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Executive EditorMr . C. Surendranath

Research: Sankeerth Santhosh

SEEM Executive Council

PresidentMr. U.V.Krishna Mohan RaoVice- PresidentMr. Satvinder Singh MannGeneral SecretaryMr. G. KrishnakumarJoint SecretaryMr. Alpesh PandyaTreasurerMr. R. Jayakumar

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PresidentDr. Sasi K. KottayilVice President & Financial ControllerMr. Rajan MenonGeneral SecretaryMr. C. Jayaraman

SEEM UP chapter conducts Financial Literacy and Energy Efficiency workshop for MSMEs

SEEM Member received AEEs, Asia Sub Continent Regional Energy Manager of the Year 2018 Award

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Britain's renewable electricity capacity overtakes fossil fuels

Poster Design Competition for SEEM Student Members based on “International Standards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”

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FEATURE: Power ahoy! Floating solar panels buoy access to clean energy in Asia

Dimensions of energy

I did not ascribe much practical use to it when I came across the news of the ‘kilogram’ assuming a new definition in November,2018. But exploring a bit further, as a student of energy, I got amused that the kilogram is now going to be redefined in relation tothe equivalent mass of energy of a proton.

When I started learning about energy, in the second innings of my career, I thought energy was a technical subject. Each day of mylearning on energy revealed that energy is multidimensional. Energy has a technical dimension. Energy generation, transmission,distribution and conversion for utilitarian purposes are handled by technology. During these processes, energy need to be measured,which again is a technical process where the role of energy engineers is significant. The energy conversions take place to producegoods and services which are traded. Thus, energy becomes a subject of commerce, economics and business. The primary energysources are distributed in varying quantities all over the world, some countries having more and others less. Even the materialsrequired to tap the omnipresent solar energy also are distributed unequally among countries. This unequal distribution of energysources and energy facilitators makes energy a subject of international relations. Rich and poor alike depend on energy for theirdaily existence and needs starting from the basic to the higher ones. The dependence of society on energy for its very existencerenders energy as a social subject. When population exploded, and man’s needs expanded from basics to conveniences, comfortsand luxury, the requirements of energy grew exponentially. This led to large scale extraction of energy sources and burning of fuels,polluting the planet and abetting climate weirdness. Thus, energy assumes an environmental dimension. The study of energeticsopened a new vista for me, explaining the contours of history of mankind, the concept of ownership, evolution of communities,political theories, the various conquests, and conflicts. This is energy’s historic dimension. Behavioural economists have studied thepatterns of energy consumption and enlighten us about the relation of psychology in energy studies. Now I am humbled at thevastness of energy with its tentacles spreading over many conceivable domains of knowledge and society.

G KrishnakumarNational General Secretary

This very nature of energy puts onus on energy professionals to look beyond narrow corridors of engineering and consider variouscontextual factors in the background when you audit or recommend energy management systems or formulate policy/regulatory measures.SEEM has always tried to explore these frontiers of energy and has tried to enlighten stakeholders through publications and meetings. Ourchoice of themes for our magazine reflects the same; our interactions mark this feature. And, I am sure, many professionals who activelyassociate with SEEM have already realized this plurality of energy. I welcome professionals from other streams of knowledge also to joinSEEM to enrich the energy studies, adding value in all the above areas. Season’s Greetings!

Scientists Reveal Strange Molecule That Can Store Sun's Energy for 18 Years

BHEL-supplied equipment at Kaiga power plant create world record

How electricity helped India gain on Ease of Doing Business Ranking

BASIC meet in India to corner rich nations on climate goals

LECaVIR partners meet at CEPT University

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A Sensitization cum AwarenessProgramme on Energy Efficiency &Financing Schemes of SIDBI in MSMEsorganized by India SME TechnologyService Limited (ISTSL) in associationwith Small Industries Development Bankof India (SIDBI), Yes Bank, EnergyEfficiency Services Limited (EESL), MSMEDevelopment Institute and supported bySociety of Energy Engineers andManagers (SEEM) and ISHRAE was heldat Hotel Madhushrie, Agra on 20October, 2018.

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SEEM UP chapter conducts Financial Literacy and Energy Efficiency workshop for MSMEs

This programme proved to be anenriching experience, enlightening theparticipants on how to facilitate andstrengthen the credit flow to MSMEsand address both financial anddevelopmental gaps in the MSMEecosystem. The programme started at06:30 pm with the welcome address byDr. C S Azad from SEEM UP Chapter. SriR. K. Kapoor, Director, MSME-Development Institute inaugurated theprogramme and the key note addresswas delivered by Sri Brijesh KumarGautham, Sr. Engineer (Technical), EESL..

