The much awaited suspense on the new cabinet got over on Thursday with the announcement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers. The strongman of Jammu and Kashmir politics, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has been appointed as the new minister for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
With this announcement and making one of the most experienced person in politics as the minister of New and Renewable Energy, the UPA government has made it clear that this time it is much more focused on utilizing the alternative source of energy.
Dr. Abdullah was born on 21 October, 1936 in Soura, Jammu & Kashmir, India), is a doctor of medicine and has served as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir thrice - 1982 - 1984, 1986 - 1990 and 1996 - 2002. His political career has been marked with controversy. Publicly, Farooq Abdullah has advocated autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir within the constitution of India and he has advocated the formalization of the Line of Control (LoC) as the International Border between India and Pakistan.
SolarIndiaOnline.com congratulates Mr. Abdullah on being the new Minister of New and Renewable Energy of the country.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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Monday, April 27, 2009
India’s Solar Mission : Ministry ready with a draft
Earlier this month, SolarIndiaOnline reported about Solar Mission plans to install 20,000MW capacity by 2020 in the story “Renewable is not an alternative anymore”.
Ministry has finalized the draft for the National Solar Mission. After the first initiative of installing generation capacity of 50MW through Solar, the ministry has now gone all the way, to make Solar a valuable option for Indian Power Industry. SolarIndiaOnline.com earlier this month announced about the plan of ministry to install solar generation capacity of 20,000MW by 2020. According to draft agreement by Ministry, the plans are to install solar generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020, of 1,00,000 MW by 2030 and of 2,00,000 MW by 2050.
The total expected funding from the government for the 30-year period will run to Rs. 85,000 crore to Rs. 105,000 crore. The requirement during the current Five Year Plan is estimated to be Rs. 5,000 crore to Rs. 6,000 crore. It will rise to between Rs. 12,000 crore and Rs. 15,000 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan.
The plan till 2020 will take be implemented in three phases.
The First Phase: 2009-2012: The Ministry will focus on expansion of on-going projects for urban, rural and off-grid applications. This will involve the promotion of commercial-scale solar utility plants, mandated installation of solar rooftop or on-site photo-voltaic applications in buildings and establishments of government and public sector undertakings.
In this phase, the Mission will make it mandatory for all functional buildings such as hospitals, hotels, guest houses and nursing homes to install solar water heaters. Residential complexes with a minimum plot area of 500 sq m will also be included. Expansion of solar lighting systems through market initiatives including micro-financing, in the rural and urban sectors, is expected to provide access to lighting for three million households by 2012.
The Second Phase: 2012 and 2017: Mission will focus on the commercial deployment of solar thermal power plants. This will involve storage options, and the promotion of solar lighting and heating systems on a large scale in market mode. This will be without subsidies but could include micro-financing options.
The Third Phase: 2017 and 2020: The target is to achieve tariff parity with conventional grid power and achieve an installed capacity of 20 gigawatts (Gw) by 2020. The installation of one million rooftop systems with an average capacity of 3 kilowatts (kW) by the same year is also envisaged.
The strategy will be to achieve the target along with reducing the cost of these projects. However there has been no confirmation from the ministry on this. The original may have few changes.
Post your comments below.
Ministry has finalized the draft for the National Solar Mission. After the first initiative of installing generation capacity of 50MW through Solar, the ministry has now gone all the way, to make Solar a valuable option for Indian Power Industry. SolarIndiaOnline.com earlier this month announced about the plan of ministry to install solar generation capacity of 20,000MW by 2020. According to draft agreement by Ministry, the plans are to install solar generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020, of 1,00,000 MW by 2030 and of 2,00,000 MW by 2050.
The total expected funding from the government for the 30-year period will run to Rs. 85,000 crore to Rs. 105,000 crore. The requirement during the current Five Year Plan is estimated to be Rs. 5,000 crore to Rs. 6,000 crore. It will rise to between Rs. 12,000 crore and Rs. 15,000 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan.
The plan till 2020 will take be implemented in three phases.
The First Phase: 2009-2012: The Ministry will focus on expansion of on-going projects for urban, rural and off-grid applications. This will involve the promotion of commercial-scale solar utility plants, mandated installation of solar rooftop or on-site photo-voltaic applications in buildings and establishments of government and public sector undertakings.
In this phase, the Mission will make it mandatory for all functional buildings such as hospitals, hotels, guest houses and nursing homes to install solar water heaters. Residential complexes with a minimum plot area of 500 sq m will also be included. Expansion of solar lighting systems through market initiatives including micro-financing, in the rural and urban sectors, is expected to provide access to lighting for three million households by 2012.
