NEWS I ROUNDUP
Solar Energy International increases training reach for its trainers
TWELVE THOUSAND people have now received advanced technical training, a foundation for a future career in renewable energy or their first exposure to the most basic ideas of energy efficiency and renewables, from Solar Energy International (SEI) in 2011. Solar Energy International aims to reach that pinnacle again in 2012.
Solar Energy International is training trainers. Solar Energy International is training current and future technicians. Solar Energy International is also training kids in all grade levels to understand where electricity comes from - and that energy from the sun is limitless.
Solar Energy International is training people in remote villages and communities in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America to harness the energy of the sun, wind and water around them so that their children can read their
school books after the sun goes down. Solar Energy International is training American women with technical or medical backgrounds to work as Solar Suitcase Ambassadors around the world. These Ambassadors will deliver the small plug-and-play solar electric systems to maternal health workers in rural communities, who will in turn use them for basic obstetric care, significantly reducing the 350,000 deaths of women and millions of newborn babies each year.
Solar Energy International is working with Native Americans to spread the word about renewable energy, perform maintenance projects on the Dann Ranch, Rocky Ridge School (on the Navajo reservation), White Earth reservation and also to create a solar power trailer for White Earth and Honor the Earth gatherings. Solar Energy International’s free online Introduction to
Renewable Energy course, in both Spanish and English, is moderated by SEI staff to answer student questions on-demand. Solar Energy International provides a lending library of books, tools and equipment available to teachers that want to bring renewable energy into the classroom but do not have those resources available otherwise.
Gurujat begins solar project covering canal system
GUJARAT Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s first canal- based 1 MW solar power project commissioned on Sanand branch canal near Chandrasan village of Kadi Taluka in Mehsana district, on 24th April 2012.
The pilot project, designed to eliminate the requirement of land for setting up a solar plant, is set up by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) with active support from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL).
The solar power panels are set up over the 750 meter-long stretch of the branch canal and the project will generate 16 lakh units of clean electricity annually. Not only that, it will also prevent evaporation of 90 lakh liters of water from the canal every year. Thus, the project holds significance in view of energy security and water security as well.
Interestingly, the trial run of the solar plants indicates that solar panels set up under this project produce 15% more power as compared to similar panels set up under a plant on land or roof-top. The
water flowing under the panels keeps them relatively cool and this helps in generating more power.
It is worthwhile to mention that the length of the Narmada Main Canal, constructed under the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), is 458 km, while the length of entire canal network under the project built up so far is about 19,000 km. The total length of entire canal network planned under the project is around 85,000 km.
If 10% of the existing canal network can be used for setting up solar power plants, it will have a potential to install power
generation capacity of 2,200 MW. This can eliminate the need of 11,000 acre of land that would have been required otherwise and save evaporation of 2,000 crore liters of water annually.
The commissioning of the canal-based solar power plants reaffirms Gujarat’s commitment towards tapping solar energy potential available in the state in a big way. The state has made a significant headway in this direction by installing 600 MW capacity in this sphere very recently. The achievement holds significance as the total installed capacity of solar power in rest of the country is just about 120 MW.
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