Solar Cells: Solar (or photovoltaic) cells convert the sun’s energy into electricity. Whether they’re adorning your calculator or orbiting our planet on satellites, they rely on the the photoelectric effect: the ability of matter to emit electrons when a light is shone on it. Silicon is what is known as a semi-conductor, meaning that it shares …
Almost all the households of the country face problem of electricity-cuts or load shedding. A conventional way solving this is using Invertors with battery back-up. However, a non-conventional and upcoming method has been using Solar Energy. The equipment required for a basic Manually-Operated Solar Back-up system are: Solar Panels Solar Charge Controller Battery pack DC …
Considering the importance of Solar Energy & its relevance, Uttarakhand Government released Uttarakhand Solar Policy 2013, on June 27, 2013 (download). An amendment to the above Solar Policy was released on October 1, 2015 (download). Below are the main highlights of the Policy with due consideration for changes because of amendment. Nodal agency responsible for …
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Indian telecom equipment-maker Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL) is powering a communications revolution in Africa, particularly in villages and remote locations, through its innovative, green mobile tower solutions. The latest to join its client list is Ghana, which has chosen VNL’s solar-powered ‘WorldGSM’ mobile tower architecture — an environment-friendly and cost-effective mobile system — to deliver …
The EES technologies around the world: Batteries: Timeline Early 1800s – batteries were essentially zinc and copper electrodes in sulphuric acid. In 1859, lead acid battery emerged as a power source for automobiles. In 1888 alkaline batteries were invented. in 1970s with nickel- cadmium cells that set off the electronic boom, walkman’s and power tools …
Background Development of Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) has been identified as a thrust area. These are very large sized projects, approximately 4000 MW each involving an estimated investment of about Rs. 16,000 crore. These projects will meet the power needs of a number of States/ distribution companies located in these States, and are being …
Science, technology and innovation should focus on faster, sustainable and inclusive development of the people It seeks the right sizing of the gross expenditure on research and development by encouraging and incentivizing private sector participation in R & D, technology and innovation activities. mechanisms for achieving gender parity in STI activities global competitiveness in select …
NMEEE is part of National Action Plan on Climate Change ( 1/8 mission) and consists of 4 mechanisms: Perform Achieve and Trade: A market based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in energy-intensive large industries and facilities, through certification of energy savings that could be traded. Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency: …
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An electrical grid is an interconnected network of transmission lines transferring power from Generating station to load centres. Generating stations put together, supply the electricity demand through the transmission lines. Load centres or distribution companies draw the power from the lines and send it to consumers. There are five …
Indian nuclear policy as it came to be formulated in the early years, revolved around two principles: Promotion of research and development for harnessing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and Attainment of self sufficiency in the nuclear programme. The key architects of this policy were Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Homi Bhaba. Based on these principles India designed …
