Comments on: 10 solar projects in India that can help fight grid blackouts http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/ Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TheSolar India http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-991020 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:20:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-991020 So much is happening around solar power in India, there seems to be no single platform to capture all the upcoming/established solar companies,their products,news,jobs,classifieds etc. Shan Energy Pvt Ltd has launched its portal http://www.thesolarindia.com – a complete B2B directory listings dedicated for solar power.

]]> By: MRMenon http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-990737 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:46:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-990737 I am the editor and publisher of a bi-monthly renewable energy magazine ‘Energy Blitz’ from Shoranur, Kerala, India. I invite article and case-studies on any renewable energy topic you deem fit. Please write to me at: editor.energyblitz@gmail.com

]]> By: Kumar http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-941477 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:57:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-941477 Its a Great Article , But during the recent Massive shutdown has nothing to do with Solar ,
You use any form of energy to produce power , this recent problem occurs only due to
continuous drawl of power even when grid frequency going down to 48 Hz.

Kumar.
Consultant – Solar
Chennai

]]> By: mj http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-906418 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:53:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-906418 India needs solar power in a huge way. Very inspirational piece – for entrepreneurs and consumers.

]]> By: Dave http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-898592 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:22:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-898592 Gujarat also has good leadership of Modi as chief minster, which direct such investment and business initiatives.

]]> By: smishra2010 http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-895592 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:31:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-895592 Another company ClaroEnergy (http://www.facebook.com/ClaroEnergy) needs mention here.

Claro Energy offers solar powered irrigation pumping solution to enhance agriculture productivity and economic prosperity of farmers in remote rural regions of India. Claro Energy has installed 70 solar irrigation pumps ensuring water availability for 1000 hectares, is benefitting 20 villages and has also created about 40 rural jobs. In addition, the installations are reducing 25 tons of CO2 emissions each year.

Agriculture represents 20% of India’s GDP. Agriculture productivity largely depends on ground water irrigation. Currently, grid power and diesel power are the two major sources of electricity for ground water irrigation in India. Grid connectivity is unavailable in most of the rural areas, and forces a farmer to rely on diesel power for their irrigation needs. Diesel power is too expensive due to high diesel prices. Currently, almost every agricultural state has at least over 1 million irrigation pumps, with varying motor capacities, running mostly on diesel power.

Claro has engineered a proprietary controller that optimizes system integration leading to low cost and robust product. A proprietary GPRS (mobile communications) based remote monitoring and control architecture allows interaction from variety of devices including cell phones and PCs. Pumps can be switched on/off, various irrigation schemes can be implemented and actual irrigation water use data can be collected to further improve the offering.

The important thing is that the state government is able to achieve water conservation in times of drought using the remote control mechanism and electricity is generated at point of use at prices cheaper than diesel power. During the recent period of drought and power grid failure in India, farmers in Bihar faced no irrigation water problems and are set to have a great harvest this.

]]> By: Atul http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-895333 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:12:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-895333 Hi Katie This is a great article as it describes the efforts which are real and pragmatic. There are definately more players in India but most of them are very regional and area specific. Very few companies are thinking of taking the difficult route to establish a PAN India Network.

]]> By: Jai Karuppuswamy http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-895057 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:05:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-895057 Keen Observation. Gujarat and Rajasthan are the two states with most solar resource. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Resource_Map_of_India.png

]]> By: Arun Patre http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-891876 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:58:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-891876 One of the pioneers in spreading solar energy technology in rural parts of India – SELCO, has launched an incubation centre – SELCO Incubation Centre (http://www.selcoincubation.org/)

The mission of SELCO Incubation Centre is to nurture & empower the next generation of sustainable energy entrepreneurs for the under-served communities.

]]> By: Rox http://gigaom.com/2012/08/12/10-solar-projects-in-india-that-can-help-fight-grid-blackouts/#comment-891788 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:22:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=552130#comment-891788 why I see only Gujarat everywhere? where are other Indian states?

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