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“ Solar Energy is abundantly
and locally available all over
India so Off-Grid systems
find application in rural areas
for Lighting, TV & Radio and
some special applications
like Telecommunications &
Navigation Aids
• Demand Supply gap for Systems (No Battery Losses )
electricity is high and
globally the emphasis is A system can be expanded later
now on renewable sources easily
Mr. Puneet Banga
• Central government has set With Net Metering, a consumer can Founder
up aggressive Targets for sell excess energy generated back
both Large MW scale and to the grid. This is extremely useful and remote areas difficult to access
Rooftop Solar Projects for the Commercial and Industrial
Sector where large rooftop area Advantages:
Grid-Tied Solar Power System is available for Solar Power
Generation Solar Energy is abundantly
Also referred as Grid-Integrated and locally available all over
or On-Grid or Utility-Interactive In the event of enough Solar power India so Off-Grid systems
produces Solar Power that is fed to not being generated ( due to any find application in rural areas
the load along with the Utility Grid, reason) the consumer can easily for Lighting, TV & Radio and
it literally works in parallel with draw required power from the some special applications like
the grid and switches Off whenever Utility / Grid, hence this kind of a Telecommunications & Navigation
the grid supply is not available. system is very reliable Aids
Application for areas where the Off-Grid Solar Power System Off-grid Systems are decentralized
Grid Supply is reliable and readily – therefore no requirement of long
available, so all major cities and Off-Grid Solar System functions transmission lines. Even though
industrial townships independently of the Utility / Off-Grid Systems are relatively
Grid as it is not connected to it. more expensive, they are still
Advantages : It functions with Storage Devices cheaper than the cost of building
like Batteries to provide continuous Transmission systems in remote
Simplest to Design and Install power areas.
Lower Initial Capital cost ( An application is in areas where Electricity can be provided in a
compared to Off-Grid Systems Grid / Utility Supply is erratic or shorter period of time to areas
due to lack of battery and charge not available at all so mainly rural lacking
controller)
Lower Maintenance cost ( No
Batteries to maintain )
More efficient than Off-Grid
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