AMU Conducts ‘Grid Connected Solar PV Rooftop’ Workshop

AMU workshop is aimed at providing basic information on solar PV rooftop and raise awareness among entrepreneurs on the concept, design and components with specific focus on technical architecture of solar PV rooftop system.

Aligarh Muslim University AMU, conducts a five-day ‘Grid Connected Solar PV rooftop Workshop’ under its ‘Green Initiative’.

The Department of Electrical Engineering, ZH College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), in collaboration with the university’s Electricity Department, will start a five-day Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Partnership to Advance Clean Energy-Deployment (PACE-D) ‘Residential Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) on Rooftop Solar PV’ from September 4.

AMU workshop is aimed at providing basic information on solar PV rooftop and raise awareness amongst entrepreneurs on the concept, design and components with specific focus on technical architecture of solar PV rooftop system.

M Rihan, member-in-charge, Electricity Department, said that all the participants will receive certificates from Skills Council-Green Jobs, Government of India.

Moreover, MNRE has sanctioned AMU an amount of Rs. 21 lakh for the organization of two five-day workshops in order to boost the knowledge of renewable energy segment in the engineers and management students.

The program will also be focusing on policy and regulatory framework for Solar PV Rooftop at the national and state level.

Funded by MNRE, the program is a part of India’s endeavor to attain the target of 100 GW of installed solar capacity by 2022.