Solar

Unlike the electric vehicles on road, solar boats derive more than 75% of its energy from sun and only rest is taken from grid. - Sandith Thandasherry

Vikram Solar commissioned a 200MW solar power project for Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) that will power nearly 1,50,000 homes once connected to the grid.

Intersolar India West will open its doors on April 4-5, in the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai with a focus on photovoltaics, PV production, solar thermal technologies and India’s western solar market.

The event focusses on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production and solar thermal technologies. – Supriya A Oundhakar, Associate Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Salt Memorial on the 150th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

This article presents an overview on the battery energy storage technologies and its integration with renewable energy, selection criteria and its key design considerations. - D. Geethalakshmi, Bhaskar Shriman

The article aims to assess the application of renewable energy sources particularly solar PV system in generation of electricity and also gives a brief review of current and cost-effective technologies applicable to the manufacturing of solar cells. - Dr. Sarat Kumar Sahoo, Ms. Annima Gupta

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for setting up 129 MW Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power plants in Telangana from Singareni Collieries Company Limited.. Valued at Rs 565 crore

Vikram Solar commissioned two 10 MW solar projects for West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL).

India’s first solar boat Aditya has completed its two years (730 days) effective activity in Vaikom, Kerala, thus saving 58,000 litres of diesel.

Fortum won the right from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam to build a 250 MW solar power plant in Raghanesda solar park in Banaskhata district of Gujarat.

The main motive behind the merger of IoT and energy management systems is to allow the linked entities to communicate with each other via a common information model. - S Prabhakar Karthikeyan, Kshitij Sharma

The project covers a space of 1100 square metres, and 292 monocrystalline 345 Wp modules were used to power two factory sheds of Parijat Industries.

CRISIL Research expects that safeguard duty implementation would create 20-25 GW market for domestic module makers over FY’20-FY’23, based on current domestic module makers following through on expansion plans already announced and foreign module players expanding in the Indian market, informs Rahul Prithiani – Director, CRISIL Research in an interaction with Electrical India.

Azure Power developed and is operating India’s first MW-scale distributed solar rooftop project in Gandhinagar.

In its endeavour to provide affordable and renewable energy products, HPL has introduced the solar inverter range.

This article attempts to review the renewable energy programme in the region of solar technology and suggests measures for development of the sector in Northeast India. - Dr. Sarat Kumar Sahoo, Priti Pallabi Das

Ashish Khanna, President, Tata Power (Renewables) shares his views on the growth of Indian solar PV industry in an interaction with Electrical India.

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