New Delhi: US-based Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) on Friday launched a made-in-India open-source power mannequin, Indian Zero Carbon Power Pathways (IDEEA), to assist the nation obtain carbon-neutral targets.
Staff EDF supplied funding and technical assist to scientists and researchers at IISC, Bengaluru and Jadavpur College, Kolkata, who developed this mannequin, the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
It defined that India’s power system is transitioning from a standard fuels-based energy system to at least one the place half the power comes from renewable sources. The transition has important technical, financial, social, and environmental impacts, it famous.
Renewable power has important benefits but in addition comes with distinctive constraints like climate, land availability and lack of flexibility on when energy technology can occur and when it can not, it identified.
The newly launched open-source mannequin will assist tackle these complexities, it said, including that this mannequin is designed to assist in nationwide and state stage energy planning of power.
The IDEEA additionally goals to develop into a platform for open-source power modelling. “To higher plan the transition and to handle a extra dynamic system, a large-scale mathematical mannequin that integrates the advanced and a number of variables is a necessity. There’s the necessity for fit-for-purpose, open-source, and clear fashions like IDEEA. There’s additionally a have to considerably ramp up the variety of power modellers in India,” mentioned Prof Balachandra Patil, Chief Analysis Scientist, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
IISc and JU, together with EDF, are constructing modelling capability inside West Bengal and Karnataka whereas creating the software, added Prof Patil.
”Open-source mannequin IDEEA can counsel a number of choices to a shopper to make the power consumption low carbon intensive. If India should obtain its carbon-neutral targets, the federal government and trade have to work collectively for a greater future,” mentioned Prof Joyashree Roy, Founder Advisor, World Change Program – Jadavpur College, who performed a key function within the improvement of IDEEA mannequin.
Dilip Chenoy, Chairman of Bharat Web3 Affiliation and Former Secretary Basic of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Trade (FICCI), mentioned photo voltaic and wind should not round the clock energy, and we are able to use modelling to grasp the requirement of storage.
Fashions must be contextualized for India and the IDEEA mannequin is a good basis, and we have to have such sorts of fashions in all sectors like manufacturing and transport, he added.
Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor for India at EDF, famous “As India steers in the direction of a net-zero future by 2070, power modelling is an important software to speed up progress. The ‘Made in India’ IDEEA mannequin addresses India’s distinctive challenges, providing actionable insights for sustainable power and useful resource planning. The truth that it’s clear offers customers the reassurance that choices are made objectively.”
The IDEEA is a collaborative effort between the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, and the World Change Program at Jadavpur College (GCP-JU) in Kolkata, and the EDF. IIT Roorkee hosted the IDEEA launch, with data assist from SusPoT – Centre for Sustainability.
The launch occasion additionally had workshops the place over 40 economists and power modellers from throughout the nation, representatives from authorities, academia, analysis establishments, suppose tanks, and consultancies had been current.
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Up to date: 25 Aug 2023, 08:03 PM IST
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