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The Ministry of Coal, Government of India, is mainly responsible for 2.1
the funding and management of the research and development of
clean coal technology. The ‘Strategic Plan of India’s Ministry of Coal’,
released in 2011, clearly states the need for enhancing the research
and development of coal mining, production and use technologies, in
order to comprehensively improve the efficiency of coal use in India.
The Ministry of Power in India is in charge of the research and
development of smart grid. In 2010, it enacted a five-year programme,
‘Restructuring Plan of Accelerating Power Development and Reform’,
with a total investment of USD 10 billion in order to strengthen and
enhance the global power transmission and distribution capacity.
The research and development of new energy and renewable
energy technologies is a key focus of India’s innovation. The
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) supports research,
design, development and demonstration (RDD&D) activities to
develop new and existing renewable energy technologies, processes,
materials, components, sub-systems, products, and services. It also
conducts standards and resource assessment so as to indigenously
manufacture renewable energy products and systems. The Solar
Energy Research Initiative (SERI) of DST supports activities aimed at
improving efficiency of materials, devices, systems and sub-systems,
including innovative R&D demonstration projects. The programme
also facilitates and encourages inter-institutional linkages to develop
state-of-the-art products and development of critical mass of R&D
strengths for solar energy research. Applications of solar energy in
areas other than power generation are being explored and assessed
for their potential to provide convergent technology solutions under
real-life conditions. Meanwhile, the programme also demonstrates
hybrid solar power systems integrated on various R&D pathways and
multiple technology alternatives for distributed energy use to validate
their viability to meet rural energy needs under public–private
partnership mode.
In addition, MNRE has launched the National Biomass Cook
Stoves Initiative, to ascertain the status of biomass cookstoves and
identify ways and means for development and deployment of efficient
and cost-effective biomass cookstoves in the country. The Advanced
Biomass Research Centre (ABRC) project is being undertaken by
the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, for biomass research
and to identify gaps and ways to address the issues for technology
development and advanced research for promotion of biomass energy
in the country. The project specially focusses on advanced research
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the funding and management of the research and development of
clean coal technology. The ‘Strategic Plan of India’s Ministry of Coal’,
released in 2011, clearly states the need for enhancing the research
and development of coal mining, production and use technologies, in
order to comprehensively improve the efficiency of coal use in India.
The Ministry of Power in India is in charge of the research and
development of smart grid. In 2010, it enacted a five-year programme,
‘Restructuring Plan of Accelerating Power Development and Reform’,
with a total investment of USD 10 billion in order to strengthen and
enhance the global power transmission and distribution capacity.
The research and development of new energy and renewable
energy technologies is a key focus of India’s innovation. The
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) supports research,
design, development and demonstration (RDD&D) activities to
develop new and existing renewable energy technologies, processes,
materials, components, sub-systems, products, and services. It also
conducts standards and resource assessment so as to indigenously
manufacture renewable energy products and systems. The Solar
Energy Research Initiative (SERI) of DST supports activities aimed at
improving efficiency of materials, devices, systems and sub-systems,
including innovative R&D demonstration projects. The programme
also facilitates and encourages inter-institutional linkages to develop
state-of-the-art products and development of critical mass of R&D
strengths for solar energy research. Applications of solar energy in
areas other than power generation are being explored and assessed
for their potential to provide convergent technology solutions under
real-life conditions. Meanwhile, the programme also demonstrates
hybrid solar power systems integrated on various R&D pathways and
multiple technology alternatives for distributed energy use to validate
their viability to meet rural energy needs under public–private
partnership mode.
In addition, MNRE has launched the National Biomass Cook
Stoves Initiative, to ascertain the status of biomass cookstoves and
identify ways and means for development and deployment of efficient
and cost-effective biomass cookstoves in the country. The Advanced
Biomass Research Centre (ABRC) project is being undertaken by
the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, for biomass research
and to identify gaps and ways to address the issues for technology
development and advanced research for promotion of biomass energy
in the country. The project specially focusses on advanced research
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