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Today India celebrates Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day

This event has been held every 20 August since 2004 to raise public awareness about the use of new and renewable energy sources and their applications in daily life. On the first occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day, a commemorative stamp (see inset) was released by the then Prime Minister.

Mankind is using up energy resources of mother earth in a way no other animal has ever done. The largest contributions to current energy sources in the world come from oil (31%), coal (26%) and natural gas (19%). At the present rate of consumption, oil reserves will last for 40 years, gas reserves will last for 60 years, coal reserves will last for 125 years and uranium reserves will last for 1000 years.

India has 17% of the world’s population, but only about 0.8% of the world’s known oil and natural gas sources. Our per capita coal reserves are much below Russia, USA and China. Based on the progress visualized for the nation during the next two decades, the power generating capacity has to increase to 4, 00, 000 MW by the year 2030 from the current 1,30, 000 MW in India. This takes into consideration of energy economics planned and the design and production of energy efficient equipments and systems. 

New and emerging technologies like hydrogen energy, fuel cells, biofuels, electric & hybrid electric vehicles, geo-thermal energy and tidal energy hold major promise for mitigating the energy crisis in the country, especially for power generation and transportation as such to achieve energy independence. These are renewable and do not get depleted with use like fossil fuels. Innovation in technology, development and applications has to drive the renewable energy (Green Power) marketplace.

Over 1.64 billion people world across lack access to electricity. For those people, who cannot be provided with electricity by extending the grid their hope rests in innovation and as such the emerging technologies? Presently installed generation capacity of renewable energy is 13,730 MW from various sources which is approximately 8% of total installed capacity in the country and contributing to around 3% of total national electricity generation. The stupendous growth stimulates enhanced energy requirements.

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State's first electric car charging station to be unveiled Aug. 27

On Aug. 27, Rhode Island will have its own electric car charging station. The station, which will be in West Warwick, is being built and paid for by Arpin Renewable Energy and Cardi’s Furniture Superstores.

This will be Rhode Island’s first public charging station for drivers of plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars. The charging unit itself is being provided by Coulomb Technologies.

The electric car charging station will be unveiled during a media event on Aug. 27, 10 a.m. at the Cardi's Furniture Superstore, 1681 Quaker Lane (Rt. 2) West Warwick.

The Coulomb electric charging station will have an outlet for what is known as a Level 1 charge at 110 volts (the same as common household outlets) and a corded plug delivering the faster 220-volt or Level 2 charge.

According to Robert Beadle, a Public Relations consultant for Arpin, the amount of time it takes to charge a car “depends on the car … but the level 1 takes about six to eight hours, and level 2 can charge your car about 80 percent in two hours.”

Only two cars can be charged at once, with only the two stations.

Within a year, a new design, called ARC (Auto Recharge Center), is expected, which an Arpin Renewable Energy affiliated partner is currently developing.

With this unit, Rhode Island will join a small but growing list of states and cities building infrastructure for the wave of new electric cars and plug-in hybrids, such as the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, which will enter the market later this year.

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Sinopec to add electric vehicle charging to 41 service stations in Jiangxi

Interfax-China reported that China Petrochemical Corp plans to add electric vehicle charging facilities to 41 of its service stations in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province.

According to the newsletter, the stations will also provide battery replacement services.

The company said that the plan has been approved by the local government, though it did not specify when the facilities would be put into operation.

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Ace EV Are Bound For Europe

Tata Motors, India’s largest car manufacturer, has announced that its electric vehicles Indica and Ace EV are bound for Europe in the coming months, starting off with the United Kingdom as early as September.

The company is seizing the opportunity out of the UK government’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme, a campaign to promote the use of electric vehicles in the country. Tata Motors European Technical Centre had received a £10-million (US$15.642 million) loan to develop the Indica Vista EV for the UK market. The company has invested £25 million ($39.105 million) into the project. Also, Tata Motors has a 72 percent share over Norway’s Miljo Grenland, which specializes in developing innovative solutions for electric vehicles.

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Electric vehicles compete in international rally

A host of electric vehicles from a variety of manufacturers showed off their abilities during the world's first international EV rally recently.

The E-Miglia required drivers to travel 560km over four days through five Alpine passes.

Makers including THINK City, Tesla, Citroen, Fiat, Tazzari, Smart and Jetcar all displayed their high performance features and zero carbon racing at the event in what Markus Spiekermann, who drove a THINK City, called "without question, the most gruelling EV rally in the world".

"We were competing against some serious competitors in a variety of weather conditions and the THINK City was more than able to hold its own," he added.

"Finishing in the top three is a really impressive achievement in a showroom standard urban EV, particularly against so many high performance race rivals."

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China forms electric vehicle association

China has formed an electric vehicle industry association aimed at developing electric cars.

The 16 state-owned companies participating in the alliance -- including China National Petroleum Corp., China's largest oil and gas producer -- are expected to invest $14.7 billion in electric vehicles by 2012.

The Beijing Times reports that the association wants to integrate technological standards and help Chinese companies master technologies necessary for the production of electric vehicles

"The (Chinese) government could easily underwrite or subsidize the development costs and do it at a time when the global car industry is still reeling," Oded Shenkar, a professor of management at The Ohio State University and the author of "The Chinese Century," told The New York Times.

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