WindLand project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, through a scientific partnership involving SCCER-FURIES, InnoSuisse and Romania. The case study simulated the impact of land use policy on wind energy potential and biodiversity in the Southern Carpathians, even though no such project is in the pipeline for the moment.

https://phys.org/tags/wind/

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Jeffrey D. Sachs || CNN.com || June 1, 2018 Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. (CNN) Maybe Donald Trump really is the Manchurian Candidate, a stooge of some foreign potentate. Much more likely, Trump is just mentally unstable and narcissist. Whichever it is, Trump is rapidly destroying American global leadership, alliances, and interests. Wednesday's announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminum exports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union is the latest bizarre and self-destructive move. I have just returned from a trip to Europe. Across Europe, there was not a single word of respect for Trump. The constant refrain was extreme puzzlement and deep consternation. How did America fall so far so fast? What do we need to do to survive? Trump's so-called policies are not really policies. Trade wars are on, off, on hold, on again, within the span of days. Summits are on, canceled, or maybe on. Foreign companies are sanctioned today and rescued the next. He says one day he would like to see overseas troops called home soon, and tells them to stay the next. Global agreements and rules are ripped to shreds. Trump's garbled syntax and disorganized thoughts are impossible to follow. The US has probably never before had a delusional President, one who speaks gibberish, insults those around him including his closest associates, and baffles the world. By instinct,

we strive to make sense of Trump's nonsense, implicitly assuming some hidden strategy. There is none. Trump's trade actions are blatantly illegal. They are flimsily justified as an act of national security, but this is sheer nonsense. They are also fatuous in terms of US economic and geopolitical interests. Harming our closest allies, raising the prices on key intermediate products, and provoking retaliation cannot possibly deliver higher wages, better jobs, or an improved trade balance. Trump's latest notion to slap tariffs on German automobiles would be even more damaging geopolitically. Trump creates chaos for no reason other than his own flagrant inability to follow rules or respect the interests of others. His is a psychopath's trade war. The result will be to undermine the long-term role of the dollar; ratchet up the public debt; and undermine the current expansion through a spiral of protectionist measures and rising uncertainties for business. Trump's casual threats of a hot war with Iran or North Korea if his various demands are not met are of course even more dangerous. The real answer to Trump's trade (and other) policies is the 25th Amendment. Trump is unwell and unfit to be President. He is a growing threat to the nation and the world. The emperor had no clothes. This President has no sense.

Trump's insane trade war

http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/ssachs/jeffrey-sachs-trump-s-insane-trade-war/11749213-www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/trump-says-he-wants-u-s-troops-to-get-out-of-syria-soon?c=d4c2fcc0-412b-4ce8-acad-17360bd07871

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ENERGY & FUEL USERS’ ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

OFFICE-BEARERS ADDRESS 2017 – 18

1. Mr. S RAMALINGAM, CMD, CPCL (Retd.), Anand Apartments, 262/11 Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk, CHENNAI 600 010 Email: [email protected]/[email protected]

National President

96770 11766

2. Mr. K SADASIVA CHETTY, G-4,Ground Floor, Kala Flats, New No.15 Kamatchipuram 2nd Street, West Mambalam, CHENNAI 600 033 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Vice President – HQ

98410 46289

3. Mr. RAMNATH S MANI, Managing Director Automation Excellence Pvt. Ltd.New 27, Old 14, Josier Street,2nd. Floor, Nungambakkam,CHENNAI – 600034 Email: [email protected]

Vice President – Southern Region

044-28266227

98400 62118

4. CAPT. DINESH T S R, , No.4 N S K St., Eswaran Nagar, Pammal, CHENNAI 600 075 Email: [email protected]

Secretary

98842 03213

5. Mr. S SAKTHIVEL, Director of Boilers,Chief Inspector of Boilers, North Wing, PWD Office Compound, 1st Floor, Chepauk, CHENNAI 600 005 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Treasurer

