Evolution of solar energy in India: A review

Sadhu

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

et al. 2019

The primary source of energy is depleting day by day owing to an increase in per capita energy consumption. To ensure energy security, to minimize climate change problems and to guarantee sustainable development, the useful utilization of renewable energy potential is of utmost importance. Recent researches reveal significant environmental effects in utilization of photovoltaic technology in large power plants located in urban locations. Further observations depict that the ground mounted PV power plants occupy large land spaces in the modern cities. These have led to the escalation of land price which has resulted in increasing the levelized tariff of electricity. Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) is an alternative to mitigate the aforesaid problems. In this article, a techno‐economic feasibility of a 10 MW FSPV plant is done to show the economic viability and environmental suitability in maintaining ecological balance through adoption of floating solar photovoltaic technology as compared to conventional ground mounted PV systems. The results show that floating solar photovoltaic power plant has 10.2% more generating capacity than land based PV system and producing 28.38 MU excess generation over the life cycle of the plant. The FSPV plant will save the land cost burden of USD 352125 and water cess burden of USD 47,600. This results in reducing the levelized tariff of FSPV plant to USD 0.026/kWh which is 39% less than land based PV power plant. The FSPV plant will also save 92,945.92 MT of Coal and a total CO2 emission of 340,801.74 ton. The FSPV power plant will help to bridge the gap between energy demand and supply along with reducing the cost of electricity and protecting the environment.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Floating solar power plant for sustainable development: A techno‐economic analysis

Sadhu

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

et al. 2019

“…Khare, Nema, and Baredar (2013) presented an overview of solar and wind based renewable energy in India. Kapoor, Pandey, Jain, and Nandan, (2014) traced the evolution of solar energy policies and status in India across five year plans and challenges and barriers to its successful scaling up. Palit and Chaurey (2011) collated best practices across South Asia in context of off-grid rural electrification.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-Technical Drivers for Community Renewable Energy Systems – Analysis of Case Studies from India

Pati¹

2017

JSD

Renewable energy sector of India has the potential to be a credible alternative for households and communities. The sector accounts for approximately 13 per cent of the national energy capacity, including technologies such as solar grid/ off -grid generation, wind power, small hydro power, biomass/ biogas, and waste to energy. Statistics related to implementation illustrate the scope of tapping the renewable energy sector comprehensively, esp. for decentralized, household and community level applications. This paper analyses on -ground case studies and projects from various renewable energy categories, specifically the socio -technical and community aspects that play a significant role in successful Renewable Energy Technologies (henceforth RET) implementation. The distilled positive and negative drivers include technical, economic considerations, policy and regulatory, environmental aspects, market/ business models, and social/ community linked aspects. Case studies describe the need for a system based and stakeholder engagement approach where all possible stakeholders and their issues are envisaged and taken into account. Use of an evaluating framework is suggested to ensure successful community models of RETs and mass adoption of renewable technologies.

“…A new analytical expression is proposed in [9] for finding optimal size of distributed generation and it is noticed that optimal power factor of DG for minimizing losses is in close agreement with load power factor and depends on location as well. In recent years, major focus of the system operators, decision makers and various stakeholders is to understand the current status, barriers and challenges for better planning and management in the field of solar based power generation [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal Sizing and Placement of Solar Cell Distributed Generator Suitable for Integrated Power System Environment

2018

Teh. vjesn.

A novel fuzzified Clustered Gravitational Search Algorithm (CGSA) has been employed for solving multi-objective problem formulated for solar based distributed generation. Optimal sizing and placement of solar distributed generation is considered. High solar penetration can lead to high-risk level in power system reliability. In order to maintain the system reliability, solar power dispatch is usually restricted based on the reliability level of the system. Two conflicting objective functions such as power loss and reliability level of the system are also considered for solving optimal placement of solar distributed generation (SDG). Binary coded CGSA is employed for solving optimal placement of SDG and sizing is determined using real coded CGSA. The fuzzy membership function for each objective is designed and multi-objective optimal placement problem has been presented. The proposed method is validated on IEEE standard 69-bus radial distribution networks. The efficiency of the proposed optimization technique is validated by comparing the results with other results available in the existing articles.