Reliance's Green Energy push - Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on Urban Chatterati 

We have solar energy at home and we have not paid a single rupee for electricity since 2014. We run 2 ACs all summer. I live in Gujarat and the state government gave heavy subsidies back then.

This channel has become quite good with time. The quality of discussion and scope of topics is quite impressive.

As an engineer working in the energy industry for the last 10 years, I agree with AIM completely. A combination of Solar/wind with Nuclear is the only way forward if we want to have a sustainable future. Fossil fuel needs to go.

After the Long time I found Abhijit so positive

We need more these kind of podcast on economy and sustainable development.

Mukesh Ambani and Dhiru Bhai Amabani are Heroes of INDIA. They're pride of INDIA. Same with Ratan TATA sir, MDH.

Really happy to see AIM optimistic

I can just listen to this guy in my entire life. So clear and focused and articulate

Jio effect of Solar Industry...🤣🤣 I'm just waiting for that...❤️❤️

a podcast with abhijit on architecture pls from ancient medieval to modern (including interior design) we all know he is a great repository of architectural knowlege

What an enlightening discussion. Do more of these much needed non political discussions Abhinav. As usual AIM killed it like always..

This has become one of my favourite channels ...also it's rare to see Abhijit being positive. Likes of Reliance,TATA,Infosys,tvs,bajaj etc. have done more for indian people than any activist ever did. There are few points to note however:- 1.Solar energy is great for india and reliance can start an entire industrial ecosystem around it. Solar energy isn't however as green as people think...mass-scale manufacturing of its components do cause environmental damage. e however can certainly ignore it since development of this sector is too important. 2.Fully-glassed balconies are mainly in high-class societies mainly because of 'status symbol' and also cos it gives a good view. Rich ppl have AC turned on all the time so design optimization for temperature is rarely concern for them. 3.Solar and nuclear both are important but the real energy source which india can harvest equally easily is Tidal energy. India is already one of the leading countries in Hydroelectric dam construction. Tidal energy plants tho a bit different operate on same principles. With sufficient investment and push from gov, it can used as a staple source of energy given India's geography. It also is more relaible and environment friendly than any other renewable source.

These things by ambani just tells you why many people are so desperate in attacking him

I really liked today’s discussion. It is a pleasure to listen to AIM as always. I would love for Abhinav to invite a scientist or engineer who has worked on green energy in India, and listen to his point of view regarding the future challenges and opportunities we have in India in this front.

Fantastic that I am subscribed to this channel as a student of geography. Most of the discussions are pretty relevant to my discipline's knowledge.

Excellent, crisp.

I had this question, how to reduce dependency on crude oil for a long time and how we can find alternate energy, this discussion was great and guided my thought to next level.

Such a great initiative Sir . There's a very little good content on RU-vid on matters like this. Thanks a lot sir for starting Urban chatterati.

Love to watch discussion on diverse topic ❤️

Mukesh ambani was busy in how to make productive use of his fortune while his younger brother was busy in financing and processing of movies, sponsoring film fare awards,accompanying bachan to hospital when he got heart attack and showering hospitality to bomb blast convicts and tontti chors,dacoit turned nethaji etc.,

I have a 5KW solar for my home and it's connected to grid, so I actually get paid for export, MAX load is around 500- 750W (for home) rest goes to grid.

The Ministry of Power has finally issued the much awaited amendment to the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules 2020 regarding the Net metering for Rooftop Solar Installations allows net metering to the prosumer for loads upto 500kw/sanctioned load,whichever is lower. This will boost the required surge in rooftop solar Installations as early the states will incorporate these amendments.

AIM is so knowledgeable and articulate! Big fan!!

Thanks for the discourse

Great info fountain from AIM as usual!!!!! Thank u!

Mr Abinav Prakash, you make excellent content. Please do a video on your library and books you recommend. Regards

Very good information and helpful analysis. Yes, I agree with AIM that large energy gap need to be filled by nuclear power along with green energy. Thanx.

Have a longer discussion with abhijit on this topic and nuclear energy and the economic advantages and disadvantages of it. Please.

