The Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have jointly launched a National Mission to quickly identify emerging technologies in the power sector and develop them indigenously, at scale, for deployment within and outside India.
Key points
- The National Mission, titled “Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)” aims to facilitate indigenous research, development and demonstration of the latest and emerging technologies in the power sector.
- By identifying emerging technologies and taking them to the implementation stage, the Mission seeks to leverage them as the main fuel for future economic growth and thus make India a manufacturing hub of the world.
- The Mission will be funded by pooling financial resources of the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Central Public Sector Enterprises under the two Ministries.
- Any additional funding needed will be mobilized from Government of India’s budgetary resources.
- The following eight areas are identified for research: Alternatives to Lithium-Ion storage batteries; Modifying electric cookers / pans to suit Indian cooking methods; Green hydrogen for mobility (High Efficiency Fuel Cell); Carbon capture Geo-thermal energy; Solid state refrigeration; Nano technology for EV battery Indigenous CRGO technology.
- The Mission will have a two-tier structure – a Technical Scoping Committee and an Apex Committee.
