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The recent downward trends in solar tariff may be attributed to the factors like economies of scale, assured availability of land, and power evacuation systems under the Solar Park Scheme. The scheme aims to provide a huge impetus to solar energy generation by acting as a flagship demonstration facility to Read more…

Suryamitra Skill Development Programme is a flagship programme under the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. This Programme is a comprehensive skill development programme which produces skilled manpower to serve solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants, SPV rooftop, act as installer, operation/repair, and maintenance. The duration of Suryamitra programme is Read more…

S olarEdge has bagged Intersolar Award in the Photovoltaics category for its HD-Wave technology inverter. SolarEdge’s HD-Wave inverter technology is a novel power conversion topology that significantly decreases inverter size and weight while achieving record efficiency. By employing distributed switching and advanced digital processing to synthesize a clean, high-definition sine Read more…

A ‘solar cooker’ is a device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurize food or drink. Many solar cookers currently in use are relatively inexpensive, lowtech devices, although some are as powerful or as expensive as traditional stoves,  and advanced, large-scale solar cookers can cook for hundreds Read more…

A CSIR laboratory in West Bengal has designed a ‘solar power tree’ that takes up only four sq. ft of space and produces about three kW of power, enough to power about five households. Dr Sibnath Maity, chief scientist at the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) in Durgapur, which Read more…

Conventional box type solar cookers cannot follow the sun properly except during solar noon. Moreover, use of single reflector is not so suitable to boost up the energy collection. Box type cookers with multiple reflectors generally known as solar ovens are equipped with adjustable leg at back for changing the Read more…

To save energy consumption, all 17 railway stations on the world heritage Kalka–Shimla rail track will soon have the solar lighting system. The solar power can also be used to light up coaches, helping in saving power and making all stations on the track green in the second phase. It Read more…