Off-Grid

3,000 MW of solar energy to be added in second phase of national solar mission. Off-grid solar applications and grid-connected rooftop panels will be given more importance in the second phase of the ongoing Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Started in early 2010, the mission is a flagship programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to promote solar energy in the country. The government plans to add 3,000 MW of solar power in the second batch of JNNSM which aims to infuse 20 GW of solar energy by 2017.

Publication Date:

22/11/2012

Author(s): Ankur Paliwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Solar Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy, India, Off-Grid, On-Grid, Climate Change, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

Energy

Decentralised renewable energy (DRE) micro-grids in India

This review by Prayas Energy Group focuses on the technical, social, economic, institutional, and policy aspects of DRE micro-grids in India. Finds that while decentralised renewable energy (DRE) micro-grids have significant potential in remote area, the high incidence of project and system failures suggests that there are several unresolved technical, socio-economic and institutional factors that fundamentally impact its long-term sustainability.

Publication Date:

01/11/2012

Author(s): Ashwin Gambhir, Vishal Toro, Mahalakshmi Ganapathy

Source: Prayas (Energy Group)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, India, Electricity, Solar Cells, Rural Electrification, Energy Policy, Off-Grid

Energy

Poojappura jail goes solar

Solar energy project launched at Central Prison, Poojappura

If the State does not come up with alternative sources of power generation, it will face a severe power crisis by 2020, Minister for Electricity Aryadan Mohammed has said. He was speaking at the switch-on ceremony of a solar energy project set up at the Central Prison, Poojappura, in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan inaugurated the project.

Publication Date:

05/10/2012

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Thiruvananthapuram (D), Solar Energy, Electricity, Off-Grid, State Electricity Board (SEB), Renewable Energy, Energy, Kerala

Energy

Testing of small wind turbines

The potential of wind energy in solving the energy crisis is significant and the small wind turbines popularly known as SWTs are poised to go a long way in achieving energy empowerment for rural India. This article seeks to explain the mechanism behind the technology of SWTs.

Publication Date:

01/10/2012

Author(s): Rajesh Katyal

Source: Akshay Urja

Vol:

6

Issue:

2

pp:

31-35

Tags:

Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Turbines, India, Rural Electrification, Off-Grid, On-Grid

Energy

Solar power for 25 govt schools, 10 hospitals

New Delhi: The Delhi environment department has identified 25 government schools and 10 government hospitals that will get independent solar power systems.

Publication Date:

24/09/2012

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Solar Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Off-Grid, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Climate Change, Delhi

Energy

Power regulators to issue norms for off-grid RE projects in October

Forum of regulators expects to promote involvement of private sector

Development of off-grid renewable energy (OGRE) projects with capacity up to 300 Mw would get a major boost after the Forum of Regulators (FoR) issues guidelines in October. The guidelines would also come in handy for electricity regulatory commissions to determine tariff in such projects. Off-grid renewable energy projects are standalone systems generating electricity from renewable energy sources. They are not connected to the grid. A network, including associated appliances, is used for distributing the electricity.

Publication Date:

17/09/2012

Author(s): Sanjay Jog

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Off-Grid, Renewable Energy, Electricity, Rural Electrification, Energy Policy, Energy

Energy

Going off-grid to power solution

Supply issues comprise one part of the energy conundrum, as we discussed last fortnight. The cost of energy and our ability to pay for it is the other. The matter gets vexed because the rise in price of raw material of all energy sources is accompanied by huge inefficiency in distribution and accounting. But importantly, we remain a poor country where cost of energy is a factor in its availability and accessibility for all.

For full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/going-grid-power-solution

Publication Date:

15/09/2012

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

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