IIT-Kharagpur will lead a UK-India joint virtual centre in clean energy in partnership with a consortium to develop solutions for integration of renewable energy into Indian and UK power grid.
The multi-institutional centre named UK India Clean Energy Research Institute (UKICERI), will work towards technological innovations on a range of issues related to power network, storage and Solar PV systems, to promote massive scale integration of soalr power at different voltage levels for on and off-grid
An experimental solar power park at IIT-KGP will showcase technologies developed by the team.
The team from India involves several premiere institutes along with PSUs such as Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Power System Operation Corporation Limited, Gujarat Power Corporation Limited etc and private organisations such as Veeral Controls Pvt Ltd, Tata Power Solar, Ecosense, Agni Power and Electronics Pvt Ltd, Vikram Solar, Hertz Power Control etc.
The University of Loughborough will lead the project from UK along with Imperial College, London, Manchester University, Warwick University and five other universities and many industries from that country.
The highlight of the consortium is development of indigenous technology for promotion of Solar power industries in India and UK.
The project is an outcome of the India UK Strategic Partnership and consolidate collaborative research activities on renewable, network and storage technologies.
By Baishakhi Dutta