Italy based supplier of solar inverters, Bonfiglioli, is planning to produce the inverters in India after one year. The company has two manufacturing plants near Chennai where it produces a range of products such as gear boxes, motors and drives. Speaking to journalists, M Ganesh, Chief Executive Officer, Bonfiglioli Transmissions (Pvt) Ltd, said at present [...]
Sector: Solar Appliances
Luminous to power rural areas
Driving in its range of pioneering offerings for the rural sector, Luminous Power Technologies, a leading power back-up solution provider in India, launches its new series of Solar products. The company introduced the brand new series of solar products consisting Solar Charge Controller and Solar Lantern. Offered by Luminous, the new series of solar products [...]
Power output to be upped 20% by 3D solar towers
After putting enormous efforts and time, researchers have come up with 3D solar panel designs, which could offer power output ranging from double to more than 20 times that of traditional fixed flat panels with the same base area. According ton reports, intensive research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar [...]
Switch unveils MW-scale inverter
Finland based The Switch has launched an utility-scale inverter meant for large solar farms, in India According to C. Sundar, Key Account Manager – India, one unique feature of the SunSwitch 1 MW single inverter is that it requires no external cooling. It has an in-built cooling system and as such is suitable for “harsh [...]
‘On grid’ solar inverter from Gamesa
Gamesa Electric, has commissioned its first on-grid 500kW TL Plus central inverters – 1MW containerized solution at Essar Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant at Bhuj, in Gujarat. The 1-MW photovoltaic plant has been synchronised with the Paschim Gujarat Vij Grid. Chairman and Managing Director of Gamesa Wind Turbines Private Limited Ramesh Kymal said the company [...]
Windows to produce energy
An Australia based researcher is making use of windows in high-rise buildings to produce electricity cheaply and more efficiently with transparent solar cells. According to reports, Mark Bissett, who just completed his doctorate from the Flinders’ School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, used transparent carbon nanotubes, which can be ‘sprayed’ onto windows, to utilise sunlight. [...]
Switch unveils MW-scale inverter
The Switch, a Finnish company, has launched its product in India – an utility-scale inverter meant for large solar farms. According to C. Sundar, Key Account Manager – India, a unique feature of the SunSwitch 1 MW single inverter is that it requires no external cooling. It has an in-built cooling system and as such [...]
Solar Stills to be sold soon
A top CSMCRI official said that Solar Stills will soon be made available to industry for commercial utilisation. Solar Stills is low-tech way to distill sea water, powered by heat of sun with improvised water output efficiency, “Through innovation we have doubled water output of stills, which earlier used to be 3-4 ltr a day. [...]
Schneider’s secret of success
Schneider Electric India aims for a big play in the market for solar inverters in India. The company makes everything of ‘balance of system’ needed by a solar PV power project in India. This, coupled with 400-odd service execution teams to provide quick service to customers, is Schneider’s big USP, feels Mr Sandip Ghosh, Director [...]
Solar lighting kit for villages
Orb Energy has come out with a do-it-yourself solar lighting kit targeting rural households. The ‘plug-and-play’ package priced at Rs 4,990 comes with a 5-W amorphous solar panel, two 1.5W LED lamps, a console unit, a 12.8V lithium battery and a mobile charging adapter. The user has to mount the solar panel on the roof [...]