According to Elon Musk..the entire electricity needs of USA can be met by solar energy installation occupying an area 0.6% of the USA.

So nice to see AIM optimistic for a change!

If Reliance is going into solar panels now its going to become more affordable. Time to invest in battery stocks etc...

Its very good discussion

Super Like to both of you , Keep it u

Loved the discussion

Abhijit is on point as always. Indians celebrate mediocrity. Double glazed windows, wrap around balconies to reduce energy use- key takeaways from the podcast. I’ve learnt more from these podcasts than ever. Keep up the good work.

Nuclear Energy is cheaper than Solar Energy in terms of installation, space occupied and energy produced per unit mass. I read about the efficiency of Nuclear Energy and myths related to it by Michael Shellenberger in one of his Forbes articles. It is a must read for everyone (including the environmentalist policy makers and industrialists)

If possible please do a show on current economic condition of India. Whether we are we going in a economic slowdown.. if so what can be done by GOI & citizens of India to overcome it.. 💸🏦🤨🤔

how is abhijit iyer mitra so smart to have so much knowledge across various topics ?

I wish u had also discussed China's monopoly in rare earth metals.

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positive development. 👍👌

A great discussion. If one makes a plot of the per capita GDP (nominal) of countries versus the installed energy capacity, there is a positive correlation between energy consumption and per capita income. In order to be referred to as developed, a country needs around 2000 MW per million of its population. This is the basic threshold. India currently only has around 287 MW per million people. In absolute terms, India needs 2800 GW instead of the 400 GW that we have now. So our energy generation capacity has to increase by 7 times. The message here cannot be starker. Follow the conclusions of Ian Morris, Vaclav Smil, Harari, etc, consume energy and develop. How soon can India achieve this and what are the costs involved? Between 2005 and 2015, China was able to install 100 GW of new energy capacity per year, leading to a total capacity addition of 1000 GW. Most of this capacity was non-renewable. But today China is still maintaining a rate of 100 GW per year, albeit in renewables. Modiji's New Investment Pipeline envisages an increase from the current 400 GW to around 625 GW by 2026. This pace is not fast enough and we need to approach the 100 GW per year of new capacity baseline. That would give India 1400 GW by 2030, and simultaneous entry into the 10 trillion and upper-middle-income country clubs. 0 India is blessed with 300+ days of sunshine in most regions. The rooftop solar capacity is almost 300 GW if everyone fills their rooftop with panels. A combination of solar + pumped hydro can increase the capacity factor of hydroelectric power in India as most power production is shut down due to loss of water head. These are high-capacity gravity batteries that we already have in place and which can balance the load.

Abhinav Ji it is a request can you please make these podcasts available on Spotify.

I wonder if metro's like Mumbai can benefit from this because we don't have our own roofs here in Mumbai ofc. All the residents in one building share the roof. The panels will have to not be too big in size for there to be no objection to each resident putting up panels on the shared roof.

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I have booked Nexon EV a week back. We all need to do our bit for our future's sake.

Can you please touch upon any policies which can be used to improve the state of discoms in India.

Wonderful discussion. But Abhijit please improve your internet connection!!

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Loved AIM ❤️

Thing with nuclear reactor is that it's installation cost is huge, gestation period is long ,if we can reduce this cost and there is policy consistency, and perhaps low interest rate loans nuclear will be successful ,

You didn't talk about hydrogen fuel cell technology which was announced by Reliance. It will be like one power plant for particular big building or complex. Reliance entering hydrogen fuel cell technology can be game changer already Mtar technologies is component supplier to American fuel cell manufacturer.

We need big players in Green push and Reliance's entry is very welcome. With their ambition aligned with government's vision things will move very fast.

Earlier we heard about fuel mix for energy security to diversify energy import country now new dynamics is energy mix specially renewable energy.

you can even feed energy back into the grid

Please have a discussion on Nuclear Energy scope in India as early as possible..

Always a pleasure to listen to AIM SIR. Sir those socialists and communists should be banned from getting jobs in capitalists firm.

