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PTI | Chennai | Updated: 04-10-2018 17:38 IST | Created: 04-10-2018 17:38 IST
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The idea of 'One World, One Sun,

One Grid' mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi can become

"a reality" provided technology for transmission of power

becomes affordable, IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi

Thursday said.

Speaking to PTI, Ramamurthi said tracking the Sun

requires one to bring power from over 1,000 km every hour.

"Today to ship solar power over 1,000 km using

high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power

transmission system, there is a certain cost, which is going

down every year.

As HVDC becomes more affordable, this (one grid) will

start becoming a reality and you can ship power," he said.

HVDC stands for high voltage direct current, an

established technology used to transmit electricity over long

distances by overhead transmission lines or submarine cables.

"Once you have it, you can ship any power, not just

solar. The moment you are able to do it, people can even sell

solar energy...the PM's idea is very visionary but it is not

going to happen overnight," he said.

Stressing that India would generate 40 per cent of

power from non-fossil fuels by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi earlier this week had called for connecting solar energy

supply across borders giving the mantra of 'One World, One Sun

One Grid'.

"We have a dream One World, One Sun, One Grid. We

generate round the clock electricity from the sun as it sets

in one part of the world but rises in another part. Sun never

sets for entire earth," Modi said addressing the first

assembly of International Solar Alliance in New Delhi.

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