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Wireless Power Transfer....

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Qi Wireless Charger Power Bank Image Courtesy: Amazon.com Wireless Power Transfer is the transmission of Electrical energy from a source to Grid or consumer's load through space, without the use of conducting wires. Several researchers and world renowned scientists have been working on Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) from as early as 1900. Nikola Tesla was the first to propose WPT through the Wardenclyffe tower or Tesla tower that he designed and built at Shoreham, New York in the early twentieth century. The facility was not completed because of severe financial crisis. Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower for Wireless Power Tranmission Photo Source: Wikipedia Many other scientists followed in the foot steps of Nikola Tesla, but it was only in the year 2007 that a bunch of scientists from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) demonstrated wireless power transfer. They called their technology as " WiTricity ". They were a able to power a 60W in

Electric Power Scenario in India

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          India, in the year 2013, became the 3rd largest producer of Electric Power, only after China and United States, contributing 4.8% of global share in electricity production. The top 10 electric power producing countries is listed below in the order of their Power producing capacity. 1. China 2. United States 3. India 4. Russia 5. Japan 6. Canada 7. Germany 8. Brazil 9. France 10. South Korea            T he total installed power generation capacity of the Utilities in India is 288 GW available through Renewable power plants that constitute 28% and Non-renewable power plants that constitute remaining 72% of the total installed capacity.           On 31st March 2015, the total installed capacity was 271.722 GW available through Thermal power plants (burning coal - 169.118 GW, burning gas - 23.062 GW and burning diesel - 1.2 GW) that constituted 188.898 GW, Nuclear power plants that constituted 5.78 GW and Renewable power plants (Hydel power