Sun’s energy is free but setting up a MW Solar plant is capital-intensive. Financing options is one of the biggest hurdles faced by MW solar plant investors. It is critical to select a solar financing option that suits your company.…
What are the Incentives Available for Rooftop Solar Installations in India?
While solar power is fast approaching what is called “grid parity” in some regions of the world – a situation where the cost of unsubsidized solar power is less than or equal to the cost of grid power – solar…
What is Utility Scale Solar or MW Scale Solar?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) What are utility scale solar power plants? Utility scale solar refers to large-scale solar power plants, typically starting with 1 MW and going all the way to even 1000 MW. These are…
What Types of Commercial and Industrial Units are Putting Up Rooftop Solar Plants?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) Rooftop solar makes both economic and business sense for commercial and industrial units, as these require uninterrupted supply of power, and the cost of conventional power for these sectors are high, in…
The Indian Government Wants to Scale Rooftop Solar 100 fold between 2015 and 2022. Is This Possible?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) India has currently (Jul 2015) a cumulative installed base of about 400 MW in rooftop solar. The NDA government wishes to scale rooftop solar to 40,000 MW by 2022. A 100-FOLD increase in…
What Kinds of Business Opportunities Exist in the Solar-diesel Hybrid Sector?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) A large number of commercial and industrial units in countries such as India use diesel, and as the cost of diesel-based power is very high (20 US cents/kWh and above, depending on…
What Off-grid Solar Products have High Profit Potential in India?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) Off-grid solar products currently have significant opportunities in those regions or circumstances where grid power is either not available or its availability is highly uncertain. According to the MNRE, the Indian Ministry for…
What are the Opportunities for IT & Software Professionals in Solar?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) At first sight, the solar power sector appears to be a domain to which only engineers from electrical and mechanical engineering can make significant contributions. This is not entirely true. Opportunities exist for civil…
What are the Solar PV Power Plant Opportunities for Electrical Industry Firms?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) Power generation is the most prominent sector within solar energy, the other being the use of sunlight for heating. Power generation in solar is possible both from solar photovoltaic and solar thermal (through the…
What is the Difference between Manufacturing Solar Cells and Manufacturing Solar Panels?
Sweet Answer from Solar Mango: (updated Jul 2015) Individually, a solar cell is able to produce only about 1V. This is too small for most applications. Hence the solar cells are connected in series to form the solar panels so that…
