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22/10/2020

EU-India TCP, UPPCL & Upneda organizes the 3rd workshop on Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II for nodal officers of UP DISCOMs & UPNEDA officers. This workshop-cum-web meeting was organized to explain the administrative process, scope of work of DISCOMs for effective implementation of the programme and also demonstrate the UP Rooftop Solar web portal. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India EU in India

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With reference to the ongoing Phase- II Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), a total capacity ...

10/07/2020

EU-India TCP Energy organised another successful webinar-cum-web meeting on 60 MW GCRT Phase-II programme which was attended by officials from various DISCOMs of UP, UPNEDA, UPPCL & also empanelled installers. These sessions open up the channels of communication to address the challenges being faced by the installers and DISCOMs during the implementation of the programme and discuss the possible solutions for smooth implementation.

Check the recording here: https://bit.ly/2DorD33

07/07/2020

Join our EU Experts for the closing webinar of the four-part series "Paddy Straw Burning: Transforming Pollution to Power".

Special focus of the final webinar will be on the "technical aspects of the biomass co-combustion of paddy straw and paddy straw-like fuels".

Register here: https://bit.ly/3f9vpvu

Date: 10 July, 2020 Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (IST)

For information and updates of the previous webinars, visit:
https://euindiatcp.wordpress.com/project-tag/wte/

25/06/2020

Dear all, hopefully, you are doing good.

Please, reserve your time and take part in an awe-inspiring, eye-opening the third session about the feasibility of converting agro-waste into useful, renewable energy, tomorrow, 3 pm of Indian time!

In this instance, we are going to focus on the technological bottlenecks spotted by our experts, who already spent together more than half of a century working on the subject (each of them has more than 15 years of experience) working on around 40 various co-firing projects with the diversified technological set-up.

Please note that this time we do not use zoom services.

We are providing the best available knowledge on challenges related to co-firing, the concept deeply investigated in Europe, and practically unknown in India. We limelight Poland, the country where co-firing has been implemented in 40 power plants.

In the first, introductory session experts presented various technologies employed in the co-firing concept and investigated how the co-firing technology was developed into a highly organised system. The presentation, graphs and edited (easy to watch/listen) recordings are available here: https://euindiatcp.wordpress.com/portfolio/co-burning-1st-web/

In the second webinar discussed the technological aspects of co-firing technology with its expectations and challenges while burning paddy straw. Experts put special emphasis on discussion of two viable options, namely a) collecting raw biomass in the form of bales, and process the feedstock at a power plant, or b) to preprocess biomass (for example pelleting) and better fuel and reduce transportation costs. The main takeaway from the discussion is that without careful analysis experts cannot recommend the most appropriate solution. The pilot project should provide the information needed to make conscious decisions. At first glance, the baling option looks cheaper for farmers. The presentation, graphs and edited (easy to watch/listen) recordings are available here: https://euindiatcp.wordpress.com/portfolio/pollution-to-energy-webinar-2/

The series has been carefully planned with the expert panellists to understand the benefits of the co-firing technology, management techniques, value-chain, risks and challenges etc. for effectively utilising paddy waste as biomass. The outcome of the discussions of this series can later be compared and analysed in the Indian context for management of paddy waste as biomass, clean energy production, creation and regulation of the market, etc. A key player in the success of the co-firing in India will be the role of the thermal power plants in deploying the technology to mitigate the paddy straw burning issue.

Sincerely yours,

Marek Zaborowski
EU TPC Team Leader

23/06/2020

Register here: https://bit.ly/3hP2hem
Date: 26 June Time: 3:00 pm (IST)

Be a part of the discussions that will compare and analyse the management of paddy waste as biomass, clean energy production, creation and regulation of market, etc. in the Indian context.

17/06/2020

The co-burning technology can bring multiple benefits and also bring some threats.
Read more at https://bit.ly/2Yed9ep
Here are some pros & cons. https://bit.ly/3d9G732

12/06/2020

If you missed the second webinar on the “Technical aspects of biomass co-firing Part I: Properties of biomass”. Here’s a sneak peak into what we discussed.

You may check out the complete webinar playlist at:https://bit.ly/2MTFLTD

We will share the details of next two webinars soon.

06/06/2020

Join our webinar on the "Technical Aspects of Biomass Co-firing: Part I". This is EU-India Technical Cooperation Project: Energy's second webinar from our "Paddy Straw Burning: Transforming Pollution to Power" series.

Our EU experts will delve deeper into the current status of paddy straw, challenges and benefits in its energy use and research along with discussing the various technical aspects and properties of biomass.

Register here: https://bit.ly/2MknCxW

Date: 9 June, Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (IST)

11/05/2020

Safety is imperative in every facet of our lives; yet, it finds itself in the back burner during our decision-making process. Understanding the need to discuss this topic, the EU-India TCP recently concluded its webinar on “General & Specific Safety: Importance in Rooftop Solar PV Installation & Operations”.

Click here for the recording of the webinar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqh1kwVzXk

You can expect a series of webinars from us on Rooftop Solar PV Design, Rooftop Solar PV Components, Best practices for workmanship in Rooftop Solar Installation and Site Survey and Feasibility Assessment.

Reports suggest that there are about 48000 workers sustaining workplace injuries every year in the construction industry; solar PV industry too is not alien ...

13/04/2020

The European Union-India Technical Cooperation Project: Energy and the National Informatics Centre together hosted the webinar on “The Step-by-step guide to submit Non-CFA based PCR manually on SPIN”. The latest operational guidelines on the phase-II GCRT programme has instructed the DISCOMs to submit PCRs on SPIN portal for incentives based on achievement towards Non-CFA based rooftop solar implementation for FY 2019-20.

This webinar was hosted for the DISCOMs in order to assist them in understanding the submission process through a detailed demo and a Q&A session.

Referring to the Component-B of the operational guidelines on the phase-II Grid Connected Rooftop Solar programme, Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOM...

31/01/2020

The EU-India Technical Cooperation Project: Energy and National Informatics Centre has successfully completed an extensive session for the DISCOMs was on understanding the complexities of SPIN integration process. This was the first webinar in its series of three.

The webinar received overwhelming response from the attendees who participated actively throughout the session. Special thanks to Saji K Abraham, Director, NIC and Vishal Kumar, Sr Programmer, NIC for their contribution to the session.

For participation, interested DISCOMs can contact: [email protected]

To access the complete webinar (01) follow the link: https://youtu.be/YhDCFVCSMwE

31/01/2020

Marek Zaborowski,Team Leader, EU-India TCP Energy will take part in the international seminar "Waste to Energy" organised by Steag Energy Services India Pvt.limited on 31 January, 2020, at Indian Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

This is the first time when the vast co-burning European experience will be tabled. Special attention will be put on Poland, where at the beginning of the 21st century co-burning was a strategic choice of managing climate change issues. Poland built more than 40 systems for all kinds of biomass. Poland is the battlefield for testing a variety of technological, technical and organisational approaches.

Mr Zaborowski is going to outline the most important aspects of Europe's co-burning activities. This is the beginning of the long journey to develop the path to get rid of the air pollution problem caused by the paddy burning. It is exciting as to which technology should be employed, one thing is sure – Polish experience shows not only substantial potential but also serious threats.

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