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Series of Steps taken to Promote Clean Energy through Public-Private Alliances
On the world stage, India committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2070 and meeting the electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030. Therefore, dedicated efforts are being made to achieve the set target and the scale of transformation is simply stunning.
Aligning with this, recently, Union Minister for Science and Technology – Dr Jitendra Singh launched a major futuristic PPP (Public Private Participation) model initiative for ‘Clean Energy’ with the full launch of “Mission Integrated Bio-refineries” to accelerate Clean Energy solutions through Public-Private Alliances.
Towards a Sustainable World
After launching the Mission, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reiterated India’s commitment to a low-carbon future through “Mission Innovation.” The mission is centred on technology advancement and cooperation, zero-waste bio-refinery for cost-effective production of sustainable bio-fuels with co-production of bio-based chemicals and materials, using biotechnological interventions.
National Funding Opportunity: Along with this mission, the ministry has also announced the National Funding Opportunity on Sustainable Aviation Fuels to support and conduct RD&D (Research, Development & Demonstration) to foster biotechnological innovations.
Hydrogen Valley: At the event, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh also announced the funding opportunity for the Hydrogen Valley Platform, which is also a global initiative to optimise the hydrogen demand and supply by onsite generation and utilization of renewable resources effectively and water access areas with geographical identity.
The H2 valleys will aid in achieving cohorts of clean hydrogen valleys to further combine the complete hydrogen value chain (production, storage and transportation). Union Minister Jitendra Singh stated that DST has committed to facilitating the delivery of three clean hydrogen valleys in India by 2030.
Material Acceleration Platforms: The event also witnessed the launch of three Material Acceleration Platforms (MAP), set up by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The three platforms are –
– Integrated Clean Energy Material Acceleration Platform on Storage
– Integrated Clean Energy Material Acceleration Platform on Materials
– Integrated Clean Energy Material Acceleration Platform on Bioenergy & Hydrogen
The platforms are launched with a total outlay of $ 6 Million USD. Dr Jitendr Singh enumerated that these platforms would leverage emerging capabilities in next-generation computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and robotics to accelerate the pace of materials discovery up to 10 times faster.
What is Integrated Biorefineries Mission?
It is evident that we are moving toward sustainable alternatives with the view to lowering the burden of increasing greenhouse gas emissions that takes place from the transport and chemical sectors. Hence, the goal is to develop innovative solutions to accelerate the commercialization of integrated biorefineries, with a target of replacing 10% of fossil-based fuels, chemicals and materials with bio-based alternatives by 2030.
The full launch of “Mission Integrated Bio-refineries” came in the wake of the soft launch by Dr Jitendra Singh in November 2021 at the COP26 side event at the Mission Innovation Annual Gathering. The meet was aimed at boosting global confidence in emerging clean energy solutions through collaborative efforts.
Mission Integrated Bio-refineries unites a dynamic and result-oriented partnership of countries, international organizations, academic institutions and civil society to accelerate innovation for renewable fuels, and chemicals for a low-carbon future.
