About The Energy Consortium – IIT Madras
Introduction
- The IIT Madras Energy Consortium has been formed to leverage the institute’s expertise to accelerate decarbonization of Indian industry’s energy systems.
- The Consortium is part of the Office of Global Engagement and draws upon past and current work done by our faculty in many domains & disciplines, and enables transfer of our research expertise to match Indian industry’s needs.
- The consortium has active participation from more than 50 IIT Madras Faculty from multiple disciplines, with significant technology expertise and demonstrated contributions on the world stage. In addition, we have over 250 postgraduate students (PhD and MS) and about 25 plus post-doctoral fellows working in various domains related to energy.
Decarbonization - a critical challenge for India
- A large global economy, 5th largest globally, and 3rd largest by PPP
- Increasing use of energy & CO2 emissions, third largest globally by greenhouse emissions
- Need for scalable solutions that can balance growth with environmental protection
Solution for India is solution for the world
- India needs solutions for a highly diverse set of end user needs & profiles
- These solutions have to be affordable
- Any solution successfully developed for India can thus find success in many regions worldwide
Leveraging our expertise and excellence to decarbonize Indian energy system
- IIT Madras recently named an Institute of Eminence by Govt. of India
- A budget of Rs 1000 crores (135 million) alloted for a period of five years to develop and offer to Indian and global markets innovative and high-impact solutions
Energy Consortium - Win-win academia-industry partnerships
- The IIT Madras Energy Consortium is a powerful platform that solves industry’s low carbon energy needs using our interdisciplinary research expertise
- Industry can de-risk their R&D efforts through this consortium
- Industry gets access to a large and talented pool of energy researchers
Key objectives
The consortium would be a strategic partner to help incubate and groom technology that is in the discovery and feasibility stages and to assist those in the pilot demonstration levels through use case scenario validations and techno-economic studies geared to understand scaling and commercialization aspects. The idea is to enhance and accelerate R&D efforts of the consortium members on topics of mutual interest/ benefit by partnering with IITM.
The three broad outcomes envisaged by the consortium will be
- Stakeholder engagement, encouraging responsible choices for energy solutions
- Methodologies for transparent and clear metrics such as achieving reduction in GHG emissions and addressing the sustainable development goals overall
- Preparing future leaders with diverse perspectives, who would be capable of navigating the cultural rewiring that comes about from a sustainable energy dominated future
The IITM EC can be considered to be an extended research partner for your company’s low carbon energy R&D efforts.
Key benefits for the Consortium industry partners
The consortium would be a strategic partner to help incubate and groom technology that is in the discovery and feasibility stages and to assist those in the pilot demonstration levels through use case scenario validations and techno-economic studies geared to understand scaling and commercialization aspects. The idea is to enhance and accelerate R&D efforts of the consortium members on topics of mutual interest/ benefit by partnering with IITM.
The three broad outcomes envisaged by the consortium will be
- A key asset that can continuously assist you in your research needs
- R&D at affordable costs and with quick turnarounds
- Access to world class facilities, expertise and talent
- Enables your company stakeholders to obtain a broader view on technology roadmaps and to assess technology maturity