Theft and transmission loss are the major drawbacks now. Both of them can be controlled.

RIL should come out for development of new railway high speed corridor investment. For declogging road sector need more transport trains which is popular in Europe where long distance bus, cars, trucks even double decker buses also transported in long distance. Separate line, land acquisition similar to green corridor should be implemented.

I was watching the show with some interest till AIM came to his rant on 'Fracking'.....which then took away from the entire discussion because he made several factual errors in his description of the science and technology behind the Shale Oil/Gas revolution which has changed the entire global energy discourse in the last decade. Its impact on American energy independence and therefore the geopolitics of the last 10 years has also been significant but that is a different topic.. Also the moot point is not whether Fossil fuels are good or bad. The debate is almost over on this and the conclusions are clear - there have to be better options and solar is definitely a solution. My issue is on a more personal and yet fundamental level. As a so called expert - if AIM is going to weigh in on a topic then he owes it to us to be informed on it. Point Number 1: Hydraulic fracturing is different from Acid stimulation which by its very name involves diluted acids which are used to dissolve carbonate formations to allow for increased production. The acids are nothing exotic -for eg. diluted HCl Point Number 2 : Shale formations cannot be dissolved by acids and therefore do not involve hazardous acids. Basically 'sand' (called proppant since it props up the fractures created) is pumped into an otherwise impermeable shale to break it down. The fractures created now allow hitherto trapped hydrocarbons to flow into the wellbore and upto the surface. Simple so far. Point Number 3 : The sand cannot be pumped on its own and has to be carried in a water based gel (basic fluid dynamics 101 - you can't pump a solid....). The gel is derived from various sources and the Indian legume 'guar' used to be a primary source when the technique was taking off in 2008/9. Nothing toxic here - 'Guar ki phali' is a favorite vegetable in North India?! Note: agreed that companies have replaced this gel with lab based chemicals but these are benign since they have to be easy to handle and transport. Coming back to my issue - 'instead of educating himself on the above basics (a short RU-vid video could have filled the gaps) - AIM's ranting drew visuals from Josh Fox's 'Gasland' of 'flaming faucets'.....something which has been shown to be inaccurate given a basic geological fact : the 'shale' being fracked and 'water' aquifers are separated by thousands of feet of impermeable rock. There is no way the fluids can communicate and enter water supplies. That said surface oil and gas seeps have been know to occur naturally all over the world and would most likely be the cause of these 'flaming taps', especially if the seep is travelling through a shallow water aquifer. Instead assigning causality to fracking indicates scientific laziness...and as a so-called 'scientific' minded intellectual AIM could do better. To close - I have a humble request; there are several better informed subject matter experts who should be invited to your show so that they can weigh in on the various topics you discuss. I am reminded of Hitchen's razor - “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.” Unless we start showing some intellectual humility and desist from expert commentary on everything under the sun, people will start applying this razor to 'everything one says. Even if it is informed and accurate.

If panels are not cleaned of dust & grime, efficiency is very low. We are poor on maintaining any installation. AIM did not clarify on this.

Abhinav, please do a session with Abhijit what is hapening with this NSCN peace talk?

Please do a discussion on thorium nuclear reactor.

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We should focus on making everything integrated with solar panels, like electric car with solar panel roof, public transport with solar panel roof and many such things.

The best moment - When Abhinav Sir laughs 😀😀

What about -hydrolic fracking.

Damn some soothing content after that tiss shit

Don't know if the ideasbeing given to leaders come from people who are intouch with latest technology.

The bad thing is that inspite of these big announcement the reliance share falled by almost 3% in the stock market.

The only thing which is holding me back from installing solar is How will I fly kite on my terrace.

Abhijit I too have solar panel at home. But it works like this, the electricity produced by it goes to government while the government provides us with electricity. Can you explain how this helps in electricity theft?

as of now I am not in favour of solar panels, essentially because of fluctuations, but if batteries are revolutionalized and the capacity is increased to such an extent that it runs day and night, I might change my mind, I still support nuclear power plants as of now, centralized and cheap electricity while waste generated being negligible compared to any other source.

