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Vijay Mohan
Chandigarh, February 2
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed an off-grid solar and biodiesel hybrid power plant that could pave the way for small scale renewable energy generation for uninterrupted power in remote areas, villages and hilly areas.
A prototype of the system, having a peak capacity of 50kW, has been installed at the CSIR’s Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery in Ludhiana for providing round the clock power.
Currently, major share of the installed power capacity of the country comes from fossil fuel sources like coal, which have serious implications on country s energy security and environmental pollution. These high power centralised generation systems also warrant heavy investment on expensive transmission and distribution infrastructure leading to higher transmission losses.