{"id":5347,"date":"2020-01-02T15:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T10:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2020-01-02T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T10:15:21","slug":"indias-potentiality-of-producing-renewable-energy-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/indias-potentiality-of-producing-renewable-energy-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s potentiality of producing renewable energy storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlike conventional energy, renewable energy (such as solar) cannot be generated with precision, since the sun is out only for a few hours in a day.<br \/>\n\u2022 It needs to be stored so it can be used when needed.<br \/>\n\u2022 The economics of battery-tech is compelling. India\u2019s cumulative battery requirements between 2026 and 2030 will be at least 2,410 GWh.<br \/>\n\u2022 Assuming that India will manufacture both cells and packs while importing only cathodes (depending on technology used), the country can cater to nearly 80 per cent of the \u20b99.3-13.7 lakh crore market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lithium-ion batteries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The lithium-ion batteries are lighter and more compact than lead acid batteries, are well known, newer tech such as saltwater batteries are being increasingly considered.<br \/>\n\u2022 These batteries don\u2019t contain heavy metals, relying instead on saltwater electrolytes.<br \/>\n\u2022 The former need to be disposed of with special processes, a saltwater battery can be easily recycled.<br \/>\n\u2022 India needs to figure out what its best option is, and soon.<br \/>\n\u2022 Tesla Motors launched its home battery product, the Tesla Powerwall, back in 2015. But India has not even taken the first step in this direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Steps towards reduction of greenhouse gas emissions:<br \/>\n\u2022 <\/strong>India has set a goal of producing 40 per cent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.<br \/>\n\u2022 Additionally, by 2022, the government is aiming to produce 175 GW through renewable sources \u2014 1 GW could power 3,00,000 homes.<br \/>\n\u2022 The government has said the right things. However, the question of how the solar energy will be used without storage remains.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<br \/>\n\u2022 Globally, storage prices are dropping, driven by usage of solar energy in automobiles and consumer electronics.<br \/>\n\u2022 Battery-pack costs are down to less than $230 per kilowatt-hour in 2016, compared with almost $1,000 per kilowatt-hour in 2010.<br \/>\n\u2022 Battery packs open up demand for electric vehicles. As the government envisions a \u2018one nation one grid\u2019 system, the question of storage assumes special importance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Economy Context: Unlike conventional energy, renewable energy (such as solar) cannot be generated with precision,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,42,43],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-5347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-general-studies-iii-technology-economic-development-bio-diversity-environment-security-and-disaster-management","category-indian-economy","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5348,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions\/5348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}