BESCOM to Rollout Tool for Rooftop Solar Potential Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The tool essentially shows which part of the roof is suitable, based on the colour codes. It then calculates and generates the best system design to set up solar panels. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Bescom) is looking to add a first-of-its-kind tool that evaluates which part of one’s rooftop can generate maximum solar energy […] Read more
Cygni Energy’s Solar Tech is Lighting Up Homes in Rural India Updated On Thu, Jan 17th, 2019 by Saurenergy Out of the 44,854 total installations planned, 30,828 have been completed so far. Solar-Direct Current (DC) Inverterless Technology, pioneered by Cygni Energy Private Limited, a startup that was incubated by the Rural Technology Business Incubator (RTBI) of IIT-Madras, is lighting up homes in remote parts of the country which are beyond the reach of electricity […] Read more
Measuring Solar Panel Degradation with Machine Learning Updated On Tue, Jan 15th, 2019 by Saurenergy The duo has spent the last few years developing and improving statistical and machine learning-based alternatives to enable real-time inspection of solar panels. Parveen Bhola, a research scholar at India’s Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, and Saurabh Bhardwaj, an associate professor at the same institution, have developed an innovative technique to inspect solar panels […] Read more
Iowa’s First Solar and Storage Power Plant Goes Live Updated On Wed, Jan 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. Maharishi University of Management’s new solar power plant, designed and installed by Ideal Energy powered up for the first time in Mid-December. The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. The plant is the first system of […] Read more
Haryana Issues Tender for 300 MW Solar Plant Updated On Mon, Jan 7th, 2019 by Saurenergy In case of excess generation, the developer will be free to sell it to other entities in case the discom refuses to purchase the excess power. In order to increase the share of renewable energy in the state and to fulfill Haryana’s renewable purchase obligation, Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) has issued a proposal (RFS) […] Read more
Perovskite Slated to Revolutionise the Solar Industry Updated On Fri, Dec 28th, 2018 by Saurenergy Perovskite, which uses a hybrid organic-inorganic lead as the light harvesting active layer could have a conversion rate as high as 37%. Silicon based solar panels which have been in use since the last five decades are soon about to get a tough competition from a new material in development called perovskite. The silicon based […] Read more
Solar Water Bag to Provide Clean Drinking Water to East Africans Updated On Thu, Dec 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The concept of the product has already been put to test in villages, refugee camps and slums in Eastern Africa, where its market is. Two Danish architecture on a path to find solution to the problem of clean drinking water have developed a plastic bottle water purification system which uses solar energy. The bottle known […] Read more
Fully Solar Powered Park to Open in Beijing Updated On Thu, Dec 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The park is located in Beijing’s Haidian district and uses solar collectors on the roof of buildings and its solar stations can charge four mobile phones. Putting up the solar energy milestones on display, Beijing is constructing an energy park in which almost every facility will be powered using solar energy. Spread in an area […] Read more
LPU Students Create Solar Powered Driverless Bus Updated On Mon, Dec 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The first prototype of the bus will be used to ferry PM Narendra Modi to the Indian Science Congress venue which will be held in LPU. In a proud development, students from various department of Lovely Professional University (LPU) have recently designed and built a driverless car which is powered using solar energy. The first […] Read more
