November 2014

Grid-tie inverters – How do they operate?

By |2017-11-20T16:21:55+05:30November 5th, 2014|

Inverters take DC power and invert it to AC power so it can be fed into the electric utility company grid. The grid tie inverter must synchronize its frequency with that of the grid (e.g. 50 or 60 Hz)  and limit the voltage to no higher than the grid voltage. A high-quality modern Grid Tie inverter [...]

Good news Bangaloreans! Net Metering for solar rooftop is here!

By |2018-01-17T18:20:56+05:30November 4th, 2014|

Long awaited solar reforms in BESCOM have come! The Government of Karnataka has announced the Solar policy 2014-21, grid  connected solar rooftop system under net-metering basis forms an integral part of the policy. The applications are invited from BESCOM consumers who wish to install grid-connected Solar rooftop PV systems under net-metering scheme. […]

What is a on-grid solar system?

By |2018-01-17T18:20:56+05:30November 3rd, 2014|

Electricity generated by a Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) system can be directly consumed by the load itself or can be  stored in a battery bank or can be sent out to the grid. A solar PV system in which the electricity generated can be sent to the grid is called an on-grid system. This type of [...]

July 2014

Solar Residential Rooftop Potential in India

By |2017-11-17T11:19:04+05:30July 14th, 2014|

It's estimated that in India we have 330 million houses, out of which number of houses with proper roofs of size 100 to 300 sqft to accomadate 1-3KW solar systems will be around 150 million. If we consider that we can aggressively solarize 10% of these roofs by 1KW of solar system by 2022, then [...]

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