Solar Power Plants: A Step Towards a Greener Future
Solar Power Plants
Innovative Solar Power Plants for Clean Energy
Solar Power Plants
The Solar Power Plant Design envisages a clear understanding of the power requirement of the premises along with the major concerns faces by the Customer. The Technical Assessment process need to suggest the best possible design for the consumer accordingly and such designed options can be broadly classified as Off Grid , On Grid ( Grid-Tie) and Hybrid Solar Plants.
Off Grid Solar Plants
An Off Grid Solar plant is termed as a standalone power station that is operating irrespective of the Grid Power availability. Though the connected load is limited to the Inverting Unit capacity, it can ensure 24 x 7 power security for the facilities connected with it. The design protocol directs the power produced during the day time to fill the battery storage unit of the plant and address the load using the same during day time and night time. In order to avoid any kind of loss of produced power from the solar panels, an off-grid system would require to have a larger battery unit which takes its cost on the higher side.
On Grid Solar Plant
The most economical solar power plants fall into this category as it utilizes the Power Grid for the best deployment of the power produced during daytime without relying on any kind of storage units. The solar power plant is interfaced with the Power Grid using a Export/Import Energy Meter mechanism which ensures the excess power produced is exported to the Grid for utilizing the same in the nearby premises as well. The owner of the solar power plant gets equivalent power /cash of the Exported Units as mutually agreed with the distribution company (DISCOMM). In India , we have Net Metering arrangement though which solar plant owner can export the excess power during daytime and import the equivalent power from the DISCOMM during the time when solar is not available. This will reduce the power bill substantially and even make it NIL with the best design.
Hybrid Solar Power Plant
One of the drawbacks with the On Grid Power Plant is its inability to operate due to safety protocols when the Power Grid is absent. The most advanced genre of the solar Plant is Hybrid Solar Plant which mitigates this issue. The Hybrid Plants will have a minimal storage unit that can make the power plant working during the Grid Failure to provide power security to the premises. Unlike the Off Grid System, the Hybrid plants will have a minimal storage which is not creating heavy impact on the costing and management of battery banks. These type of power plants are considered as the most advanced technology among the solar solutions.
