The various renewable energy systems and their potential uses are given below:

SL.

NO.

BENEFICIARIES / ENERGY SOURCES

INDUSTRIES

LOCAL BODIES/ INSTITUTIONS

INDIVIDUALS

I        SOLAR ENERGY

A.     SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC (SPV)

1.

(a)

Solar Lighting

Lantern
(Portable Light)

-Emergency lamps in  factories, offices, canteens, etc.

-Security lights at the gate

Emergency lamp, Security light

Emergency lamp.

Farm operations at night.

Pest catcher in farms/gardens

 (b)

Home lights

18 W panel
1 light

37 W panel
2 lights

74 W panel
4 lights

(20W DC fan can also be used in place of one light)

(i) Parking Areas

(ii) Portico

(iii) Canteens

(iv) Guest Houses

(v)  Toilets etc.

Lighting for offices, other small buildings, Group houses, Multipurpose community centres, Guest houses, Parking areas, Corridors, Places of worship.

Individuals, Farm houses, Radio, T.V.

 (c)

Street lights
(74 W)

Automatic ON/OFF

From dusk to dawn (10 hrs.)

- Campus/factory lighting

- Approach road, garden lighting, parking areas, security lights, stores yard

Street lights, Parks & Play fields, Bus stands, Bus shelters, Petrol bunks, Resorts etc.

Garden/Security lights

2.

Solar power pack

(1 kWp )

 

Lighting for offices, corridors, parking areas, conference halls etc.

Small shops, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Health centres, Resorts, etc.

Back-up supply for houses, clinics, shops.

3.

Illuminated Hoardings upto 1 kWp

Illuminated Hoadings / Bill Boards

Advertising Agency, Traders enterprises

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4.

SPV Power Plant (1 kW and above)

Lighting for offices (higher load) campus, Security lighting, lighting for residential colonies.

Shopping complexes, Offices, Colleges, Street lights for local bodies, Community centres, Resorts etc.

Home lighting, Fans, Household applications etc.

5.

SPV Water Pumps 200 to 3000 Watts (upto 3 HP 30 m depth) (more effective with drip irrigation)

- Drinking water supply

- Watering of plants/ gardens/orchards.

Small scale irrigation

Drinking water supply, Public toilets, Resorts.

Drinking water supply. Small scale irrigation

6.

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)

upto 5 kWp

Administrative Buildings, Corporative Offices

Office, Residential buildings, Demo Solar Buildings

Mansions, Bungalows, Farm Houses.

7. Street light control system with 5 Wp SPV module to control 100 street lights Campus, factory lights, Approach road, garden lighting, parking areas, security lights, stores yard Street lights, Gandern lights parks & play fields, bus stands, bus shelters, petrol bunks, Resorts etc. Garden / Security lights
8. Solar Road Studs, blinkers -- Traffic Police --
9. Solar Solar Traffic singnals  500 Wp (min) -- Traffic Police --

B.      SOLAR THERMAL

1.

Solar Water Heating

- Temperature level upto 80oC

- Capacity 100-5000, 25000 LPD (Litres per Day)

(i) Process Industries viz. Breweries, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical, Dyeing etc.

(ii) Boiler Feed Water Heating

(iii) Pre-cooking in Canteens

(iv) Dish washing etc.

(i)  Hospitals, Primary Health Centres, Nursing Homes etc.

(ii) Hostels, Lodges, Resorts etc.

(iii) Drying of Agro Produce in Small Scale.

(iv) Pilgrim centres

Bathing, Washing, Cooking (subject to quality of water)

2.

Solar Air Heating

(Temperature range: 80 to 100oC)

 

(i)   Drying Agro products

(ii)  Drying of Fish

(iii) Preheating of withering air in Tea Industries.

(iv) Any other application requiring low temperature.

(i) Fish Drying

(ii) Drying of Appalams, Vadagams etc.

(iii) Drying Agro products in Small Scale in co-operative Societies, Self Help Groups involved in Food processing  Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Not applicable

3.

(i)


(ii)


(iii)

 

(iv)

Solar Cooker

Box Type (5 persons)

Dish Type
(15 persons)

Community cookers
(50 persons)

Steam cooking (1000 to
10000 persons)

Item (i) & (ii) for families, Road sides, Restaurants item (iii) & (iv) for canteens

Noon-meal Centres, Hostels, Community Kitchens, Hotels, Hospitals with mainly community cookers.

Domestic cooking with Box type or Dish type cookers.

4.

Solar Stills (Distilled Water)

Laboratories, Battery Topping

Batteries of Topping in street lights.

Topping of Batteries in home lights

5.

Energy Efficient Buildings (climate responsive architectural concept)

Office, factory buildings, Commercial complexes etc.

Office buildings, Community centres, other type of buildings

Houses

II       BATTERY OPERATED VEHICLE

 

Van, Auto-rickshaw, passenger car.

Campus use, transport with the factories

Urban/Rural transport, Hospital, Tourist sites etc.

Passenger cars

III      BIO ENERGY

1.

Power Generation (Grid connected)

 

 

 

i)

 

 

ii)

Co-generation

 

 

Biomass

(i)  Sugar Mills

(ii) Industries using Low pressure Steam.

Investment purposes or captive use

(Sufficient biomass such as firewood, agricultural residues should be available.)

Investment purposes.

 

 

 

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Investment purposes.

2

Gasifier

i)  Thermal

ii) Electrical

(i) To meet process heat requirement (economical to replace HSD/ LDO/LPG etc.)

(ii) Captive Power Usage

Cooking using small gasifiers

(i) Smaller capacity Power Generation in remote places. Power for street lighting.

(i) Cooking/Hot water Generation purposes (Domestic Model gasifier)

3.

Bio-gas plants:

Feed Stock :Cow dung, Nigh soil, Kitchen & other organic Wastes

Biogas can be used for

(a)  Thermal: Canteen cooking/ use in colonies etc.

(b)  Electrical: Power generation for self-use

(c)      Water pumping

(i) Mainly for cooking & lighting

(ii) Water Pumping

(i) Cooking mainly

(ii) Lighting

4.

Energy from Waste

i) Industrial Waste

ii) Animal Waste

iii) Municipal Waste

(i)  Power Generation for captive use through

(a) Dual fuel engines.

(b) 100% gas engines

(ii) Thermal usage for process Heating/ Cooking applications

Power generation through 100% gas engines

Not applicable

5.

Bio fuel

Ethanol / Biodiesel

Power Generation and transportation

Power generation Water pumping

Transport, tractors, water pumps

IV      WIND ENERGY

1.

Wind power generation (Grid connected) Wind Speed (minimum) 18 kmph Wind power density >150W/m2 at   30 m height

Investment purposes:

Power generation & export to grid captive generation for Self-use in Industries.

Investment purpose or street lighting by local bodies or lighting or Public places like Bus stop/stand, parks, etc.
 

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2.

Small Aero generators/Hybrid system (upto    30 kW) wind speed (min)       10-15 kmph

Lighting & other electrical uses:

Office/factory buildings, Guest houses, Residential Quarters, Street lighting

(i) Office Building,
(ii) Guest House, Tourist Homes, Cottages

(iii) Hostels, Remote buildings

(iv) Street lighting
 

(i)  Farm Houses

(ii) Garden / Street lighting

3.

Wind Mill Water pumps (more effective with drip irrigation)

Water supply for drinking, gardening especially with drip irrigation

Micro irrigation / Drinking water supply Horticulture farms especially with drip irrigation, public parks 

Micro irrigation/Drinking water supply, Horticulture farms especially with drip irrigation.


 




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