एक आन्दोलन बन जाये

“दर्द होता रहा छटपटाते रहे,

आईने॒से सदा चोट खाते रहे,

वो वतन बेचकर मुस्कुराते रहे
हम वतन के लिए॒सिर कटाते रहे” 
280 लाख करोड़ का सवाल है ...
भारतीय गरीब है लेकिन भारत देश कभी गरीब नहीं रहा"* ये कहना है स्विस बैंक के डाइरेक्टर का. स्विस बैंक के डाइरेक्टर ने यह भी कहा है कि भारत का लगभग 280 लाख करोड़ रुपये उनके स्विस बैंक में जमा है. ये रकम इतनी है कि भारत का आने वाले 30 सालों का बजट बिना टैक्स के बनाया जा सकता है.
या यूँ कहें कि 60 करोड़ रोजगार के अवसर दिए जा सकते है. या यूँ भी कह सकते है कि भारत के किसी भी गाँव से दिल्ली तक 4 लेन रोड बनाया जा सकता है. ऐसा भी कह सकते है कि 500 से ज्यादा सामाजिक प्रोजेक्ट पूर्ण किये जा सकते है. ये रकम इतनी ज्यादा है कि अगर हर भारतीय को 2000 रुपये हर महीने भी दिए जाये तो 60 साल तक ख़त्म ना हो. यानी भारत को किसी वर्ल्ड बैंक से लोन लेने कि कोई जरुरत नहीं है. जरा सोचिये ... हमारे भ्रष्ट राजनेताओं और नोकरशाहों ने कैसे देश को लूटा है और ये लूट का सिलसिला अभी तक 2011 तक जारी है.
इस सिलसिले को अब रोकना बहुत ज्यादा जरूरी हो गया है. अंग्रेजो ने हमारे भारत पर करीब 200 सालो तक राज करके करीब 1 लाख करोड़ रुपये लूटा. मगर आजादी के केवल 64 सालों में हमारे भ्रस्टाचार ने 280 लाख करोड़ लूटा है. एक तरफ 200 साल में 1 लाख करोड़ है और दूसरी तरफ केवल 64 सालों में 280 लाख करोड़ है. यानि हर साल लगभग 4.37 लाख करोड़, या हर महीने करीब 36 हजार करोड़ भारतीय मुद्रा स्विस बैंक में इन भ्रष्ट लोगों द्वारा जमा करवाई गई है. भारत को किसी वर्ल्ड बैंक के लोन की कोई दरकार नहीं है. सोचो की कितना पैसा हमारे भ्रष्ट राजनेताओं और उच्च अधिकारीयों ने ब्लाक करके रखा हुआ है.  हमे भ्रस्ट राजनेताओं और भ्रष्ट अधिकारीयों के खिलाफ जाने का पूर्ण अधिकार है.हाल ही में हुवे घोटालों का आप सभी को पता ही है - CWG घोटाला, २ जी स्पेक्ट्रुम घोटाला , आदर्श होउसिंग घोटाला ... और ना जाने कौन कौन से घोटाले अभी उजागर होने वाले है ........ आप लोग जोक्स फॉरवर्ड करते ही हो.इसे भी इतना फॉरवर्ड करो की पूरा भारत इसे पढ़े ... और एक आन्दोलन बन जाये

INDIA IS 3rd MOST FAVOURED DESTINATION FOR INVESTMENT IN GREEN ENERGY

In a recently released report titled Green Power 2011 by KPMG a global firm has termed India as the third most favoured destination for investment in renewable energy in the world with 35% respondents behind only US (53%) & China (38%), I believe it won’t be long before we take over the dragon. The other countries in top five are Germany (34%) and UK (33%), I feel India has an edge over others as European markets are fast reaching maturity while Indian market is still evolving and has great potential, further Chinese manufacturer are dependent on European market we have a very potential domestic market. Report adds that "Some 78 per cent of all survey respondents expect new players to come from China, followed by North America (59 per cent), India (42 per cent) and Western Europe (41 per cent)," it added.

Indian renewable energy market has become increasingly dynamic in recent years as a result of strong natural resources, greater accommodation to international investments and a variety of government incentives. "In India, we see increasing trends towards sustained M&A activity in the renewable space, specifically wind, small hydro, and solar sub-segments going forward. With clear thrust on this space, and a supportive policy and regulatory environment, we see this activity picking up slowly but steadily," said Richard Rekhy, Head of Advisory, KPMG in India. "The deal sizes, however, may be smaller (as compared to global benchmarks) to start with," he added.

The government is playing its own part by providing an array of incentives to firms in the renewable energy sector including setting up of renewable energy generating standards for utilities, creating a structure for trading renewable energy certificates. On the tax incentives front, the government has allowed project developers to take 80 per cent accelerated depreciation on assets deployed in renewable energy generation and given a ten year tax holiday to the sector and concessional duties for imports.

Solar and wind energy will be the driving India Renewable Energy Market in terms of investments and acquisition. The Indian wind market has experienced rapid growth in recent months."Some $586 million of project financing flowed into Indian onshore wind farms in the first quarter of 2011, which is already over 60% of the $934 million that was allocated to the sector throughout 2010," said the survey. Though majority took US as most preferred market, about a third said they would seek deals in other countries like India.

