Emerging Tech Radio

Artificial intelligence is definitely an emerging technology and AI in energy systems is catching on. On this episode, we are featuring an interesting startup that is using sensors and AI to reduce energy consumption in commercial spaces. Saurabh Vij shares the Curie Labs story with Girish Shivakumar.

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The Ministry of Power has finally clarified that Electric Vehicle (EV) charging is a service and not a resale of electricity. The Dept. of Heavy Industries has amended the charging infrastructure note permitting private charging infrastructure providers to opt for other standards in addition to Bharat Charger. However, as Awadhesh Kumar Jha explains to Girish Shivakumar, an even bigger problem in Indian cities is securing land/parking space on long term contracts to setup charging stations.

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Bitcoins and blockchain have been touted to be the next big thing in the business world. While, there is a lot of hype and truth in both, there is certainly a blur when it comes to differentiating them, understanding how it works and talking of their potential applications. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman breaks down the jargon and its possible clean-tech applications with Girish Shivakumar. Shiv’s research article on the same subject can be found at https://bit.ly/2JrLBsv

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Dataglen technologies, a Bangalore based energy analytics startup won the award for best startup at Energy Storage India, 2018. Deva Seetharam, Co-Founder and CEO of Dataglen shares insights on how their solutions is solving solar operation issues for utility scale and rooftop projects with Girish Shivakumar. 

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The Ministry of Heavy Industries, Govt. of India sanctioned procurement of over 350 buses across 11 cities in 2017. 10 Cities have already placed orders to procure electric buses which is expected to be rolled out by end of this year. Nikhil Dhamankar from Sun Mobility speaks to Girish Shivakumar and explains the finer details of how the State Transport Utilities went ahead with this plan in a short time frame.

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Ever since the 2.44/kWh solar tariff was discovered in May last year, solar tariffs have stabilised around 2.5-2.7/kWh which has made their levelized cost lower than thermal power plants. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman discusses the reasons behind this trend with Girish Shivakumar. Shiv’s research article on the same subject can be found at https://goo.gl/zr53TV

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Girish Shivakumar summarises major developments from the Indian Clean-tech space with the commissioning of world’s largest solar farm and the formal launch of International Solar Alliance. Also updates from the recent projects in Wind, Solar and Electric Mobility.

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Microtron technologies, a developer of advanced storage technologies made a successful pitch at Energy Storage India event recently. The company claims to have a 10x performance increase from the present Lithium-Ion technologies. On this episode, Chris from Microtron joins Girish Shivakumar to talk about the product and its applications.

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The Indian Auto Expo, the largest event for the Auto Sector was recently held in the national capital region. Saurabh Rohilla from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) who are one of the organizers of the event joins Girish Shivakumar to talk about the event and SIAM’s recent white paper on Electric Vehicles (EV).

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NITI Aayog, the Indian government policy think tank recently hosted a public consultation to seek inputs for the Electric Vehicle (EV) policy and a week later dropped its EV policy proposal. On this episode, Awadesh Kumar Jha, who participated in the stakeholder workshop joins Girish Shivakumar to talk about the event and the recent developments in the sector.

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