"http://www.srtri.com/courses/renewable_energy_appl.htm
Few courses are offered by SRTRI to help rural students learn about Solar and other renewable energy technologies. These are aimed at development of skills needed for livelihood generation."
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What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Aarif Mirza Dec 14, 2013. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Off Grid LED Lighting has been in use over a decade and there are lot of variants available in the market at present. Here I am interested in knowing ;What are the ideal configurations that a…Continue
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Carbon Credits in PAYG and Other Off-grid Solar installations
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sridhar Ponugupati Nov 22, 2013. 9 Replies 0 Likes
I am interested in understanding on how an NGO / For profit entity can make use of Carbon Credits while distributing ( PAYG model / one time sale) Solar based LED Lighting systems and pass on the…Continue
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Sridhar Ponugupati replied to Yotam Ariel's discussion Listing solar training organizations (focus on off-grid, developing countries) in the group Training solar professionalsSridhar Ponugupati commented on Cindy Nawilis's blog post SunFunder Raises $2.5M in Equity Funding to Finance Emerging Market Solar Growth"Congratulations. How do i get access to the details on projects you have executed.
I am working on similar projects and would like to learn more on how to achieve zero percent default rate."
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Sridhar Ponugupati replied to Yotam Ariel's discussion Article: Renewable energy, once a dream, lights up some of India's slums"Good Article Yotam. Thanks for sharing. "
Aarif Mirza replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"I apologize in advance to my ignorance, but when you say "configurations," what exactly are you meaning. Are you talking about the voltage configurations or are you speaking about the equipment size and type?"
Rolland Zhang replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"yes, Yotam is a good man in this area. I hope when you be in XiaMen, we can have time to talk.
Sridhar: I think you are looking for a cheap and quality system, is it right? maybe 2bulbs+1fan or 2bulb is ok?"
Yotam Ariel replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"OK, though, I'm not where to start. Actually many manufacturers try to differentiate their products.
I'm more excited about working on the distribution challenge.
Seems like the manufacturing challenge just boils down to having cash to…"
Sridhar Ponugupati replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"Surely need your help in this Yotam. As I have very limited funds and time to spend on this project, It would of great help if you can guide me narrow down the list of widely accepted product configurations, We can surely come out with the design…"
Yotam Ariel replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"That's very interesting, Sridhar. Just let me know if I can further help."
Sridhar Ponugupati replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"Aarif, Thanks for the detailed information on the Pakistan Scenario. I totally agree with your point on product cost. 2+2 configuration seems a bit bigger by African standard ?? My target out of this discussion is to come out with few widely…"
Sridhar Ponugupati commented on Kevin Gauna's blog post Lighting Global publishes another Tech Note on product durability"IR transparency can be achieved by few very costly additives like conductive Metal Oxide. I have come across a technology which can be sprayed on a finished product except the lens / LED Emitting part which can cut down the IR by 70% and UV by…"
Aarif Mirza replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?"Hi Sridhar,
First hand experience that we currently go through here in Pakistan, are complete off-grid installations. But we get ranges of requirements from only 2-4 hour backups, because of utility load shedding, to 6-8 hour backups, and then…"
Yotam Ariel replied to Sridhar Ponugupati's discussion What are the most accepted Off Grid Lighting System configurations ?":-) Thank you for starting this discussion, Sridhar. "
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