Definitive guide for all factories and offices keen on having rooftop solar power plants.

 

 
Factories can include multiple processes under one roof, like manufacturing, assembling, packing, repairing, maintaining, testing, processing, storing etc. Factories typically consume both electricity and heat energy, and consume a great deal of diesel for power generation. Solar PV can help abate your diesel power bills, and in some cases even grid consumption depending on your power tariff. The energy consumption pattern varies for each type of factory with respect to the processes and requirements. In this context, advantages and constraints of using solar power for factories are discussed in detail in this report

Office buildings typically depend on electricity for most of their operations and have little need for heat energy. The consumption of power in an office building during the day time is much greater than that of the night time, which makes them ideally suited to solar power where electricity is generated only during the daytime. There are different loads in an office building depending on the nature of work done at the particular office; critical loads may be present that need to run continuously. There may be several benefits from using solar power, such as reduction of grid and diesel consumption but there are few constraints in using solar power as well; both are discussed in detail in this report

 

This guide from Solar Mango is the first industry guide for factories and offices keen on having rooftop solar power plants, and provides details of benefits, case studies, investments, constraints and more. The price of the report is Rs 7,000 only (120 US $)

Developed by experts who advised The World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 10+ Fortune 100 Companies, Reliance, Vedanta, MNRE,many state governments and more.

 

 

LIST OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. ROOFTOP SOLAR FOR FACTORIES
   1. 2.1 Factories and their Power Requirements
      1. 2.1.1 Based on End Use
      2. 2.1.2 Based on Time of Day
   2. 2.2 Advantages of Rooftop Solar for Factories
   3. 2.3 Constraints of Rooftop Solar for Factories
   4. 2.4 Our recommendation
      1. 2.4.1 For Factories fully dependent on Grid
      2. 2.4.2 For Factories dependent on both Grid and Diesel Gensets
   5. 2.5 Choosing a Good Vendor
   6. 2.6 Quality Parameters for Various Components and Certifications
   7. 2.7 Prominent Factory Rooftop Solar Installations
3. ROOFTOP SOLAR FOR OFFICES
1. 3.1 Offices and their power requirements
1. 3.1.1 Based on End Use
2. Based on Time of Day
2. 3.2 Advantages of Rooftop Solar for Offices
3. 3.3 Constraints of Rooftop Solar for Offices
4. 3.4 Our recommendation
   1. For Offices fully dependent on Grid
   2. For Offices dependent on both Grid and Diesel Gensets
5. 3.5 Choosing a Good Vendor
6. 3.6 Quality Parameters for Various Components and Certifications
7. 3.7 Prominent Office Rooftop Solar Installations
4. COST OF A SOLAR ROOFTOP PLANT
   1. Capital Cost
   2. Operation Costs
   3. Levelised cost of Electricity
5. STEPS INVOLVED IN SETTING UP A ROOFTOP SOLAR PLANT
6. KEY TAKEAWAYS