The Second Phase: 2012 and 2017: Mission will focus on the commercial deployment of solar thermal power plants. This will involve storage options, and the promotion of solar lighting and heating systems on a large scale in market mode. This will be without subsidies but could include micro-financing options.
The Third Phase: 2017 and 2020: The target is to achieve tariff parity with conventional grid power and achieve an installed capacity of 20 gigawatts (Gw) by 2020. The installation of one million rooftop systems with an average capacity of 3 kilowatts (kW) by the same year is also envisaged.
The strategy will be to achieve the target along with reducing the cost of these projects. However there has been no confirmation from the ministry on this. The original may have few changes.
Post your comments below.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Proposal to introduce solar invertors
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/07/stories/2009040754270400.htm
The Delhi Government’s power department is mulling over a proposal to introduce solar panels for recharging batteries used to run appliances of everyday use during power cuts and outages. The proposal comes at a time when the department has been stressing the need to use more green energy and reduce dependence on non-renewable energy.
An official of the power department said the concept is similar to that of a solar water heater. “Solar panels are used to draw the energy of the sun to run appliances just like an inverter does. While an inverter uses energy from the grid to recharge the battery, here the battery gets recharged from solar energy, which is clean and economical,” he said.
The proposal to use solar energy to run the inverter has been put forth by Moserbaer Photo Voltaic, a company that manufactures photovoltaic products.
Explaining the concept, the company’s general manager Gagan Vermani said: “The idea is to utilise solar energy at the level of smaller consumers as well. We usually see the use of solar energy in villages and at large scale. Also the accent has been on solar water heating, which is required for a relatively shorter period, therefore we made this suggestion to introduce solar modules for charging inverter batteries.”
The system will allow consumers to pick the size of the modules as per their requirement and save on their energy bills. “The battery here will not require power from the grid to recharge; it will get re-energised even as it is being used from the solar modules attached to it. Apart from the initial investment (the cost of modules) the system does not incur any running costs,” said Mr. Vermani.
A 100-Watt module for instance requires a space of one metre square in dimension and costs about Rs.15,000. “All it (modules) requires is a bit of cleaning once every few days so that the efficiency does not go down. The modules last for as long as 25 years”. To make the concept economically viable for consumers, the company has also proposed extending a subsidy to the buyers. “To popularise solar water heating the government offers a subsidy to consumers. A similar formula should be worked out for the solar invertors as well, inverters are used in all kinds of weather and definitely more than the water heaters,” he said. Owing to the gap in the demand and supply of power in the city and its suburbs, the sale of invertors has been on the rise over the years. The ASSOCHAM in 2008 had forecast a 30-35 per cent hike in the demand for inverters, their batteries and generator sets.
The Delhi Government’s power department is mulling over a proposal to introduce solar panels for recharging batteries used to run appliances of everyday use during power cuts and outages. The proposal comes at a time when the department has been stressing the need to use more green energy and reduce dependence on non-renewable energy.
An official of the power department said the concept is similar to that of a solar water heater. “Solar panels are used to draw the energy of the sun to run appliances just like an inverter does. While an inverter uses energy from the grid to recharge the battery, here the battery gets recharged from solar energy, which is clean and economical,” he said.
The proposal to use solar energy to run the inverter has been put forth by Moserbaer Photo Voltaic, a company that manufactures photovoltaic products.
Explaining the concept, the company’s general manager Gagan Vermani said: “The idea is to utilise solar energy at the level of smaller consumers as well. We usually see the use of solar energy in villages and at large scale. Also the accent has been on solar water heating, which is required for a relatively shorter period, therefore we made this suggestion to introduce solar modules for charging inverter batteries.”
The system will allow consumers to pick the size of the modules as per their requirement and save on their energy bills. “The battery here will not require power from the grid to recharge; it will get re-energised even as it is being used from the solar modules attached to it. Apart from the initial investment (the cost of modules) the system does not incur any running costs,” said Mr. Vermani.
