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					</table><p><a href="https://www.iitr.ac.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IIT Roorkee</a> startup <a href="https://indienergy.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indi Energy</a>, which specializes in manufacturing indigenous sodium-ion batteries, has been accorded the National Startup Award 2022 in the Energy Storage category by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry&#8217;s initiative <a href="https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/nsa2022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Startup India</a>.</p>
<p>The award honors businesses that offer innovative and ground-breaking solutions that encourage India’s sustainable economic development and provide employment opportunities.</p>
<p>Indi Energy, founded in 2019, is India’s first company to successfully develop an indigenous sodium-ion cell using bio-waste-derived commercial hard carbon and indigenously developed cathode.</p>
<p>The company&#8217;s sodium-ion batteries are said to have a high energy density, low cost, and high safety, making them a viable and sustainable alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries and lead-acid batteries.</p>
<p>The company aims to provide affordable and reliable energy storage solutions for a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles, grid storage, and portable electronics.</p>
<p>The company said it is trying to empower the nation with its indigenously developed battery, including its components, to make India self-reliant.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are proud to be leading the way in the development of sodium-ion batteries in India. This award is a step towards our goal of making India’s energy independent and self-reliant in sustainable energy storage solutions,” Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Co-Founder at Indi Energy, said.</p>
<p>&#8220;This award is a true recognition of our team&#8217;s hard work, dedication, and passion for creating sustainable and innovative energy solutions for India and the world,&#8221; Akash Soni, Co-Founder, and CEO of Indi Energy, said.</p>
<p>In recognition of the achievement, the certificate of commendation was presented by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industries.</p>
<p>The institute recently launched a program to support faculty-led startups aimed at the commercialization of technologies.</p>
<p>The support is provided for prototyping, pilot testing, and marketing expenses.</p>
<p>IIT Roorkee is supporting 130-plus startups through TIDES (Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society) and I-Hub Divyasampark.</p>
<p>Both units facilitate the incubation of new enterprises with innovative technologies by admitting them to their Incubation Centre and providing physical, technical, financial, and networking support and services.</p>
<p>In December 2022, researchers from the institute said they had successfully <a href="https://mercomindia.com/iit-roorkee-claim-17-efficiency-perovskite-solar-cells/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed</a> a prototype of a low-cost, high-quality perovskite solar cell that achieved a stable power conversion efficiency of 17.05%.</p>
<p>In the same month, researchers from IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with the University of Lisbon, Portugal, <a href="https://mercomindia.com/iit-researchers-discover-enzyme-that-bioethanol-fuel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> a bacterial endoglucanase enzyme capable of breaking down biomatter into simple sugar and bioethanol — a promising renewable fuel that can replace petroleum-based fuel systems.</p>
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<p>The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR) is set to become a smart campus after the deployment of ABB microgrid with battery energy storage gets completed in 2022.</p>
<p>Currently, solar PV systems are installed at 27 locations across the campus that generate 1.8 MW of solar power.</p>
<p>This is a part of an MoU signed between IITR and ABB, which also includes the creation of a smart grid resource center, joint R&amp;D facilities and support for PhD students.</p>
<p>The project would also support technology solutions like smart metering, SCADA, ring main unit (RMUs), and wireless broadband communication platform.</p>
<p>These measures would help the institute to increase the use of renewable energy, identify potential of demand side control, and integrate other power sources.</p>
<p>“Sustainability through adoption of new technologies has been at the core of all developmental activities at IIT Roorkee. We believe this collaboration with ABB using the IIT Roorkee campus as the hub for R&amp;D on futuristic technologies for smarter, sustainable cities will create many milestones”, said Ajit Chaturvedi, Director of IIT Roorkee.</p>
<p>The institute wants to become a self-sustaining and zero emission green campus. In recent times, many IITs have also turned to renewable sources for their energy needs.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/iit-indore-campus-422kw-rooftop-solar/">In December 2018,</a> the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore installed 422 kW solar rooftop power system in its premises.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/iit-kharagpur-eoi-solar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In May 2018</a>, IIT Kharagpur has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from project developers and contractors to set up a 5.5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project.</p>
<p>Other educational centers across the country are also turning to solar as it is a cheaper source of electricity and also helps curb toxic carbon emissions.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/jnu-installs-500-kw-rooftop-solar-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In December 2018,</a> Jawaharlal Nehru University (<a href="https://www.jnu.ac.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JNU</a>) installed a 500 kW rooftop solar system to light up its classrooms.</p>
<p>Mumbai’s St Xavier’s High School has also<a href="https://mercomindia.com/st-xaviers-school-mumbai-rooftop-solar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> installed</a> a 35 kW rooftop solar system to save approximately ₹700,000 (~$9,726) every year on its electricity bill.</p>
<p>In <a href="https://mercomindia.com/amity-installs-1-8-mw-solar-campuses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 2018</a>, Amity University installed rooftop solar PV projects totaling 1.8 MW across three campuses.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/uttarakhand-gb-pant-university-rooftop-tender/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In May 2018</a>, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Uttarakhand’s Pantnagar town tendered a 5 MW grid-connected rooftop solar PV project.</p>
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