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When I think of the off grid solar applications, one main sector that has tremendous captive power requirement is telecommunications. With consistent fall in the average revenue per user and a whopping 86% increase in the minutes of usage in the past decade, India is one of the countries with...

India is at the leading front in the successful implementation of the biomass gasification technology. The society and science of India have well realized of its significance in ecology and economy. The technological developments in gasification indigenously achieved throughout the nation by private firms, public-private collaborations and national institutes like...

India is primarily an agricultural nation with an extensive cultivation of different types of crops including cereal, pulses, oilseeds, fibre crops, spices and plantation crops. With the cultivation of these crops, availability of residual biomass after economic harvest makes power generation in a sustainable way. These raw materials are normally...

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has revised the benchmark cost of the solar PV system and the capital subsidy w.e.f 2011. At present(2010-11), the benchmark cost is Rs. 300/Wp(with battery) and Rs. 210/Wp(without battery) for solar PV off-grid and decentralised applications and the subsidy limit is Rs. 90/Wp(with...

This is my final post on the Renewtech India 2011 conference. Click here for details on Day 1 and click here for details of Day 2. The final day of the event had 3 sessions. The  first session was titled “Tidal & Geo-Thermal Energy”. The first speaker was Dr. Ritesh...

The details of the first day of the conference is available here. The second day of the The 3rd International Expo and Summit, Renewtech India 2011 conference started with a speech by Mr. D.C. Bhishikar, Managing Director, Clarke Energy India. The topic was “Application of Gas Generated from Waste Treatment...

The 3rd International Expo and Summit, Renewtech India 2011 took place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai during the period 17-19 February 2011. The Expo had about 30 Exhibitors representing different stakeholders in the industry. There were players from the Solar PV component manufacturers( Yingli, Websol), Solar Thermal component manufacturers(Soltigua),...

There are seven steps involved in designing a successful captive solar PV installation Scoping of the project Calculating the amount of solar energy available Surveying the site Calculating the amount of energy needed Sizing the solar system Component selection and costing Detailed design As with any project, you need to...

Biomass based power generation is a choice of reality under the geographical regions where a sustainability exists in the flow of biologically raw materials for the production of power and India is one of the most notable universal giants for the production of biomass based power which can be best...

Steps involved in setting up a hybrid system deserve extra attention because of its importance or uniqueness. The key factors to be determined are The load mix between PV and generator, The size and type of generator, and The battery size. The sizing method assumes that a stand-alone PV system...