When will abhijit discuss on south politics and we want to know what are bjp plans and to free from these goonda regional parties

Crab story was brilliant and so true 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏽🇮🇳

Mukesh bhai is a true Bharat Ratna.

वेल-वेल वेट्री वेल, का भावार्थ क्या है??

Solar energy would need new challenges in installation, maintenance, recycling and disposal. Besides land grab has been objective of conneted/powerful lot knowing well that in overpopulated nation land price would zoom. Best way should be to mandate and start installing Solar of roof of Institutions including factories, large offices, Scxhools, College, Hospitals etc besides huge dust would cause extra maintenance and damage of Panels. lets hope Ambani can do better and help in saving fules and energy costs.

Solar can handle the peak day loads but night loads need nuclear and even thermal

India has a vast reserve of Thorium, how far have come in developing it and why isn’t there a thrust to have Thorium reactors in lieu of Nuclear reactors for our energy needs?

India could also use solar cookers for commercial chai making and reduce LPG and kerosene significantly. An Osho devotee (whom I do not know personally, and whom I have no connection with) called Dr Nityam Privette has designed solar ovens that can bring a gallon of water to boil in about 12 minutes on clear days. Reliance - or someone else - could help reduce India's carbon emissions very significantly by licensing and manufacturing solar ovens for sale to poor tea shop owners across the country. The ability to not use kerosene or gas for 6 to 7 hours a day to make chai would save a lot of money for the chaiwallas too. PM Modi and his supporters talk about his early career as a chaiwalla with pride, and it is admirable that someone who came from humble beginnings achieved so much. Perhaps, it might be good for the PM to support his former profession by bringing in solar boilers to help in more ways than can be counted...

I think along with solar, we must also invest in nuclear power. Nuclear power is highly effective and also modern reactors are very safe.

Do a discussion on nuclear energy

Main problem is of high prices of solar panels and batteries that have short life span and the need to replace it in every 2 to 3 years that makes it very costly for a Indian middle class to afford

Abhinav the session on indian food has delayed too much

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Hyderabad Old city 20 -30 % electricity paid by cyberabad and Secundrabad people are paying it if we Indias stop importing the oil and same amount of money spend it in India itself. with 10 - 20 years itself, India will developed country.

Discuss about the no strike policy i.e. the ESSENTIAL DEFENCE SERVICES ORDINANCE bill for the OFB which stops the protests and the strikes in the ORDINANCE FACTORY BORDS

Feels like Chankya is born again after looking at sympathetic situation of India. 🤔

You know in India, if something Good happens then the Babus will come and shit all over on it. I wonder what they will do this time

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BTw....current Jio phone models are also all Chinese only...and bad ones at that. Their model for the aam janta...the Jio Phone is particularly sad piece of junk. Jio believes in market disruption even before getting their systems right. And a lot of times the market disruption is aided by the govt in power at that time.

AIM has two face very serious on the other vlogs n very funny on sham sharma

nuclear fuels can also be thorium and we have an abundance of it in India, so no need to import as such

Sara architecture toh antilla mein dikh raha hai. 😭😭

If Reliance is able to turn out their Ion Lithium batteries that will revolutionize electric vehicles as also electricity storage space . The geostrategic effect would translate into India paying less Jajia to Arab(Muslim) world in the form of oil prices some of which is funded back into India for all kinds of Jihad. Tata Chemicals, Adani Green, Adani Power, Amar Raja, Exide are pumping in money into this space. Advantage Reliance is that of scale - they are capable of pumping in a huge capital that makes the rivals sit aside.

AIM was on point again, most of the time. But he is wrong about China & solar panels. China has one of the best solar panels mfg capabilities in terms of quality and scale. US used to be ahead, but not anymore. South Korea and Taiwan are doing wonder too. Now a days you can get pretty much any technology from China with one of the best quality as well as cheap.

Solar energy is old world. There are many more effecient green energy technology available. Why are we chasing 20 years old and only 12%effeciency energy.

Nowadays I see AIM become expert in every field..😃

Abhijit is absolutely wrong on fracing...that's not how it works...