Lok Sabha Question No. 2762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: Research in Energy
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2/08/2017

## RESEARCH IN ENERGY

## 2762. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) the list of Government/ Government funded institutes currently involved in research in energy and allied areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the funds allocated to these institutes over the past three years, their achievements and the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans of expanding energy research in India especially in new and emerging areas; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDHARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

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- (a) Madam, there are several Government / Government funded academic and research institutes under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of  Atomic  Energy,  Department  of  Space,  Department  of  Defence  Research  &  Development,  Ministry  of Human Resource Development etc. currently involved in research in energy and allied areas. A list of select Government / Government funded institutes and their research fields supported during last three years is enclosed at Table-I.
- (b) The funds allocated to the three energy research institutes, viz., National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurugram, Haryana; National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai, Tamilnadu and National Institute of Bio Energy (NIBE), Kapurthala, Punjab for carrying out research and development, testing and evaluation in solar, wind and bio-energy, during the last three years were Rs. 63.19 crores., Rs. 40.5 crores and Rs. 39 crores, respectively.  In addition, Rs. 594.66 crores have been spent on R&D projects in solar, small  wind  and  hybrid,  biogas,  biofuel,  hydrogen,  fuel  cells,  electric  vehicles,energy  storage,  smart  grids, clean coal and small hydro implemented by various R&D/academic institutions, industries during the last three  years.    The  funds  provided  to  these  institutes  for  conducting  national,  bilateral  and  multilateral research projects in various energy domains have resulted in standards, testing, evaluation and performance certification, advanced research infrastructure, test beds for technology demonstrations, specialized research manpower, publications in peer reviewed journals and knowledge disclosures / patents.
- (c)  &  (d):      The  Government  has  plans  to  further  expand  energy  research  in  the country  in  the  new  and emerging areas such as clean energy materials, converting sunlight to create storable solar fuels, affordable heating  and  cooling  of  buildings,  alternate  fuels  (e.g.  methanol  and  sustainable  bio  fuels)  etc.  besides promoting existing areas. The Government has plans to double its investments on research & development in clean energy over five years with 2014-15 as base year.

## TABLE-I

LIST  OF  SELECT  GOVERNMENT / GOVERNMENT  INSTITUTES INVOLVED  IN 'RESEARCH IN ENERGY'  AND  THEIR  RESEARCH  FIELDS  SUPPORTED  DURING  LAST  THREE  YEARS  AS STATED IN RESPONSE TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED PARLIAMENT QUESTION NO 2762 FOR 2 ND  AUGUST 2017

| Sl.No.                                               | Institute                                                                                                            | Research Field                                                        |
|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)                                                  | (2)                                                                                                                  | (2)                                                                   |
| R &DInstitutes                                       | R &DInstitutes                                                                                                       | R &DInstitutes                                                        |
| A. Department of Science and Technology (DST)        | A. Department of Science and Technology (DST)                                                                        | A. Department of Science and Technology (DST)                         |
| 1                                                    | DST-International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad                 | Energy Storage, Solar Photovoltaics, Methanol Research, Solar Thermal |
| 2                                                    | DST-Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru                                              | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, Energy Materials                 |
| 3                                                    | DST-S. N. BOSE Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata                                                                    | Energy Storage                                                        |
| 4                                                    | DST-Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata                                                       | Energy Materials, Solar Photovoltaics                                 |
| B. Department of Bio Technology (DBT)                | B. Department of Bio Technology (DBT)                                                                                | B. Department of Bio Technology (DBT)                                 |
| 1                                                    | DBT-Institute Of Bioresources& Sustainable development, Imphal                                                       | Bio Energy                                                            |
| 2                                                    | DBT-Institute of Chemical Technology-Centre for Energy Biosciences, Mumbai                                           | Bio Fuels                                                             |
| 3                                                    | DBT-Indian Oil Corporation-Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Faridabad                                         | Bio Fuels                                                             |
| 4                                                    | DBT-International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology-Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, New Delhi | Bio Fuels                                                             |
| 5                                                    | DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy                                                                                     | Bio Fuels                                                             |
| C. Council of Scientific &Industrial Research (CSIR) | C. Council of Scientific &Industrial Research (CSIR)                                                                 | C. Council of Scientific &Industrial Research (CSIR)                  |
| 1                                                    | CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani                                                      | Building Energy Efficiency, Solar Thermal                             |
| 2                                                    | CSIR-Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi                                                          | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy Storage                                   |
| 3                                                    | CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad                                                          | Clean Coal, Methanol Research                                         |
| 4                                                    | CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee                                                                    | Building Energy Efficiency                                            |
| 5                                                    | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad                                                              | Clean Coal, Bio Energy, Alternate Fuels                               |
| 6                                                    | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun                                                                         | MethanolResearch &Alternate Fuels                                     |
| 7                                                    | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur                                                   | Solar Thermal                                                         |
| 8                                                    | CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi                                                                         | Solar Photovoltaics                                                   |
| 9                                                    | CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad                                                             | Solar Photovoltaics                                                   |
| (1)                                                  | (2)                                                                                                                  | (2)                                                                   |
| 10 CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary     | 10 CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary                                                                     | Solar Photovoltaics                                                   |