A 100-Watt module for instance requires a space of one metre square in dimension and costs about Rs.15,000. “All it (modules) requires is a bit of cleaning once every few days so that the efficiency does not go down. The modules last for as long as 25 years”. To make the concept economically viable for consumers, the company has also proposed extending a subsidy to the buyers. “To popularise solar water heating the government offers a subsidy to consumers. A similar formula should be worked out for the solar invertors as well, inverters are used in all kinds of weather and definitely more than the water heaters,” he said. Owing to the gap in the demand and supply of power in the city and its suburbs, the sale of invertors has been on the rise over the years. The ASSOCHAM in 2008 had forecast a 30-35 per cent hike in the demand for inverters, their batteries and generator sets.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Alumis provide solar power to a school in Delhi
Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/alumis-provide-solar-power-to-a-school-in-delhi/85723-3-1.html
New Delhi: Four brothers of Kheda Garhi village in Delhi have quite literally brought a ray of hope into the lives of students in the village school which was battling a power crisis.
The village school is now the first government institution to run entirely on solar power.
The solar panels have proven to be an eco friendly boon to the school's energy crisis. Thanks to the efforts of its alumni, the Goswami brothers.
Engineer Bhuvenesh Goswami says, “When I visited the school last year, I found the lights and fans didn’t work. Even when there was power, the voltage fluctuated too much for the computers to stay on.
The Goswami bothers, who are engineers in the US, fed up with the government's apathy, installed a 4 kilowatt solar power system. Trial runs show that the solar panels generate more than enough electricity to tide over the school's power crunch.
The school generates almost 60 per cent of surplus power which they have offered to use in the village, but the government 's electricity grid is subject to such frequent voltage fluctuations that its incompatible with the schools solar panels.
The rest of the village may be losing out, but the students are extremely happy.
Built at an initial cost of Rs 15 lakh, the system is easy enough to maintain.
Tushar Goswami says, “There is no maintenance, all you have to do is clean.”
Easy to run and cost effective, here's hoping other government schools can take a leaf out of the Goswamis' book and fuel a change.
New Delhi: Four brothers of Kheda Garhi village in Delhi have quite literally brought a ray of hope into the lives of students in the village school which was battling a power crisis.
The village school is now the first government institution to run entirely on solar power.
The solar panels have proven to be an eco friendly boon to the school's energy crisis. Thanks to the efforts of its alumni, the Goswami brothers.
Engineer Bhuvenesh Goswami says, “When I visited the school last year, I found the lights and fans didn’t work. Even when there was power, the voltage fluctuated too much for the computers to stay on.
The Goswami bothers, who are engineers in the US, fed up with the government's apathy, installed a 4 kilowatt solar power system. Trial runs show that the solar panels generate more than enough electricity to tide over the school's power crunch.
The school generates almost 60 per cent of surplus power which they have offered to use in the village, but the government 's electricity grid is subject to such frequent voltage fluctuations that its incompatible with the schools solar panels.
The rest of the village may be losing out, but the students are extremely happy.
Built at an initial cost of Rs 15 lakh, the system is easy enough to maintain.
Tushar Goswami says, “There is no maintenance, all you have to do is clean.”
Easy to run and cost effective, here's hoping other government schools can take a leaf out of the Goswamis' book and fuel a change.
Blue Earth launched
The device, called Blue Earth, was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress technology event in Barcelona, and Samsung said it underlined the Korean company's commitment to environmental stability.
The phone is designed to resemble the shape of a shiny pebble, and uses a small solar panel to provide power.
"This phone demonstrates our small but meaningful commitments for the future and our environment," said JK Shin, an executive vice president at Samsung.
Blue Earth is made from recycled plastic and features a special "Eco Mode" that users can access with a single click to wring the maximum energy use from the device.
A full solar charge of around 10 to 14 hours will provide enough power for around four hours of talk time. The handset can still be charged normally using a conventional plug, with the solar panels used to top up the battery during use.
It also has a built-in pedometer to help users to measure how much smaller their carbon footprint is when walking rather than driving.
Blue Earth goes on sale in the UK later this year and Samsung did not give any details about price or network partners. However, sources hinted that the handset was likely to be priced at the upper end of the market.
Samsung's eco-friendly phone was not the only solar-powered mobile at the show. LG also unveiled a prototype solar-powered handset, but did not say when the device would go on sale.
Samsung also launched the first mobile phone capable of recording high-definition footage. The Omnia HD boasts an ultra-sharp 3.7in touch-screen, and can capture and play back high-definition video shot in the 720p format, which puts it on a par with some modern camcorders.
"These new phones confirm Samsung's determination to beat Apple at its own game," said Ben Wood, an analyst with CCS Insight. "Touch-screens now form a part of every corner of Samsung's portfolio. The Omnia HD is another strong contender in Samsung's efforts to offer credible rivals to Apple's iPhone.
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