Siobhan Smyth, head of renewable at HSBC said, “With India it is a combination of factors. There is a portfolio standard on a state by state basis. Developers have the ability to get power purchase agreements due to utility obligations. Then there are the Generation Based Incentive (GBI) and tax depreciation incentives,"

Telecom Tower

India as of now is officially the second largest telecom market in the world after China and growing probably, at an even faster rate than the dragon himself. As per TRAI, at the end of Feb’11 the country had 825 million registered connections and is poised to cross the BILLION mark soon. TRAI further states that, currently there are

Around 400,000 telecom towers and it is estimated that approximately 100,000 more towers will be required to cater to projected subscriber base of around 1 billion by 2014 and to support rollout of 3G and BWA services. Now this is food for thought, power and fuel expenditure account for 35% of the operating cost of each tower, these leads to the most obvious deduction, that SPV and telecom should develop a more symbiotic working relationship. Such a relationship would result in a better overall telecom business model, especially since both factors (PV and telecom) are key elements in India's future growth and role as a global innovator.

That deduction would be wise. Solar (PV) for India’s vast proliferation of telecom towers, as demonstrated below, is the proverbial ‘writing on the wall.’ As it well should be.

Telecom operators explore renewable to cut costs and emissions

GREEN Options: Solar has so far emerged as the most preferred of renewable technology on offer primary because of the availability of abundant sunlight across the country.

Other alternative are also being adopted. Wind turbines for example, are particularly relevant in areas with significant wind velocities. Moreover, operators are also adopting Solar-Wind hybrid solutions, which help lower fossil fuel consumptions by up to 80 % . Base stations powered by such solutions other economically viable alternatives since they lower both operating and maintenance expenditures.

Companies are also undertaking R&D activities for producing bio-fuels from renewable energy sources, such as agriculture waste and residues , to power existing diesel genets . Other solutions like fuel cell systems are also being adopted. Theses help to replace batteries and DGs in urban areas. “Fuel cell” is a generic term encompassing a wide range of technologies that typically work by transforming the chemical energy of a fuel (usually Hydrogen) directly into electrical energy. Fuel cells can generate power ranging from 1 watt (Cell Phone)   to several megawatts (Small Industries). Hydrogen itself can be extracted in many different ways from different sources.

Operator Initiatives

All telecom operators as well as tower companies in India have started installing and experimenting with various alternative power solutions.

 
One of the pioneers in this area was IDEA Cellular, which partnered with Ericsson and GSMA’s Development fund to develop bio- fuels as a power source for wireless networks in rural India.  In a pilot project, such fuels were used to power mobile base stations in Latur , Maharashtra , where grid power is highly unreliable .

Presently Idea Cellular is experimenting with hybrid solar solutions it has begun with 20 sites at present and intends to take it to 500 eventually. Another initiative from Idea is to have a higher number of outdoor base stations (BTSs) as they consume relatively lesser energy compared to indoor BTSs.

Another initiative was undertaken by Reliance Communication, which installed windmills on its towers at Kunustara and Murugathal in West Bengal. Moreover the operator also approached SPV module manufacturers for powering cell sites using Solar Power.

It is currently exploring the feasibility of using solar energy in areas where an electric connection is not available. RCOM has also deployed Bio-Fuel plants to run its rural telecom networks in several areas. Bharti , which was the 2^nd largest buyer of diesel after Indian Railways till 2007 , when it spun off its cellular towers into a separate entity ( Indus Tower ) , has already conducted trials using wind power for its sites in coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh , Orissa and west Bengal . It has also conducted some pilot projects on Solar Power and bio-fuels.

Bharti  infratel has already installed 500 Solar sites on ground and is planning to  take this to 2,000 soon .

Solar PV for Telecom Towers – Promising Business Opportunity in India

India is presently one of the largest telecom markets in the world, second only to China, with 250,000 mobile phone towers serving over 670 million subscribers. Factor in the country’s advancing Solar photovoltaic (PV) initiative, the National Solar Mission, and the fact that power and fuel expenditures account for 35% of the operating cost of each mobile phone tower, and one can easily deduce that solar PV and telecom should develop a more symbiotic working relationship. Such a relationship would result in a better overall telecom business model, especially since both factors (PV and telecom) are key elements in India's future growth and role as a global innovator.

That deduction would be wise. Solar (PV) for India’s vast proliferation of telecom towers, as demonstrated below, is the proverbial ‘writing on the wall.’ As it well should be.

Is such proliferation of telecom towers realistically sustainable?

The CAGR in the past 5 years is about 31% and this figure is likely to grow almost 1.5 times in the coming 5 years. Analysts estimate that by 2015 India will have nearly one billion users and they will be served by about 554,000 transmission towers, 30% of them in rural regions.

Power and fuel are, as mentioned, the primary expenditures which account for 35% of operating costs, both for passive components (such as steel towers, base tower station shelter, power supply system, etc.); and active components (such as spectrum, switches, and antennas).  BTS requires un-interrupted power in order to serve the signals continuously. Due to the unreliability of electricity in India, Diesel Generators are used as back-up in a Hybrid mode. India, as a net importer of crude oil, faces an inherent dilemma in that its Diesel is linked to International pricing and presently is close to €¢ 70 per litre, with each litre providing approximately 3.5kWh, yielding a cost of about €¢20/kWh. Furthermore, the Diesel supply in most of India’s rural areas is uncertain, at best. This makes use of Solar (PV) power ideal as a supplementary source; and, in fact, the best solution for continued sustenance. The implementation of Solar PV as the primary supplemental source in this realm could also, potentially, solve other problems related to diesel. (The total carbon emissions released by the current diesel generators is the equivalent of 5.3 million tons a year.)