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Reference Number EP/P032591/1
Title Strategic University Network to Revolutionise Indian Solar Energy (SUNRISE)
Status Completed
Energy Categories Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 75%;
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 13%;
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 12%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields SOCIAL SCIENCES (Development Studies) 20%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 20%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 20%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 20%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 20%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 80%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 10%;
Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 10%;
Principal Investigator Dr DA Worsley
Engineering
Swansea University
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 October 2017
End Date 31 March 2022
Duration 54 months
Total Grant Value £6,580,123
Industrial Sectors Energy
Region Wales
Programme GCRF RCUK Grants
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr DA Worsley , Engineering, Swansea University
  Other Investigator Professor S Ogale , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER), India
Dr SA Haque , Chemistry, Imperial College London
Dr I McCulloch , Chemistry, Imperial College London
Professor J Nelson , Department of Physics (the Blackett Laboratory), Imperial College London
Dr S Chand , National Physical Laboratory, India
Dr A Patra , National Physical Laboratory, India
Professor V Dutta , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Professor KS Narayan , UNLISTED, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), USA
Dr S Singh , Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India
Dr G Lingamallu , Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India
Dr R Narayan , Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India
Professor A Shukla , Indian Institute of Science
Professor S Patil , Indian Institute of Science
Dr C Charbonneau , Engineering, Swansea University
Dr T Watson , Engineering, Swansea University
Professor S (Stuart ) Irvine , Centre for Solar Energy Research, Swansea University
Professor J Durrant , Engineering, Swansea University
Dr M Carnie , Engineering, Swansea University
Dr M Davies , Engineering, Swansea University
Professor A Garg , UNLISTED, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Professor A Bhattacharya , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin, Brunel University
Dr H Singh , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin, Brunel University
Professor HM (Hari ) Upadhyaya , School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Professor Sir R Friend , Physics, University of Cambridge
Dr hjs Snaith , Oxford Physics, University of Oxford
  Industrial Collaborator Project Contact , Energy For You, Spain
Project Contact , Tata Capital Limited, India
Project Contact , Eight19 Ltd
Project Contact , Oxford Photovoltaics Limited
Project Contact , Tata Group UK
Project Contact , Pilkington Group Ltd
Project Contact , BIPVCo
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Abstract In November 2016 the UK Government mounted a technical trade mission to India. During this visit the delegation witnessed some of the worst aerial pollution in Delhi's history. At times the air quality was contaminated with 999 mg per cubic metre of particulates almost five times the emission consent of an iron making coke oven! India will be the World's largest economy potentially as early as 2030 requiring a total transformation in energy generation. At the Trade summit Prime Minister Modi detailed a vision for India to leapfrog other countries reliance on fossil fuels harnessing global science implemented locally. As such the timing of SUNRISE could not be better. SUNRISE is an ambitious programme to rapidly accelerate and prove low cost printed PV and tandem solar cells for use in off grid Indian communities within the lifetime of the project. SUNRISE will combine world leading UK research teams from Imperial (Durrant/Nelson), Cambridge (Friend), Oxford (Snaith) a key Indo UK research leader (Uppadaya at Brunel) with an internationally leading photovoltaic scaling activity (SPECIFIC IKC at Swansea University (Worsley/Watson)) and key Indian institutions notably IIT Delhi (Dutta/Pathak), NPL Delhi (Chand, Gupta), CSIR Hydrabad (Giribabu, Narayan), IISER Pune (Ogale), IIT Kanpur (Garg, Gupta). The research impact of scaleable and stable low cost metal mounted PV products will be supported by technology demonstration at five off grid village communities (each of up to 20000 people). The EPSRC JUICE consortium will support the systems integration and electrical storage elements to create real technology demonstrators using local manufacturing supply chains (Tata Cleantech Capital and Tata Trust). In addition to electrical infrastructure the SUNRISE partnership includes activity on gasification of farming/crop wastes (a major cause of the incredible pollution in Delhi in November 2016) and the SPECIFIC IKC will support the practical on site demonstration of photocatalytic water purification using a linked programme with the Gates' Foundation. A key driver for this project is not only demonstration of technology in real demonstration sites but the creation of a legacy of better Indian Industry/Institution collaboration through the creation of an Industrial Doctorate programme modelled on the success of the UK EngD programme started by EPSRC in 1992 and pioneered at Swansea
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