“What is community solar?”
A community solar project is a solar power plant whose electricity is shared by more than one property. Purpose of community solar: The primary purpose of community solar is to allow members of a community the opportunity to share the benefits of solar power even if they cannot or prefer not to install solar panels on their property. Project participants benefit from the electricity generated by the community solar farm, which costs less than the price they would ordinarily pay to their utility. Benefits of community solar: Savings: Subscribers commitments
Floating solar installations – are they worth it?
Floating solar installations – are they worth it? Floating solar, also known as floating photovoltaic (FPV), is any sort of solar array that floats on top of a body of water. How does floating solar work? The floating frame is made up of HDPE-based plastic.which are linked together into a mat, where each float supports one solar panel and you have an interlinked series of floating pads where remaining solar panels can be fit. There is an anchoring system that anchors to the shore from the floating structure. shore
Impact of recent net-metering changes on Indian solar industry
Impact of recent net-metering changes on Indian solar industry Background In 2015, the NDA administration announced the ambitious target of 175 GW of renewable energy by the year 2022, and this included 100 GW of solar. Out of the 100 GW of solar power, 40 GW is from the rooftop solar sector. As of March 2020, only 4.6 GW of rooftop solar was installed, where 35.4 GW of solar needs to be installed by 2022 to achieve the goal set by the NDA administration. The NDA govt recently announced
Indian railways plans for green mode of transportation by 2030
Indian railways plans for green mode of transportation by 2030 Indian railway is one of the largest rail networks in the world – carrying an estimated 8 billion passengers each year, and over one billion tonnes of freight per year. More than 23 million passengers across India use train services every day. Indian railway spends 25% of its income on energy bills amounting to USD 5 billion. It consumes 13.8 billion kWh of electricity rising by 5% every year of the country’s total electricity consumption. In order to achieve
Residential rooftop solar project success story, Bangalore
Residential rooftop solar project success story, Bangalore Ibex Solar successfully completed a 2.6 KWp residential hybrid rooftop solar project. The house owner was very keen on installing rooftop solar for their new home to generate electricity on their own and not depend majorly on BESCOM for electricity. IBEX SOLARSuccess Story 2.6 KWp hybrid rooftop solar will produce about 10.4 units per day. The 4X200 Ah batteries save s9.6 units that store the excess electricity generated during the day for night time use. We also have installed a pressurized Full
Analyzing India’s Covid 19 Relief Package
Analyzing India’s Covid 19 Relief Package The package worth about Rs 22 lakh crores was announced by the Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman. FLAIR Detailed breakdown of the package 01 Detailed breakdown of the package Sector-wise allocation can be understood from the pie-chart 02 Impacts on the renewable industry No direct subsidies or relief measures were announced to help the renewable sector. But two items worth mentioned are: 1) DISCOMs received a bailout package of Rs 90,000 crore. Improving the financial situation of the DISCOMs is a welcome move
Review of “Planet of the Humans” documentary
The movie produced by Micheal Moore who’s highly regarded amongst the progressive & environmental groups, has drawn some serious flack from the same groups for the movie not being scientifically accurate & providing ammo to climate change deniers. I agree with this characterization. I’ve broken up my review into 3 parts: Factual mistakes that are outright wrong. This is not something to be expected from an Oscar winning producer. I’ve highlighted 3 errors that I came across: A. The documentary mentions that even though Germany has been at the