Solar

Renewable energy has started playing an increasingly important role for augmentation of grid power, providing energy access, reducing consumption of fossil fuels and helping...

Solar energy is plentiful, clean and green, and is key in reducing carbon footprint. The conventional renewable energy farms like solar and wind needs...

Climate is not changing, it has changed. Today, the world faces an Energy Paradox, wherein more energy is required to ensure fast-paced economic growth,...

The recent proposal of charging BCD on solar cells and modules at the rate of 25% and 40% respectively has created an atmosphere of dissatisfaction among the companies operating in India in this field. However, now the question is, whether it is really a threat or a step that will ensure a better future… - P. K. Chatterjee (P. K.)

Several initiatives have been taken by the Government of India (GoI) to increase the renewable energy generation, which will not only be useful to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, but also result in some increase in per capita energy demand…

The quality of power is most significant in the field of the power system. Many techniques are used for improving the same. In this article, the quality of the Power and THD values for different switching pulses are to be analyzed. Here, the existing system comprises a Solar Photovoltaic array, boost converter, Multilevel inverter with normal switching pulse, and RLC Load. The proposed system comprises a solar photovoltaic array fed multilevel inverter with Pseudorandom Binary Switching (PRBS) pulse, buck-boost converter, and three-phase induction motor. The Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence generator consists of shift register and logic gates...

Although there are other factors, the traditional thermal power generation techniques, which produce different kinds of pollutants, need to change ASAP – to prevent further deterioration of the climate. India is one of the pioneers in this move… - P. K. Chatterjee (P. K.)

With rise in the use of renewable energy, its cost of installation is coming down very rapidly, the post-COVID19 development packages must be spent on building sustainable power systems with more renewable energy plants… - P.K Chatterjee

The following text highlights a recent report by BloombergNEF and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Assessing India’s clean energy progress and developing modes for cleaner economic growth.

The article highlights how energy management is an important aspect of generation and the consumption of electrical energy. The article is authored by Sandip Sopan Paithankar, Post-Graduation in Energy Management, Assistant Manager – Engie Solar India

A context of developing net metering regulations in India. The article is a continuation of Part 1 carried in the June issue of the Electrical India magazine.

- The Electrical India Content Team Tell us about your international business. Talk about the challenges? HPL has managed to route its presence abroad by...

- The following article is authored by Jeykishan Kumar K, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru Solar power plants have...

- By the Electrical India content team  The U.S. has lost over 106,000 clean energy jobs in March, and hundreds more are expected in the...

India is determined to be the world’s greatest solar energy success story. This report outlines the country’s recent large-scale efforts towards achieving 100 GW solar capacity by 2022 highlighting the performances of a few companies. By Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

Escalating demand of solar application increased the use of Inverter-duty transformers especially of multi winding type. For design verification, short circuit withstand test is to be conducted on these transformers. This article describes the procedure of short circuit withstand test on multi winding Inverter-duty transformer as per national and international standards (IS, IEC, ANSI/IEEE, etc.) - Yugal Agrawal, K. Sharath Kumar

Blockchain technology is expected to extend the benefits of investments in renewable energy microgrids and a change of ecosystem to the consumers through open access. - Dr. Vithal N. Kamat

The article presents a review of recent researches in the field of wireless power transmission and also about the solar energy conversion technology by satellite to microwaves using an external device called magnetron. The methods applied for wireless power transmission are also discussed. - S G Srivani

The rapid advent of ICT integrated control system including micro-grid could make RE as right candidate for smart cities project. Intelligent micro grid based solar power and electrical mode of vehicular mobility are anticipated to provide added advantages for smart cities projects in India. - Porf. D C Baruah

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