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New Sources of Energy
"Pursuing renewable sources of energy, decreasing our internal carbon footprint
and exploring unconventional hydrocarbons.”
A transition to cleaner sources of energy is the key if India
wants to effectively address the issues of climate change
and maintain the energy security of the nation. Recognizing
these issues as top priority, ONGC has adopted a two-fold
approach when it comes to looking at new sources of
energy:
1. Adopt renewable sources of energy to lower the
carbon footprint of ONGC's operations
2. Invest in exploration, drilling and processing of low
carbon intensive fuel sources
1. Investing in Renewable Energy
We are setting up a 102 MW Wind Farm in Rajasthan,
in addition to a 51 MW Unit already working successfully in
Bhuj, Gujarat. The planned investment is about INR 8 billion
and the plant is likely to be commissioned by 2014-15.
R&D in New Energy Technologies
The ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) set up for holistic
research for new and alternate energy sources has been
pursuing a number of new projects like the application of
Solar Thermal Engine, Thermo-chemical generation of
hydrogen, Bioconversion of coal/oil to methane gas,
Uranium exploration, Solid state lighting, and a Solar PV
Energy Farm.
OEC is working towards the goal of establishing mass scale
commercialization of alternate energy technologies. OEC
has installed three state-of-the-art Solar Thermal Engines
at the Solar Energy Centre (SEC), Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE) campus at Gurgaon.
Harnessing wind power
RE Investments (Billion INR)
10
8*
5
3.07
0
2009-10 2010-11
* Including commitments till 2014-15