The 1,650-MW Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant (RTPP) at Kadapa bore the brunt of the State’s Renewable Energy (RE) capacities overshooting the Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO). RTPP had consistently operated at 70% to 80% Plant Load Factor (PLF) till 2015 when the share of wind and solar power in the Read more
The percentage of renewable energy in India’s energy mix has risen steadily to nearly 9 per cent from the 2014-2015 levels. But, the current installed renewable energy capacity of the country pales against the 282 GW conventional power generation capacity. This is because despite the high installed generation capacity of Read more
Concentrated solar power requires vast fields of huge mirrors MIT scientists have designed a system that could store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver it back into an electric grid on demand. The system, described in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, may be designed to Read more
Wind, solar energy firms that sell under unviable terms will be major beneficiaries The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), India’s leading energy exchange, is hopeful of being able to introduce a trading platform for wind and solar power, early next fiscal. When this happens, wind and solar energy companies who put Read more
Worldwide, renewable energy has established itself as the technology of choice for new power generation capacity and India’s recent status of lowest-cost producer of solar power further reflects an ongoing shift towards renewable power as the driver of global energy transformation. Recently an analysis by IRENA found that the costs Read more
What is Solar Fencing?Security has become a crucial subject in today’s time and ensuring the safety of one’s property, crops, colonies, factories, etc. has become everyone’s primary concern. Solar fencing is a modernized and unconventional method which is one of the best options of providing security as it is both effective Read more
Almost everyone understands energy security but not as many when it comes to energy poverty. More than 800 million people or nearly one out of every seven in the world today don’t have access to electricity and several million more who are denied a reliable source of power. This is Read more
The upper size limit of your solar rooftop system is not only decided based on your roof area as well as your energy consumption profile, it is 50% of sanction load in Jammu and Kashmir, but also decided based on the applicable restrictions imposed on you by your local Discom. Read more
Before installating solar powerplant one should know about the connection they have in their houses i.e either that may be 3 phase or 1 phase. So first of all we will discuss about three phase and single phase connection. Both single phase and three phase electricity are used to transmit Read more
CHENNAI: In 2001, Italian couple Alfredo and Maria Elena Cuomo were united by a vision that set them on a path to alter many young lives – to help vulnerable children in India avail better education. And so, they set up The Cuomo Foundation, which till date, has given out Read more