Certificate Program in Industrial Heating organized by Aspiration Energy & IIT Madras Date: 23rd & 24th September Venue: ICSR Building, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Course Fee: Rs. 5000/- per person (inclusive of taxes) Click here to register!! Course Coverage:…
Interview of Your Company @ REI 2016
Interview of Your Company @ REI 2016 By Solar Mango – #1 Solar Guide Are you at REI on Sep 7 & 8? Solar Mango is India’s #1 Solar Guide. We would like to get key inputs and insights from…
Companies Diversifying into Solar in India – A Review
Solar is Hot. And Many Firms Wish to Strike when the Iron is Hot! As of end Jun 2016, the total solar installed capacity in India is about 7.5 GW. This is expected to increase to 100 GW by 2022,…
SOLBIZZ- Solar Entrepreneur Training Program
SOLBIZZ- Solar Entrepreneur Training Program Conducted by IIT Faculty & Solar Industry Experts Date: 11th & 12th June 2016,BENGALURU Venue : Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development, Jakkur, Bengaluru. For Registration, talk to us – 8425843091 or email:…
Vertically Stacked Solar Array Prototype
This blog post is written with the intention of highlighting the importance of solar innovations in a fast-growing solar industry and specific aspects regarding the challenges and constraints faced in implementing them. The particular case study of focus here is…
Is it possible to use my rooftop after installing a rooftop solar power plant?
A rooftop solar power plant requires about 100 Sq.Ft for every 1 kW of panels, generating about 4 kWh per day. If you require 100 kWh of solar power per day you will need 25 kW of solar panels occupying…
What kind of batteries do I need for a solar plant? Is there anything special about them?
Electricity generated from solar plants is typically stored in batteries to provide steady, continuous power for a duration of time. Therefore deep discharge (also known as deep cycle batteries) are used. This is a type of lead acid battery that…
What is Net Metering? How will I benefit from Net Metering?
Imagine you are running a factory and have a solar plant on your rooftop. Your factory is shut on Sunday. What happens to the power generated by the solar plant on your rooftop on Sunday, when there is little to…
Can rooftop solar replace my grid?
Recently, the top honchos of two top solar firms in the US, SunPower and SolarCity, echoed a similar view: Seeking complete independence from the grid through the use of rooftop solar is naïve (http://storage.pv-tech.org/news/sunpower-ceo-grid-independence-is-naive ). It is not just in…
Diesel reduction using solar – what is the reality?
At Solar Mango, one of our research activities has been to understand the use of rooftop solar for reducing diesel consumption, especially for industrial and commercial enterprises. On the face of it, it looks like a no-brainer: Diesel based power…