Comments on: Solar-powered LED Lamps to Bring Green Energy to India's Rural Areas

By: Nabadeep86

Nabadeep86 — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:27:00 +0000

Hi Prof. Anand,

This is Nabadeep. I am researching upon the solar energy operated applications since quite a few months. I hail from the Northeastern part of India where electricity crisis is always felt. I would be thankful if you could share some of your technical ideas over the designing of photovoltaic cells.

Thanks,
Nabadeep.

By: Anand M. Sharan

Anand M. Sharan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:37:27 +0000

I am a professor at Memorial University , St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. I just presented a paper here at NECEC 2010 where I presented my own experimental work carried out at Patna where I had my own designed photovolatic mounted solar tracking system ( manually operated ) with LED lamps available at Patna. Then I did cost analysis and compared it with Kerosene Lanterns.

Using solar energy was far cheaper than using kerosene avavilable in the Indian free market.

Since I do not know your e-mail address otherwise I would have sent you my paper.

Thanks.

Anand M. Sharan

By: ascoss

ascoss — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:01:28 +0000

Climate change is a global problem, and yet each one of us has the power to make a difference. Even small changes in our daily behaviour can help prevent greenhouse gas emissions without affecting our quality of life. In fact, they can help save us money!

By: Gaurav Trivedi

Gaurav Trivedi — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:06:45 +0000

I think this is a very good initiative in energising the rural part of India. An alternative for companies can be to train people in these areas on solar module assembly and basic repair and maintenance exercises. This would increase the employment opportunities in these regions as well as empower them with solar energy.