How can we empower India to become energy secure? How can we make citizens energy independent? How can we make our energy consumption smarter, safer, secure, and sustainable, anywhere and anytime? How can we shape a sustainable future for humanity, as the world is on the brink of exhausting fossil fuels? This is important as India is home to 63 of the 100 most polluted cities in the world and continues to rely on diesel generators for backup energy.
Interestingly, while the current renewable energy market is driven by traditional solar players with limited energy storage capabilities, the new renewable energy utility norms necessitate power producers to supplement five percent of total production with battery storage. The existing storage options are mostly lead-acid-battery-based, bulky, costly, with shorter lifespan, lower voltage discharge rate, and inefficient.
As a result,…
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