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Three compendiums collating information on ongoing research activities in the country related to hydrogen and fuel cell and materials for energy storage and conservation by scientists, industry, utilities, and other stakeholders from R&D laboratories and academia, were launched.
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- Greater utilization of renewables in our energy mix is India’s policy objective to achieve de-carbonisation.
- While there are several pathways for de-carbonisation varying in time frames, hydrogen produced from renewables is considered as the cleanest energy source.
- Considering the importance of Hydrogen in the emerging landscape of clean energy, the Department of Science & Technology (DST) had already incubated a small R&D program few years ago to act as a pilot that can be scaled up according to national needs and priorities in future.
Material Discovery
- Materials are the foundation of every clean energy innovation: advanced batteries, solar cells, low energy semiconductors, thermal storage, coatings, and catalysts for the conversion, capture, and use of carbon dioxide.
- In short, new materials constitute one of the cornerstones for the global transition to a low-carbon future.
- The process of discovering and developing new materials currently entails considerable time, effort, and expense.
- Each newly discovered molecule is run through simulation, synthesis, and characterization, with synthetic procedures taking from 10 to 20 years at a very high cost.
Source: PIB
