IIT Delhi, Tata Power to work on clean energy solutions

Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in areas such as smart grid technology, clean energy solutions. 

Tata Power said it has signed a deal with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Tata Power have sIIT Delhi to work together on clean energy and other projects that can be transformed from research and development (R&D) level to pilot stage.  Considering a large number of experts with their excellence in different fields in IIT Delhi and Tata Power, there is an immense potential to collaborate between academia, research and domain experts from business with a high transformational impact, a company statement said.

Both institutions have agreed to work together to identify projects that can be transformed from R&D stage to pilot projects and scaling in areas such as EV infrastructure, artificial intelligence, machine learning, hydrogen technologies, battery energy storage systems, monitoring and sensing solutions, microgrids et al. 

V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said in a statement, “IIT Delhi is pleased to sign this MoU with Tata Power. I am hopeful this collaboration will result in the development of new technologies for the energy sector, which will prove helpful in the area of power generation and distribution.” 

Under the MoU, both parties also wish to explore the synergies through cooperation with Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC) and IIT Delhi’s Startup infrastructure for incubation and development of startups. CEIIC is supported by Social Alpha, Tata Trusts, and the Government of India through the Department of Biotechnology, BIRAC, Tata Power, and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited. 

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