Solar Explosion: An Alternate Narrative
Nowadays Mega solar parks are the new trend worldwide and India too is not an exception. It helps to achieve the target set by...
DETECTING THE SOLAR MODULE DEGRADATION An Experimental Approach
Solar energy has recently become a significant renewable energy source because of its sustainability and favourable effects on the environment, the solar modules or...
Solar MPPT Charge Controller for E-Bicycles & EVs – Part 2
In Part 1, I have highlighted the need to reduce the number of private vehicles to mitigate climate change. In Ahmedabad, the usage of...
UNDERSTANDING THE GENERATION ADEQUACY
In parallel with the radical changes that are happening in the structure of Electrical Industry, there is dramatic increase in the amount of Renewable...
Unifying Nutritional and Electrical World Part 2
For simplicity, consider food as a vegetarian diet. Plants are autotrophs - produce their own food using the process of photosynthesis to transform water,...
Unifying Nutritional and Electrical World – Part 1
Bicycling addresses the health of two major entities – (a) Mother Earth and (b) Millennials and Gen Z. The wildlife population has dwindled down...
Effects of Solar PV Heat Islanding
One of the main drawbacks of installation of solar panels is the conversion of solar photovoltaic system into heat island. The solar photovoltaic heat...
A VAST TROVE OF SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL Part – 3
Weak Financing Support
High product-side risks compel third-party financiers to avoid lending in the residential rooftop solar segment. Rooftop solar solutions are viewed as ‘high-risk’...
A VAST TROVE OF SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL
In February 2019, the centre approved “Phase 2” of the Grid-Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme to achieve a cumulative rooftop solar...
A VAST TROVE OF SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL
India has more than 300 million households and is endowed with abundant sunshine almost throughout the year, with an annual average of 300 sunny...
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK IN INDIA – PART 4
The steep rise in module prices over the past 1.5 years has been due to a severe shortage in polysilicon, translating to a massive...
SINGLE PHASE ROOFTOP SUPPLY SYSTEM
India is one of the economically developing countries with growing populations, thus the demand for electrical energy is rapidly increasing here. To fulfill this...
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK IN INDIA – PART 3
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme was launched in 2019 and in FY2020/21 was expanded to add a total...
OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS NET-ZERO EMISSIONS
Whether India will be able to achieve its ambitious target of net-zero emissions by 2070 that is a debatable question, however, the current trend...
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK IN INDIA – PART 2
Several policy uncertainties (regarding Open Access, Net Metering regulations etc) in various states also can be attributed to the reduced demand.
FY2022 is expected to...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SOLAR MICRO PUMP
Solar pumps are commonly being used for irrigation water pumping applications and the common capacity being 1 hp to 10 hp. Solar micro pumps...
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK IN INDIA PART 1
India has made substantial progress in domestic solar module manufacturing capacity in recent years. However, stronger impetus is needed in this regard to achieve...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SYSTEM
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are miniature bulbs with UV resistant, weather proof, unbreakable plastic or aluminium case, super-lamination. Basically, the mode of building up...
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE
Is Climate Change Real? The regular answer what we hear is a big “Yes” . The statistical data confirms that the average surface air...
Where does our power sector stand?
India is the world’s third largest power consumer country. Of late, it has been certified by several agencies. Many of its states have by...