94431 49993

6. Dr. K MAMALLAN, Deputy Manager (ISO-SHEQ), CPCL, Manali, CHENNAI 600 068 Email: [email protected]

Joint Secretary

044-25944181 9444307980

7. Mr. S JEYARAM, New No. 34 Mannaar Second St.NerkundrumPathai, Vadapalani, CHENNAI 600 026 Email: [email protected]

Joint Secretary

97910 20132

8. Mr. MADHAVAN NAMPOOTHIRI, No.7 MalleeswararKoil St.,Mylapore, CHENNAI 600 004 Email: [email protected]

ENFUSE Journal Editor

8939724520

9. Mr. R RAJU PANDI Flat No. 9, 3rd Floor, Hemamanor, 23 Branson Garden St., Kelly's, CHENNAI 600 010 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Chairman – Power Generation Sector

94449 22954

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10. Dr. A. PEERFATHIMA, Professor, School of Electrical Engg(SELECT), VIT- Chennai, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, CHENNAI – 600 127. Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Chairman – Academic Interface

9444022777 / 9551399340

11. Mr. G THANGARAJ 81 South West Boag Road, T Nagar CHENNAI 600 017 Email: [email protected]

Chairman – Rural Energy

98402 61978

12. Mr. S VISVESWARAN, 2A, Santosa Flats, 197 RamasamiSalai, K K Nagar, CHENNAI . 600 078 [email protected]

Chairman – New Renewable Energy

99401 50530

13. Mr. V SRIRAM VISHWANATHAN, Senior Manager – Process,Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Manali, Chennai 600 068 [email protected]

Chairman – Sustainability Initiatives

98843 81171 /

25944306

14. Dr. D. ANANTHANARAYANAN Manager (P&A), Chennai Petroleum Corpn Ltd Cauvery Basin Refinery, Panangudi, NannilamTaluk NAGAPATTINAM 611 002 Email: [email protected]

Coordinator – Narimanam Region

04365 - 256403 94430 71432

15. Mr. G L SRINIVASAN 3rd Floor, Trinity House, No.18/11, 4th Street Thirumurthy Nagar, Nungambakkam, CHENNAI 600034 Email: [email protected]

Member - Immediate Past President

94449 07738 2827 7738

16. Mr. T DORAIVEL No.5 First St., East Abhiramapuram, CHENNAI 600 004 Email: [email protected]

Member

94441 85424

17. Mr. K R GOVINDAN No.22 Janakiram St., West Mambalam, CHENNAI 600 033 Email: [email protected]

Member 94443 82649

18. MR. S R PRADHISH KUMAAR No.4 NSK St., Eswaran Nagar, Pammal, CHENNAI 600 075 Email: [email protected]

Member

99401 50530

19. Mr. S PANDARINATHAN, G M (Dev), CPCL (Retd), #7, Nathamuni 2nd Cross Street Naduvankarai, Anna Nagar CHENNAI 600 040 Email: [email protected]

Member

94443 90012












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20. Mr. A RAJENTHRAN Block No.C1, Pranavam Apartments, Plot No.3, Kamadhenu 2nd St. Mogappair East, CHENNAI 600 037 Email: [email protected]

Member 044-26564181

94441 45833

21. Dr. D SOLOMON RAJ Associate Professor of Economic, Pope’s College, Sawyerpuram, TUTICORIN 628 251 Email: [email protected]

Member

9566374460

22. CAPT M SINGARAJA Ratnabala Designs & Consultants, New No.90 Rama Naicken St., Nungambakkam, CHENNAI 600 034. Email: [email protected]

Member

94441 27704

23. Dr . R SARAVANAN Head. Refrigeration, Institute of Energy Studies Anna University Chennai, Sardar Patel Road CHENNAI 600 025 Email: [email protected]

Member

044-2220 3269 D. 2220 3268 91767 94329

24. Mr. J SIVA, Managing Director, Jegan Research Associates Pvt Ltd, No.1 Valluvarkottam High Road, Rashmi Towers, 3rd Floor, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034 Email:[email protected]

Member

044–4211 1932 94431 38523

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