Indian Energy Infrastructure Strategy

Leader: Dr. KRS Murthy, Inventor and Reputed Energy Expert with inventions in few Energy Areas;; Led three energy companies; Expertise in multiple energy technologies;  Key Note Speaker; Networked all around the world in Energy R&D and Industry. Dr.Sri.Murthy@Gmail.Com

1.     India seriously lacks energy infrastructure in all traditional and green technologies

2.     If India wants to grow faster and take international leadership, energy infrastructure is fundamental.

3.     Only a holistic energy strategy, incorporating all technologies and types, and in all parts of India without neglecting any state or region can ensure energy security.

4.     Multiplicity of energy generation technologies is the only way for India.

5.     Centralized, as well as distributed energy generation infrastructure should be deployed.

6.     Solar farms, as well as, roof top installations would serve a variety of electricity needs.

7.     Wind energy using wind turbines inland, onshore and offshore of the vast Indian coastline should be adopted.

8.     Innovative biomass to energy, algal biofuel, fuel cells and natural gas are some of the energy sources in addition to legacy hydroelectric, coal and nuclear technologies would give diversity of energy sources.

9.     Diversity is also the key to energy security.

10.   Domestic manufacture of all or most components and systems will not only create jobs, and also will enable industries to operate with energy availability 24 X 7.

11.   India has missed recent decade’s international and domestic energy opportunities, wrongly focusing on imports, thus neglecting supply chain infrastructure.

12.   Energy, along with transportation and clean water infrastructure, should be the MOST IMPORTANT initiative for Indian government.

ENERGY STORAGE

1.     Energy storage technology and infrastructure should be an integral part of Indian energy strategy.

2.     Energy storage should multiple hierarchical, to include storage at the source of energy generation, many intermediary stages of electrical grid / transport and also at the distribution levels close to the consumption.

3.     This is achieved by installing appropriate size and type of storage all along the long distance electrical transport grid, as well as distributed in the local electricity distribution infrastructure.

4.     Additionally, the residential, industrial, commercial and military electricity consumers may install their own energy storage.

5.     It is also technologically imperative that smart grid is installed to sense and monitor usage and load to enable storage infrastructure to respond and adaptively shift electricity distribution.

6.     Singular energy technology should not be the approach.

7.     Rather, multiplicity of energy storage technologies to suit the response need should be employed and installed.

Energy Education and Work Force Empowerment:

1.     India should train many thousands of installation, operation and maintenance professionals in different energy technologies, not limited to college and university degrees, but in massive scale in vocational schools for one, two and three year diplomas, focused on hands-on training and immediate employability.

2.     These vocational schools / colleges should be in B, C and D levels, as well as smaller institutes in village centers, and surely away from A level cities.

3.     This is also Murthy’s vision of reduced urbanization and broader scale extended educational and industrial initiatives for India.

4.     This is the key for uniform growth in all regions of India.

5.     Vocational institutes also enable and empower youth at grass roots level, especially for poor and disadvantaged families to get quickly educated, employed and move up.

6.     These diploma graduates will also get to learn on the job, and have a chance to get motivated to pursue higher degree education on sabbatical basis.

7.     These skilled professionals may be in demand, not only within India, and also in foreign lands, as we have seen the successful Indian IT professionals all around the world.

8.     Japan would need many thousand installation, operation and maintenance professionals in their impending revamped energy infrastructure.

Vision Sharing and Build Teams

1.     Identify, evaluate and prioritize the appropriate energy generation, distribution and storage needs across India in all parts and regions.

2.     Utilize domestic expertise and induct internal expertise, both NRIs and foreigners for all aspects and stages of the process.

3.     Events and conferences in different parts of the country to share the Indian energy vision and induct team members to participate in implementation.

4.     These events will be hotbeds for idea and start up incubation.

5.     Empower industry leaders and other leaders with ability to influence, state and national level decision makers for round table caucus events across the country.

6.     Organize special strategy meetings with potential decision makers at state and national levels.

7.     We will bring international experts to match the national needs.

8.     We will chair the events and promote the different levels of team members.

9.     Lecture, coach, train and arrange for international experts team to provide technology transfer.

Targeted Outcome:

1.     Enable the country to be self-sufficient and secure in all its energy needs, covering from villages to urban metropolises.

2.     Create various energy R&D and manufacturing industrial parks in different parts of the country

3.     Create and promote market opportunities for various energy products, services, solutions, intellectual property and supply chain in the country and also internationally.

4.     Develop an aggressive intellectual property and proprietary knowledge base road map in various energy technologies at an accelerated pace of IP assets treasury and national competitiveness.

5.     Develop a product action plan to monetize the IP assets domestically and internationally

6.     Develop road map and implement engineering and manufacturing infrastructure for multiplicities of energy industries in supply chain, products, solutions and services.

7.     Establish energy industry specific national quality and standards programs, institutes and companies.

8.     Establish energy industry publications like journals and magazines and also coverage in existing popular media.

9.     Organize ongoing lecture programs, training, continuing education, meetings and conferences with focus on a variety of energy options for practitioners, schools, colleges, universities and R&D labs, managers, executives, government leaders and general public.

10.   Establish programs and Centers of Excellence  and create opportunities for various energy industry supply chain infrastructure related ecosystem in the country, the energy R&D and manufacturing industrial parks.

11.   Establish programs in K-12 school system to teach basics of energy technologies, using unique teaching methodologies