At Solar Mango we repeatedly remind our clients and our readers about the importance of sizing a rooftop PV plant correctly when integrating with a diesel generator, as the solar plant can affect the efficiency of the DG. A poorly…

Rooftop solar has been growing at a significant pace in many countries worldwide Germany leads, with over a million rooftops sporting solar panels USA has over 6 GW of rooftop solar as of mid-2014 Japan has an incredible 95% of…

This must have been about 5 months back, when we came to know that a prestigious college in Chennai had put up a rooftop solar power plant. Naturally, we were interested to know more and paid a visit to the…

I was a speaker at the recently concluded InterSolar conference at Mumbai. My topic of presentation was the use of solar for reduction of diesel used in backup power generators. During my speech, I briefly mentioned that the cost of…

So you thought going solar was for those companies keen on cutting energy costs. You are right, and wrong. Sure, go solar to get security for your energy bills for the foreseeable future – 25 years to be precise. But…

You know what? The talk about rooftop solar power being expensive is all bunkum. And I will show you why. Let us consider having a rooftop solar power plant. I am considering a grid-tied rooftop solar power plant, a system…

When I talk about solar power to top management in industrial and commercial enterprises, many of them wish to know whether they can use solar power from their rooftops to completely eliminate the use of grid.  Recently, EAI consulted for…

Most industrial and commercial establishments in India are today aware of the promise of rooftop solar as a potential component in their power mix. As discussed in other posts, while rooftop solar today cannot take care of all the power…