| 11                                             | CSIR-National AerospaceLaboratories, Bengaluru                                    | Solar Thermal                                                                                                                             |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12                                             | CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai                              | Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                                                |
| D. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)           | D. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)                                              | D. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)                                                                                                      |
| 1                                              | MoES-National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai                       | Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)                                                                                       |
| E. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) | E. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)                                    | E. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)                                                                                            |
| 1                                              | MNRE-National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram                                 | Solar Thermal &SolarPhotovoltaics                                                                                                         |
| 2                                              | MNRE-National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai                                   | Wind Energy                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                              | MNRE-SardarSwaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy SSS-NIBE, Rasulpur | Biomass, Bio Fuels                                                                                                                        |
| F. Ministry Of Power (MOP)                     | F. Ministry Of Power (MOP)                                                        | F. Ministry Of Power (MOP)                                                                                                                |
| 1                                              | MOP-Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bengaluru                            | Research infrastructure and R&D Projects specific to power sector                                                                         |
| Academic Institutions                          | Academic Institutions                                                             | Academic Institutions                                                                                                                     |
| A. IISc, IITs, NITs, IISER and IIEST           | A. IISc, IITs, NITs, IISER and IIEST                                              | A. IISc, IITs, NITs, IISER and IIEST                                                                                                      |
| 1                                              | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore                                            | System Integration, Energy Storage, Solar Thermal, Building Energy Efficiency, Solar photovoltaics, Thermal energy storage, Bio-fuels     |
| 2                                              | Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad                              | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                                                       |
| 3                                              | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay                                             | Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, Building Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Systems, Clean Coal                      |
| 4                                              | Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi                                      | Energy System Integration                                                                                                                 |
| 5                                              | Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar                                        | Energy System Integration                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                              | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi                                              | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy System Integration, Building Energy Efficiency, Alternate Fuels, Solar Thermal, Clean coal, Methanol Research |
| 7                                              | Indian School of Mines,Dhanbad                                                    | Clean Coal, Methanol Research                                                                                                             |
| 8                                              | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati                                           | Solar Materials, Clean Coal, Methanol Research, Bio-Energy, Solar Thermal                                                                 |
| 9                                              | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar                                        | Building Energy Efficiency, Smart Grids                                                                                                   |
| 10                                             | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad                                          | Energy Storage,Building Energy Efficiency, Alternative fuels,                                                                             |
| 11                                             | Indian Institute of Technology Indore                                             | Solar Photovoltaics, Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                           |
| 12                                             | Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur                                            | Solar Energy, Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                                  |
| 13                                             | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur                                             | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy System Integration, Alternate Fuels and I.C. Engine, Building Energy Efficiency                               |
| 14                                             | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur                                          | Solar Photovoltaics, Building Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage                                                                           |

| (1)                     | (2)                                                                     | (3)                                                                                                            |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15                      | Indian Institute of Technology Madras                                   | Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaics, Building Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage                                 |
| 16                      | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi                                    | Solar Photovoltaics, Renewable Energy Sources                                                                  |
| 17                      | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar                                    | Solar Photovoltaics, Building Energy Efficiency, Clean Coal                                                    |
| 18                      | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee                                  | Alternate Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Building Energy Efficiency,               |
| 19                      | National Institute of Technology Calicut                                | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| 20                      | National Institute of Technology Goa                                    | Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                     |
| 21                      | National Institute of Technology Jaipur                                 | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| 22                      | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal                   | Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                     |
| 23                      | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur                       | Solar Thermal Energy, Energy from Bio-mass, Renewable Energy , Photovoltaic Plants, Building Energy Efficiency |
| 24                      | National Institute of Technology Nagpur                                 | System Integration                                                                                             |
| 25                      | National Institute of Technology Rourkela                               | System Integration, Building Energy Efficiency                                                                 |
| 26                      | National Institute of TechnologyTiruchirappalli                         | Solar Photovoltaics,Building Energy Efficiency                                                                 |
| 27                      | National Institute of Technology Surathkal                              | Solar Photovoltaics, Building Energy Efficiency                                                                |
| 28                      | National Institute of Technology Warangal                               | System Integration                                                                                             |
| 29                      | Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Pune               | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy Storage                                                                            |
| 30                      | Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| 31                      | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur         | Solar Photovoltaics, Building energy Efficiency                                                                |
| B. Central Universities | B. Central Universities                                                 |                                                                                                                |
| 1                       | Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi                                 | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| 2                       | Pondicherry University, Puducherry                                      | Solar Photovoltaics, Energy Storage                                                                            |
| 3                       | University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad                                      | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| C. State Universities   | C. State Universities                                                   |                                                                                                                |
| 1                       | Anna University, Chennai                                                | Solar Photovoltaics& Thermal, Energy Storage, Building Energy Efficiency                                       |
| 2                       | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi             | Building Energy Efficiency                                                                                     |
| 3                       | Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang                           | Clean Coal                                                                                                     |
| 4                       | JadavpurUnniversity, Kolkata                                            | Solar Photovoltaics, System Integration, Building Energy efficiency                                            |
| 5                       | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara                       | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |
| 6                       | Pune University, Pune                                                   | Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal                                                                             |
| 7                       | Tumkur University, Tumkur                                               | Solar Photovoltaics                                                                                            |

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