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A year back, I had given a 10 minute speech at Intersolar India on the real challenge for rooftop solar.
Some of my co-speakers felt I had hit the nub, while some others felt I was being pessimistic.
After I finish my post here, you decide which camp you belong to.
My main point was this: […]
The Make in India campaign by the Modi government is in full flow.
There is a visceral “feel-good” factor about making something in our country, isn’t there? The economists among you will point out that feeling good viscerally is not enough, it should feel good economically too. And it is indeed true that making everything at […]
I had earlier written a blog post Captive Solar Power Plant – Is it Good for My Company? that received quite a few queries and comments, with some of them saying it is a bit too early for Indian companies for think of captive solar as the business case might not be strong enough.
I would […]
I received this mail from a retired officer from the Indian Navy.
It was really motivating to see how he was trying to find a solution through solar, for the plight of farmers suffering from water shortage.
I am not revealing the name of village and person’s name for privacy and confidentiality. But the lack of these hardly matter. The subject he […]
There are three main categories of solar power plant developers in India:
Super duper companies such as Sun Edison, Welspun Energy etc that are both large and financially well-heeled, as well have real professional expertise in putting up solar power plants, both large and small
Small-medium companies that are existing business keen on solar power, but not well versed with putting up MW solar power plants
Individuals (usually […]
All right, so a few weeks back, we were all circumspect when Sun Edison bid at Rs 4.63/kWh for 350 MW solar power plant in Andhra Pradesh under the National Solar Mission.
How could this be? – we asked among ourselves. Perhaps Sun Edison is quoting an unsustainable price?, wondered many; while a humbler few said – perhaps Sun Edison knows something […]
Within this section you will find
Highlights & inferences
Introduction
Maximising power generation – details
Minimizing costs – details
With solar trackers
Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
Optimistic assumptions
Without solar trackers
Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
Optimistic assumptions
Summary for small scale mw scale power plants
Highlights & inferences – repeated for ease of reading!
This blog […]
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