Following are the Mandatory Requirements for ECBC Compliance with Reference to HVAC System of Building. Natural ventilation Equipment Efficiency Controls Piping and Ductwork System Balancing Condensers Natural Ventilation »            As per National Building Code of India 2005 SOURCE: Bureau of Read more…
Promoting solar Rooftop systems under third party financing model has had limited success due to inadequate availability of that capital to the project developers. The third party financing model is also known as RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company) model. The Read more…
Quality certification and standards for grid-connected rooftop solar PV systems are essential for the successful mass-scale implementation (in-order to achieve 40 GW of rooftop solar target under ‘National Solar Mission’ programme) of this technology. It is also imperative to put Read more…
Pre-Commissioning test for your solar rooftop system should be carefully done so that the system installation is ensured safe. There are 3 major aspects for pre-commissioning tests for your solar panels. Operability test on isolation device Unintentional islanding functionality Cease Read more…
General Requirements (IEEE 1547 / CEA Regulation 2013) Voltage Regulations: The distributed resources shall not actively regulate the voltage at the point of interconnection. Synchronization: The distributed resource synchronized with electric system shall not cause a voltage fluctuation at the Read more…
In the recent guideline issued by MNRE for bidding mechanism for procurement of solar and wind power, MNRE has removed the tariff cap for reverse bidding in the solar and wind project. This will be adopted in all upcoming future Read more…
While solar projects take lots of land and using barren land is difficult as the land available is in isolated areas, a new trend and a large number of agriculture farms are looking for solar plants to meet their requirements. Read more…
The Government has approved launch of new scheme for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar power plants, with an objective of providing financial and water security to farmers. The scheme consists of three components: Component-A: 10,000 Read more…
Ministry of New and renewable Energy (MNRE) has drawn a scheme to set up number of solar parks across various states in the country, each with a capacity of Solar Projects generally above 500 MW. The Scheme proposes to provide Read more…
In order to get highest energy yield, it is important that modules are oriented towards South with a required tilt angle. However, in case of rooftop solar PV systems, it may not be always feasible to orient your solar modules Read more…
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