CLEAN ENERGY

  The Electricity ( Amendment ) Bill 2021  The Government of India has taken  up new Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 to be introduced,  Supply of electricity to the doorstep of consumer is a supply chain, which starts from source of power generation and in case of thermal power generation the  supply chain may go upto fossil fuel (Coal/ oil/ gas) or radio-active material in case of Nuclear power plants. Obviously, Electricity (Amendment) Bill amends the electricity part of this supply chain unlike the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act, which amended other laws as well to enforce reform measures.   What are the amendments ? The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to propose amendments to the Electricity Act 2003.  The 2003 Act governs the power sector structure and policy. It recommends the generation, distribution, transmission, trading and use of electricity. It also sets rules and regulations for regulatory authorities in the state a...

                             Mechanical Trees Capture CO2  Centre for Negative Carbon Emissions(CSNE) Arizona state University have developed ‘Mechanical Trees’ that capture CO2 passively and sequester it for industrial and agricultural use.   The Mechanical trees may look like a real trees, but performance to absorb carbon is better than a real trees much moe efficient in performance. Stand out about 30 feet tall and have more than 150 discs. These structures suck carbon dioxide out of the air. In addition to removing CO2 from the air, the system allows the captured high purity CO2 to be safely and permanently removed from the atmosphere. The mechanical Trees can be built where we can not grow the trees.  The technology involves discs of sorbent stacked in columns. When a column is fully extended, the discs are exposed to air and capture atmospheric CO2. Once full, the discs are then lowered b...

  Solar PV Power for  Hotel Industries  Solar energy has the potential to provide significant benefits to hotels by way reducing operating costs. Survey results showed that environmentally-friendly programs are increasingly popular with the majority of hotels participation. Concerns over climate change, environmental impact and carbon emissions also increasing in the hotel owners.  Electricity and energy costs contribute significantly to overall operating costs in hotel sector. Because hotels constantly run air-conditioning , indoor and outdoor lighting.  There is significant scope for direct energy saving as well as complementing its energy supply through the Solar PV power generation systems.  There is a large potential available for generating solar power using un-utilised space on  rooftops and wastelands around buildings. Small quantities of power generated by each individual hotel, commercial buildings or any other type of building can be used to...

  Why Sustainability in Business?   Sustainability is becoming more important for any enterprise across all industries. Today 90% of the top executives believe the sustainability strategy is necessary to be competitive. Simply put, sustainability is a business approach to creating long-term value by taking into consideration how a given organisation operates in the ecological, social and economic environment. Sustainability is built on the assumption that developing such strategies foster company longevity.  As the expectations on corporate responsibility increase, and as transparency becomes more prevalent, companies are recognising the need to act on sustainability. Professional communications and good intentions are no longer enough. Business sustainability is the practice of operating a business without impacting the environment negatively. Some of the global business Enterprices started making strong commitments by adopting few strategies like,  waste mana...

  Spark Revolution - Electric Mobility  With all major automotive players, industry bodies as well as consumers shifting their attention from traditional fossil-fuel driven vehicles to Electrical  & alternative energy, the automotive industry is experiencing a major disruption in the existing powertrain technology making way for a more viable contender, e-mobility. There has been a rapid rise in the number of electric vehicles on-road  Though the Indian Government laid out a broad plan in 2013 with the ‘National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020’, e-mobility has seen better traction in the recent times with the Phase 2 of the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles) rolled out on 1st April 2019.  The second phase aims at boosting electric mobility and increasing the number of electric vehicles in commercial fleets. This includes encouragement for buses using EV technology, electric, plug-in hybrid, and strong hyb...

  Solar Roof top for the MSME’s The Micro small & Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) are back bone for Indian economy and always found a steady growth of 25 to 30 %. MSME’s are going to be better  in future and play a key role as the Government focussing on the Atma Nirbar Bharat Mission in the wake of this Covid. With the increase in the number of MSMEs, their electricity requirement will also increase.  Therefore, to meet this requirement, rooftop solar photo voltaic is the best possible solution, which will help these industries to become self-reliant as they will be generating electricity on their own. The solar rooftop offers not only environmental  benefits but also commercial benefits. The factories can adopt solar PV system as per their need or the area available on their rooftop.  The total power generated by the solar plant will reduce the electricity bill.  My observation :  The MSME’s sector is one of the largest consumer of energy ...