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23/06/22 07:24 AM IST

Surya Nutan

In News 
  • Indian Oil and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas have developed an indigenous Solar cook top “Surya Nutan”.

Features 
  • Surya Nutan is a Stationary, rechargeable, and always kitchen-connected indoor solar cooking.
  • This is a patented product designed and developed by IndianOil R&D Centre, Faridabad.
  • It offers online cooking mode while charging through the Sun which maximizes the system efficiency and ensures high utilization of energy from Sun.
  • It works on a Hybrid Mode (i.e. can work on both solar & auxiliary energy source simultaneously) which makes the Surya Nutan a reliable cooking solution for all weather conditions.
  • Insulation design of Surya Nutan minimizes radiative and conductive heat losses.
  • Surya Nutan is available in three different models: The premium model (Breakfast +Lunch+Dinner) of Surya Nutan can cook all the meals for family of four.
  • Initially, cost of the product is around Rs 12,000 for base model, and Rs. 23,000 for Top Model.
  • Surya Nutan can be used in all weather and seasons including when the Sun is not available for long durations or for continuous days, such as monsoons and extreme winters.
  • Surya Nutan is a modular system and can be designed in different sizes as per the requirement.
Significance 
  • Surya Nutan has the potential to transform our energy security situation, as India currently imports 50% of its LPG requirements.
  • It also reduces India’s CO2 emissions drastically and keeps our citizens insulated from the vagaries of the high international fossil fuel prices.
Other Initiatives
  • ‘Surya Nutan’  follows series of other steps being taken by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the current global energy crisis, including increasing ethanol blending to 20%, increasing procurement price of Compressed Bio-Gas under SATAT Scheme from Rs 45/kg to Rs 54/kg, drastically increasing the area under Exploration and Production to 15% of geographical area from current 7-8% and aggressively pursuing Green Hydrogen Mission in our refineries. 

Source- PIB 

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