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Rural Technologies

Title:

Renewable Energy EMPOWERing European and InDian communities(RE-EMPOWERED)

Area:

Rural Technologies

Focus Area:

Smart and Integrated Local Energy Systems

Patent:

1 patent filed

Developing Agency:

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal-721302

Email:

suman.maiti@ee.iitkgp.ac.in, skaranki@iitbbs.ac.i, riteshkeshri@eee.vnit.ac.in, sk_giri@cmeri.res.in, sarasij@iisc.ac.in, pmvs@iitd.ac.in, ptbhola@gmail.com

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Suman Maiti, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal-721302 Dr. Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki, Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 752050 Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Assistant Professor Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra - 440010 Dr. Santu Kumar Giri, Principal Scientist Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur-713209, West Bengal. Dr. Sarasij Das, Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka - 560012 Prof. P M V Subbarao, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi - 110016, Delhi.

Co PI:

Dr. Prabha Bhola Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Arghya Maitra VNIT Nagpur

Start Year:

2021

End Year:

2024

Budget:

9,62,61,592

Achievements:

Develop and demonstrate various energy vectors integration, by means of high energy efficient converters and its control. Implement a livelihood program to complement its off-grid systems in Keonjhar, Odisha and Ghoramara Island, West Bangal, aiming to create support ecosystems to promote income-generating energy uses in agriculture and small businesses.

Funding Agency:

Department Of Science & Technology (DST)

Brief Description

Description :

The goal of RE-EMPOWERED is to develop a set of hardware and software solutions and special focus on exploiting synergies among energy vectors, foster an active energy community via sustainable business plans and investments. Indian demo-site Ghoramara Island (GHMR) in West Bengal will make a 100%-RES standalone system aiming at improved energy access for sustainable community development, while Keonjhar (KNJR) in Orissa will upgrade of the existing rural microgrid towards higher energy availability and affordability, and improved local air and water quality.

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