{"id":12063,"date":"2016-10-24T19:31:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12063"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:33:57","slug":"bye-to-light-failure-two-india-siblings-develop-wind-turbine-cost-750-generates-5kw-per-day-by-by-sainul-abudheen-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12063","title":{"rendered":"Bye to light failure: Two India siblings develop wind turbine. Cost $750, generates 5kw per day by Sainul Abudheen K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11290&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Soon after assuming office, Kerala (southern state of India) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan kicked up a storm by publicly supporting the Athirappilly hydro electric project, which\u00a0environmentalists said, if implemented, would create ecologic imbalance in the area and destroy the Athirappilly waterfalls, the largest\u00a0natural waterfalls\u00a0in the state.<\/p>\n<p>It is not that the government is oblivious to the impact that the project could make, but it says it has\u00a0no option but to leverage existing means to check the growing power crisis in Kerala, which partially depends on the private sector for electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Things are no different in other states either. While Kerala has attained almost 100 per cent electrical coverage, many parts of India still remain in the dark. For a large portion of the Indian population, electricity to this day remains a\u00a0distant dream.<\/p>\n<p>Enter\u00a0two siblings who want to make India\u2019s energy crisis a thing of the past. The duo has developed a new solution they say will not even slightly impact the ecological balance.<\/p>\n<p>Avant Garde Innovations, the startup founded by siblings Arun and Anoop George from Kerala, has come up with a low-cost wind turbine that can generate enough electricity to power an entire house for a lifetime. The size of a ceiling fan, this wind turbine can generate 5 kWh\/kW per day\u00a0\u2014 with just a one-time cost of US$750.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to eliminate energy poverty, reduce dependence on struggling state power grids and create energy self sufficiency for all the needy ones through distributed, localised and affordable renewable energy. In doing so, we believe we can collectively usher in our world a cleaner environment, new economic prosperity and social change,\u201d reads\u00a0the company \u2018What We Do\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first offering is a highly affordable small wind turbine suitable for residential, commercial, agricultural, village electrification and other uses, which is aimed for a market launch during 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Incorporated in 2015, Avant Garde claims to be a startup with a \u2018green\u2019 heart and soul.<\/p>\n<p>For the startup, opportunity is massive.\u00a0India is the world\u2019s sixth largest energy consumer, accounting for 3.4 per cent of global energy consumption.\u00a0Federal governments in India, and the central government for that matter, are unable to bear the huge infrastructural cost required to bring electricity to remote villages.<\/p>\n<p>Erecting electric posts and electric lines require huge investments that could cost millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>This is where Avant Garde comes into picture. \u201cWhen small wind turbine generating 1kW energy costs INR 3-7 lakh (US$4,000-10,000), our company plans to sell it at less than NR 50,000 (about US$750). Costs will decrease further through mass production,\u201d Arun said in an interview to <em>The Times of India<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The company launched its pilot project at a church in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in January this year. The small wind turbine prototype that it has\u00a0developed is highly scalable for power capacities of 300 kW or even higher, Arun told <strong>e27<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur passionate aim is to introduce innovative, affordable and sustainable solutions that take renewable energy self sufficiency and energy empowerment to the next level through a distributed and decentralised approach using pioneering strategies the world has not witnessed yet,\u201d the company says.<\/p>\n<p>This revolutionary product has also won them a spot in the Top 20 Cleantech Innovations in India. The company has also made it to the list of 10 clean energy companies from India for the \u201cUN Sustainable Energy For All\u201d initiative under the one billion dollar clean energy investment opportunity directory.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the country ranks 4th in terms of global installed wind power capacity, after China, the US, and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, if Avant Garde Innovations takes off, Kerala can keep the\u00a0Athirappilly waterfalls untouched.<\/p>\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/e27.co\/with-the-cost-of-an-iphone-you-can-now-buy-a-wind-turbine-that-can-bring-affordable-clean-energy-to-your-home-for-lifetime-20160606\/\">e27.co<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Wind-turbine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12064\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Wind-turbine-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"wind-turbine\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Wind-turbine-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Wind-turbine.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Alayo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11749\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"alayo-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11290&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soon after assuming office, Kerala (southern state of India) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan kicked up a storm by publicly supporting the Athirappilly hydro electric project, which\u00a0environmentalists said, if implemented, would create ecologic imbalance in the area and destroy the Athirappilly waterfalls, the largest\u00a0natural waterfalls\u00a0in the state. 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