IIT Delhi research opens way for secure sustainable, green energy ecosystem

The IIT Delhi said in a statement that, the institute has filed over 45 patents in the last five years in the thematic area of harnessing solar energy for different societal applications.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, through its Industrial Research and Development (IRD) Unit, has been conducting research in the field of energy ecosystems. Many governments and non-government organisations working in the area of energy have come forward to establish their Centres of Excellence (CoE) at IIT Delhi due to its scientists’ deep technology research outcome in the energy domain.

The IIT Delhi said in a statement that, the institute has filed over 45 patents in the last five years in the thematic area of harnessing solar energy for different societal applications. These technologies can accelerate the realisation of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan- PM KUSUM scheme of the government of India, which has a financial outlay of around 30,000 crores and some technologies aim at realising the vision of Atma Nirbhar Bharat. One of the research areas at IIT Delhi, as per the statement, is also the development of battery-operated vehicles.

“IIT Delhi has also been doing pioneering work in the area of biogas research and as a success story the institute has developed the country’s first biogas-based car, which has run more than 50,000 kilometers on biogas in the last 6 years,” the statement added.

 “To make the country a CO2 [carbon dioxide] minimal nation while ensuring energy security, we need to migrate from conventional energy sources to renewable and sustainable alternatives. Since these sources of energy are mostly intermittent in nature, the need for energy storage research also becomes very vital. On the other hand, the need for energy security in the mobility domain compels us to quickly move from gasoline-based IC (Internal Combustion) engines to either alternative fuel-based engines or Electric Vehicles,” Professor V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi in the statement added.

Professor SK Khare, Dean, Research and Development said: “At IIT Delhi, we have also undertaken research in the grand challenges mode to address the future sustainable energy needs. The most notable one in the energy domain is to convert CO2 to value-added products. Also, the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Infrastructure has ventured to achieve a net-zero energy consumption building using IoT (Internet of Things) based data-driven algorithms and low-cost retrofitted solutions.”

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