The awareness programme included technical sessions by resource persons who handled various topics ranging from energy efficiency / audit-case studies introduction of ESCO models, differentschemes for MSMEs and their benefits. The technical session was followed by a Q&A Session.

Mr. Dalip Singh, President, AEE Delhi & Past President, SEEM; Mr. Anil Goyal, SEEM UP chapter & President, ISHRAE Agra Chapter; Mr Ashu Gupta, ASHRAE Youth Chair; Mr. Anurith, Yes Bank; Mr.Ashish Srivastava, UPNEDA and Mr Sankeerth Santhosh, SEEM HQ were also present.

The Sensitization cum Awareness Programme included technical sessions by resource persons who handled various topics ranging from ‘Energy Efficiency’s Multiple Benefits’ and ‘Simplified ESPCProcedures’, ‘National Motor Replacement Programme’ and financing instruments such as PRGFEE, PRSF and EERF of GEF-5 and Solar PV system and its benefits. The technical session was followed bya Q&A Session and the programme came to an end by 9 pm.

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Media Coverage - SEEM UP chapter conducts Financial Literacy and Energy Efficiency workshop for MSMEs

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Commemorating World Standards Day in association with Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM),the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Association EARC - Electrical Association for RevolutionizingCreations conducted the official association activation and newsletter release on October 15 2018 at MuthootInstitute of Technology and Science. The chief guest for the function was Col Shaji M Varghese (Retd),Managing Director, Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering Co. Ltd. and the Keynote Speaker was Mr. GKrishnakumar, SEEM General Secretary.

A technical talk on ‘Relevance of Standards’ was delivered by Mr. G Krishnakumar to enlighten the students onthe importance of standards to the global economy.

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Poster Design Competition for SEEM Student Members based on “International Standards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”

The event commenced with the welcome address by Ms. Meera Sivadas, Asst. Professor, EEE and Faculty Incharge of EARC Association. This was followed by a message from Dr. Anjali Varghese C, HOD, EEE. Theassociation was activated with the traditional lamp lighting ceremony. Col. Shaji M Varghese (Retd.) deliveredthe inaugural address on ‘Role of Standards’. This was followed by the newsletter release and mementopresentation to the chief guest. Mr. G Krishnakumar felicitated the gathering. The event ended with the voteof thanks by Ms. Kavya Lawrence, EARC Secretary.

The official function was followed by the Poster Design Competition based on the theme ‘InternationalStandards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution’.

SEEM Member received AEEs, Asia Sub Continent Regional Energy Manager of the Year 2018 AwardMr. Pasupuleti Venkata Subba Rao, SEEM Member, has received theAEEs , Asia Sub Continent Regional Energy Manager of the Year2018 Award at the World Energy Engineering Congress in Charlotte,North Carolina, USA on 16th October 2018.

Mr. Subba Rao is Senior Professional Engineer with 41 years ofexperience in the field of Electrical Engineering, with Specializationin Power Systems and Energy Management. He is also recipient ofBest Officer’s Award at Singareni Collieries (2013), SEEM NationalEnergy Management Award, Best Performance category (2016), AEECertificate of Excellency in Energy Manager of the Year category(2017).

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LECaVIR partners meet at CEPT UniversityLECaVIR (Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation for Indian Residences), a research initiative ofLoughborough University in partnership with Centre for Environment Planning & Technology (CEPT)University and others, has created the world's one of its kind test chamber for various devices andmonitoring methods. This chamber has been created as one of the outcomes of the project which willserve as the test bed for many innovative equipments in buildings and also testing, monitoring andcontrolling devices. The project intends to develop building designs comprising low energy cooling andventilation technologies that employ smart self-learning control algorithms to provide countries like Indiawith viable market solutions.

Britain's renewable electricity capacity overtakes fossil fuels

LONDON: Britain's renewable electricity capacity has overtaken that of fossil fuel generators such as gasand coal for the first time. Britain aims to increase its renewable output and close its coal-fired powerplants by 2025 as part of efforts to meet climate targets.

Available capacity of renewable electricity generationsuch as wind, solar and biomass hit 42 gigawatts (GW)in Britain this year. This eclipsed the 40.6 GW availablefrom fossil fuel generators, research by ImperialCollege London for coal and biomass generator Drax'sElectric Insights report series showed.

A third of fossil fuel generating capacity has retired over the last five years - whilst the capacity from wind, solar, biomass, hydroand other renewables has tripled. This year Britain's renewable capacity has been boosted by the addition of several offshorewind projects including the Walney Extension which at 660 megawatts is the world's largest offshore wind farm.

