Kolkata: Post Amphan, when most of the Sunderbans was reeling under power woes, two gram panchayat areas covering over 3,000 villagers set an example in the cyclone-ravaged landscape. Armed with environment-friendly solar micro grids, installed by WWF-India since 2011, they managed to get back power within only two-three days of the cyclone. Of the seven micro Read more…
ReNew Power, India’s largest clean energy company, plans to start manufacturing solar cells and modules with an initial investment of Rs 1,500-2,000 crore in the sector where Chinese dominance is increasingly being challenged by government policies and corporate strategy. Manufacturing is a natural progression for ReNew Power to ensure backward Read more…
Rewa: India has emerged as the most attractive global market for clean energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. Launching a 750 MW solar project in Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through video-conferencing, Modi also said the state will emerge as a major hub for clean and cheap power in the country. “Solar Read more…
New US solar installations will increase by a third this year, a report published on Thursday showed, as soaring demand by utilities for carbon-free power more than outweighs a dramatic decline in rooftop system orders for homes and businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The solar industry will install 18 gigawatts this year, enough to Read more…
Small amounts of electricity generated by residential PV systems can be easily fed into the local utility grid. Transformer capacity, appropriate grounding and system protection are obligatory, as otherwise the grid itself would be affected. The situation changes if the solar PV-generated electricity is beyond the limit of what an Read more…
Depending on utility metering, the electricity bill shows how much electricity the owner obtains from the grid and how much electricity the solar system delivers to the grid. There is no detailed information about energy production of the solar PV system. To determine the overall energy production and behaviour of Read more…
Power generation, plant performance and, hence, project cash flow do not depend only on the chosen equipment. The main factors discussed in this section are:» system design: loss parameters, DC-to-AC ratio, monitoring and control system» maintenance: response times, scope of work aligned to local conditions, cleaning cycles» demand-driven generation versus Read more…
More recently, solar PPAs have been observed in the market for SHSs, where developers take care of design, permitting, financing, installation and operation of an SHS at the customer’s rooftop or nearby plot, at little or even no cost for the customer. The developer then sells the solar PV electricity Read more…
Permitting and licensing requirements determine the eligibility of components and have to be considered for the technology assessment and system configuration. Typical requirements of regulatory frameworks are described in this section. Applicable norms and standardsSolar PV systems are electrical generators. For this reason, special attention has to be paid to Read more…
Following the Paris Club Agreement, India took up an ambitious plan of adding 175 GW of renewable power. Of this, solar energy (100 GW) comprises a major part of 175 GW target followed by wind (60 GW), biomass (10 GW) and small hydroelectric (5 GW). The target of 100 GW Read more…