Solar

Vikram Solar is a comprehensive solar EPC solutions provider with an installed capacity of over 305 MW of solar plants. Research reveals that focusing on domestic manufacturing can save India more than $42 billion by 2030 in forex alone. Domestic solar growth has already created more than 416,000 new jobs (2015), indicating a potential solution for India’s employment scarcity, informs Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and Managing Director, Vikram Solar in an interaction with Supriya Oundhakar…

Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind two important renewable energy sources reached grid parity in 2010. This means that these renewables no longer need subsidies or government support for their growth. India is a tropical country that is blessed with ample solar power reception (6 lakh GW). This article has rectified the flaw and propose a metering and tariff policy that would foster widespread growth of solar roof-top in a diverse democratic country such as India. - Vithal Kamat, Nivea Chauhan Harsh Bhatt Payal Bhadresa Akash Senta

The solar has potential to produce clean energy to meet the need of present without compromising the ability of future. The solar grid interactive power plants have great potentials to make India energy secure and make India energy independent… - Jaydip Bankar

Photovoltaic (PV) generation is growing very fast to meet load demand, as its installation takes short time. In this paper, a case study of protection system of a Grid-connected PV power plant has been presented. The function and the ANSI codes for different relays have been discussed for a Line- In- Line- Out (LILO) arrangement and the protection standards in Indian scenario has been briefed... - Dr (Smt) Sasmita Behera, Dr Bibhuti Pati

The project was sponsored by Government of Gujarat for 10 MW Canal-top Solar Plant at Vadodara. The students are thankful to their guide Asst. Prof. Avipsa Dey for her support and encouragement during the project... - Avipsa Dey, Nishi Shah, Sonali Ghatge, Vaishali Sapkal

Conventionally, grid connected photovoltaic energy conversion systems are composed of a DC-DC converter and an inverter. The DC-DC converter is controlled to track the maximum power point of the photovoltaic array and the inverter is controlled to produce current in such a way that the system current has low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and it is in phase with the utility voltage. The efficiency of the conventional system is low because the DC-DC converter and the inverter are connected in series. The purpose of this article is to design a photovoltaic generation system for connection in a three-phase system using only a DC/AC inverter... - Dr. L Ashok Kumar

Built by EDF Renewables, the project is located on a closed landfill in the City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

One of the major causes behind slow deployment or adoption of solar energy is – not having the right information on the falling cost of the solar modules. Many of us still feel: though environment-friendly and sustainable, going solar is a costly affair... - P K Chatterjee

The time and money of solar researchers can be reduced by using a PV emulator, since it can replicate different types of panels and in different environmental conditions… - Simmi Sharma

Our government has formulated an Integrated Energy Policy (IEP) document that gives a roadmap to develop energy supply options and increased exploitation of renewable energy sources. This article tries to explore how far our power industry is aligned to the global trend… - P K Chatterjee

Keeping in view the falling tariff in Solar PV, there has been talk of having competitive bidding in wind power also, however it would be a challenge to opt for competitive bidding in case of wind as the wind power is very site specific – even in locations which are high wind zone as compared to solar which is more widespread phenomenon... - Vijay Singh Bisht

It is always useful to recycle the waste material. Recycling process consumes about half of the energy to produce same quantity of products, which would have been otherwise made from the virgin materials... - Nidhi M J, Shaikh Shamser Ali

The power generation shortfall in India is estimated at 11% of the total energy, and 15% of the peak capacity requirements and these figures are likely to increase. This is despite the fact that the country is already consuming more than 2 million barrels of imported oil a day – a figure that is growing by about 10 percent annually... - Jay B. Thakar

There is a scope for reduction of losses in many sectors, which use bulk electric supply. One such application of electric power is for batteries... - Dr Usha, Surendra, Amoolya D R,  Divyashree R, Dhruthishree H, Raveena D

Against the background of increasing costs of conventional power, concerns regarding availability and reliability of power from grid and long term commercial feasibility of solar power, commercial and industrial consumers are installing rooftop solar technology to meet their captive needs... - Rajnikanth

Solar energy has almost doubled its total installed capacity over the last one year and the pace of growth is set to increase further, with gigawatts of solar capacity being tendered by the government... - Sneha Shah

The sales of solar panels are soaring, which help in reducing CO2 emissions at electricity plants. Over a time solar panels may develop defects that can be easily fixed if detected on time, but can cause a severe drop in energy production and in some cases even start a fire if left unchecked. That is why more and more solar panel installers cooperate with experienced thermographers – that offer regular thermal imaging inspections to ensure the safety and effective deployment of solar systems...

According to the statistics of the insurers, the most frequent cause of damage to electrical items and of their failure are surge voltages caused by lightning strikes and switching operations…

Electricity demands increase day by day causing imbalance in the present power grid system, which results in various problems like load shedding and unbalanced voltage, ultimately affecting consumers. To avoid all such situations, the only option is to meet increasing demand for electricity by generating more power. However, since we lack conventional natural resources, the use of renewables may perhaps be the only way out... - Amrita Tandon

This article describes through block diagram and simulink model – the  integration of Grid-connectred PV system... - Rutuja R Patil, Suyog S Hirve