Of the main renewable sources, Britain now has more than 20 GW of wind power capacity, 13 GW of solar and 3.2 GW ofbiomass.

Britain has a target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared with 1990 levels by 2050 and has asked its climate change experts to advise on whether it shouldset a date to meet a net zero emissions target.

Source: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/britains-renewable-electricity-capacity-overtakes-fossil-fuels/66526089

The other partners of the project include SEEM (Society of Energy Engineers and Managers), Alliance foran Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers)and SE Controls. SEEM is happy to have associated with this initiative.

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BHEL-supplied equipment at Kaigapower plant create world recordNew Delhi: Equipped with BHEL-supplied sets, the 220 MW Unit 1 at theindigenously developed Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) of NPCIL has created aworld record for continuous operation. The complete steam turbine generator setand all the steam generators for the unit of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd(NPCIL) have been manufactured and supplied by BHEL.

Source: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/bhel-supplied-equipment-at-kaiga-power-plant-create-world-record/66540280

LONDON: When the worst floodsin a century swept through India'ssouthern Kerala state in August,they killed more than 480 peopleand left behind more than $5billion in damage.

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But one thing survived unscathed:India's first floating solar panels, onone of the country's largest waterreservoirs.

The unit now stands first amongst all the pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR)in the world in terms of uninterrupted operation. The unit has been operatingcontinuously since May 13, 2016 and has surpassed the previous record of 894days of continuous operation, which was held by a unit of Pickering NuclearGenerating Station (PNGS) in Canada

As India grapples with wilderweather, surging demand forpower and a goal to nearlyquintuple the use of solar energy

Source: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/feature-power-ahoy-floating-solar-panels-buoy-access-to-clean-energy-in-asia/66519218

The first stage of the indigenous nuclear power programme of the country hasattained maturity with 18 operating PHWRs. Twelve PHWRs accounting for 74 percent of the Nuclear Power capacity are equipped with BHEL-supplied SteamTurbine Generator sets (10 units of 220 MW each and two units of 540 MW).

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BHEL is the only Indian company associatedwith all the three stages of the IndianNuclear Power Programme - the first stagePHWRs, the second stage fast breederreactor (FBR) and the third stage advancedheavy water reactor (AHWR) and has been apartner for over four decades in thedevelopment of the indigenous NuclearPower Programme since its inception.

As countries move to swiftly scale up solar power, to meet growing demand for energy and totry to curb climate change, floating solar panels - installed on reservoirs or along coastal areas- are fast gaining popularity, particularly in Asia.

The panels - now in place from China to the Maldives to Britain - get around some of thebiggest problems facing traditional solar farms, particularly a lack of available land, said OliverKnight, a senior energy specialist with the World Bank.

The water body is already there - you don't need to go out and find it.

And siting solar arrays on water - most cover up to 10 percent of a reservoir - can cutevaporation as well, a significant benefit in water-short places.

Solar arrays on hydropower dams also can take advantage of existing power transmission lines,and excess solar can be used to pump water, effectively storing it as hydropower potential.

in just four years, "we are very much excited about floating solar. India is planning new large-scale installations of the technology on hydropower reservoirs and other water bodies in TamilNadu, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand states, and in the Lakshadweep islands. The cost is comingalmost to the same level as ground solar, and then it will go (forward) very fast.

BHEL has dedicated infrastructure and skilled manpower to address the specialdesign, manufacturing and testing requirements complying with internationalcodes and standards for various components/equipment of a nuclear power plant.

The company has proven its capability as a designer and manufacturer of bothprimary (reactor headers, end shields, etc) and secondary (turbine, generator, heatexchangers etc) side equipment for Nuclear power projects.

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Scientists Reveal Strange Molecule That Can Store Sun's Energy for 18 YearsOne of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of renewables is energy storage.Where do you store energy when the sun's not shining, the wind's not blowing, etc.?

A Swedish research team believes it found the breakthrough renewables was lookingfor, a solar thermal fuel that can store the sun's energy for up to 18 years.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/11/06/scientists-reveal-strange-molecule-that-can-store-suns-energy-for-18-years/#65c51cd13483

Hydrocarbons, in part, became the world's dominant energy source because they arerelatively cheap to extract, can be stored for long periods of time, and can be utilizedimmediately. These factors make it a great source for energy to power on-demand.As batteries continue to develop in their capacity to store energy and for longperiods of time, they have begun to supplant hydrocarbons, i.e. electric vehicles.

