by admin | Jun 8, 2011 | Solar Photovoltaic
I am currently in Germany to attend the Intersolar Exhibition. I arrived in Frankfurt and after spending a couple of days at a small town called Schwabish Hall, I traveled to Munich, the venue of the Intersolar exhibition. During the first day of my trip in Germany, I...
by admin | May 19, 2011 | Solar Energy
Well, it is old hat that India’s electricity demand is shooting through the roof and that our peak deficit is going to get from bad to worse (from 17 GW right now to something like 25 GW very soon…). One another dimension, we all have been hearing how solar PV based...
by admin | May 18, 2011 | Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic
Azure power is the first commercial private power plant generating and supplying 1 MW power. For each unit of electricity pumped into the grid, the company gets Rs 15 from the Punjab State Electricity Board, of which Rs 6 is borne by the Union Ministry of New and...
by admin | May 5, 2011 | Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic
Captive power generation is plagued with some issues. The main idea behind setting up solar based captive power plants was to get uninterrupted power supply and reduce the diesel cost. Industrial users who have the required resources to set up their own power plants...
by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic
About 50 companies are actively engaged in manufacturing a variety of PV systems. The overall production in the country during 2008-09 was estimated to be over 175 MWp of solar cells and 240 MWp of PV modules. Nearly 90% of the solar modules manufactured in India use...