by admin | Nov 25, 2016 | Diesel, Energy Storage, Rooftop Solar
For all its environmental and other sustainability benefits, rooftop solar suffers from one big problem – it is not a 24×7, reliable source of electricity. Unless of course you consider using a battery along with the solar panels; or using a diesel...
by admin | Nov 24, 2016 | Rooftop Solar, Solar Photovoltaic
About two years back, for one of the rooftop solar consulting assignments that I did, the client, a small but highly profitable software company in Chennai, was keen on having the most premium solar panels. He wanted to know the best solar panels in the world, in...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Innovations, Rooftop Solar, Solar Photovoltaic
What has the Internet of Things (IoT) got to do with solar? A lot, apparently! This blog post from Solar Mango on the use of IoT for solar power plants says: ” IoT-based solar monitoring platforms provide excellent performance analytics through provisions for...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Rooftop Solar
Looking at solar panels on rooftops used to be my day job for a while. Now, I have to admit that I never viewed those rooftop solar panels as beautiful during that time. Because, well, they were not. Solar panels on rooftops looked ok at best, and in many...
by admin | Nov 5, 2015 | Rooftop Solar, Solar Photovoltaic
Here’s a real useful training programme for many of you solar enthusiasts, and on two of the most useful topics Inverters & Net Metering Done by Zeversolar, now a division of SMA And is this free? That is what the site appears to say…check it out...
by admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Energy Investments, New Delhi, Rooftop Solar
In another reaffirmation of the interest shown by financial investors in the solar sector, Amplus Solar, based out of Gurgaon has received a $150 million investment from global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. Amplus Solar is a fairly new entrant...