As an alternative to batteries, the specialized solar thermal fluid can hold the sun'senergy for long periods of time and expel that energy on demand. Unlike batteries,which discharge electricity, the solar thermal fuel emits heat when activated througha catalyst. This means the fluid would be ideal for heating residential and commercialhomes.

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The fuel is composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen molecules. The moleculescan be seen in the figure below, with the original fuel source being norbornadienemolecules. When these molecules are hit by sunlight, some of the bonds betweenatoms are rearranged to form quadricyclane.

This chemical conversion into a different molecular structure called an isomer trapsenergy within the molecule. The energized version of the molecule is stable, withstrong chemical bonds. This is key in that the stable molecule can sit for nearly twodecades without losing the stored energy.

To release the energy, the molecule can be passed through a catalyst, whichrearranges the chemical bonds back to norbornadiene and with it releases quite a lotof heat.

The development andcommercialization of thisthermal fuel could beanother key component inthe migration to renewableenergy sources. The thermalfuel requires no outsideinput beyond the sun andoperates in a closed loopsystem. As we continue todevelop novel technologiesand advance existingtechnologies, the transitionto renewable resources notonly becomes easier butbecomes economicallyfavorable.

The team found that the catalyst process heats up the fuel by 63 degrees Celsius (113degrees Fahrenheit). This means if the ambient temperature in the room is around 70degrees Fahrenheit, the fluid would heat up to 183 degrees F. The heated fluid couldthen be used to heat homes, commercial buildings, etc.

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How electricity helped India gain on Ease of Doing Business RankingNew Delhi: The reduced cost and time taken to get a power connection in the metro citiesof Delhi and Mumbai over the past year is among the main reasons why India gained inthe World Bank’s latest Ease of Doing Business ranking.

Getting Electricity was made cheaper and faster in Delhi with the cost for low voltageconnections reduced by more than 30 percent of the income per capita, while the timeneeded was reduced to 31 days, from 39 days, the bank said in a statement on its DoingBusiness 2019.

The report measures progress of economic reforms in only two cities including Delhi andMumbai. For measuring electricity reforms, it considered power supply data on TataPower Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) in Delhi and Reliance Utilities and Power in Mumbai.

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Overall, India carried out six business reforms during the past year, earning the credentials of being a top globalimprover for a second consecutive year, according to the report that was released today. Last year, India wasranked at 100.

The latest reforms were in the Doing Business areas of Starting a Business, Dealing with Construction Permits,Getting Electricity, Getting Credit, Paying Taxes, and Trading Across Borders. On the measure of absoluteprogress towards best practice, India significantly improved its Doing Business score to 67.23, from 60.76 lastyear.

This is the second consecutive year that India has been recognized as a top improver. India is the only SouthAsian country to achieve this distinction two years in a row, and only nine other countries have accomplished thissince 2011.

However, the report also points out India still lags in areas such as Enforcing Contracts (ranked 163 globally) and Registering Property (166). “It takes 69 days and costs about 8percent of the property value to register a property, compared to 20 days and 4.2 percent among high income OECD economies," the report said. Also, it takes 1,445 days for acompany to resolve a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court, almost 3 times more than the 582 days needed in high income OECD economies.

Source: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/how-electricity-helped-india-gain-on-ease-of-doing-business-ranking/66450861

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the UN climate conference, environment ministers and top negotiators of BASIC nations —Brazil, South Africa, India and China — will brainstorm here in a two-day meeting beginning on Monday on how notto let rich nations pass gaps in their ‘pre-2020 climate efforts’ to the post-2020 period.

BASIC meet in India to corner rich nations on climate goals

If rich nations are allowed to do so, it will put an additional burden of mitigation (cutting emission of greenhousegases) on developing countries post-2020. Under the Kyoto Protocol, only rich nations are expected to cut theiremissions and take other climate actions by 2020. But under the subsequent global deal (Paris Agreement) which ismeant for post-2020 actions, the responsibility to cut emissions falls on all countries as per their voluntarily settargets.

The meeting will help consolidate a strong stand of the BASIC group in framing rules, procedures and operationalmodalities for implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The report compared the time taken to get an electricity connection in Delhi – 31 days – to the average time taken in entire South Asia – 98.3 days. Also, the cost of an electricityconnection in Delhi stands at 46.4 per cent of income per capita as against 1,054.7 in South Asia.

Overall, India has jumped 23 places to 77th rank in the rankings thanks to feedback from stakeholders that it is now significantly simpler to get construction permits and ship goodsacross the country’s borders, among other things.

Source: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/basic-meet-in-india-to-corner-rich-nations-on-climate-goals/66687260ing/66450861

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