The Centre has been
playing a crucial role in development and promotion of solar
energy technologies. The Centre has been the technical focal
point for the National Solar Energy Programme. The
facilities created at the Centre to enable it to perform its
role are the most advanced and unique in India and south
Asian region. The Centre is recognised today as a leading
institution for
1.
Solar Resource Assessment
2.
Technology Assessment
3.
Solar Buildings
4.
System Designing
5.
Evaluation of Emerging Technologies
6.
Testing and Standardization of solar devices
7.
Bio-fuel Plantation
Apart from development
of infrastructural and R&D facilities, the Centre has also
many other significant achievements as given below, to its
credit.
Main
achievements :
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Technical
assistance to industry for development for solar
energy products |
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Development of
National Standards for solar thermal devices |
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Establishments of
testing protocol for solar thermal and solar PV
devices for attaining uniformity in the testing
carried out by various authorized agencies within
the country. |
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Preparation of a
number of technical reports/papers on important
solar energy topics, such as solar thermal power
generation, solar refrigeration, solar desalination,
biofuel and other technologies. |
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Establishment of
a number of technology demonstration projects which
includes a 46 KW solar PV power project at the
Centre. |
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Establishment of
state-of-the-art facilities for solar energy
research and testing under assistance from UNDP,
USAID and GTZ. |
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Establishment of
a solar evaporative cooling system for a part of the
technical blocks of the Solar Energy Centre. |
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Reviving 50 KWe
Solar Thermal Power Plant by indegninizing some
critical components like Heat Collection Elements.
Plant is in use as R&D, Demonstration & Educational
facility. |
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26,000 & 500
saplings of Jatropha Curcas and Pongania Pinnata
have been planted respectively under the biofuel
programme during 2005-06. |
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Prepared a
bio-diversity report including both indigenous and
exotic flora of SEC. |
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Prepared
presentation material i.e. posters giving technical
details from cultivation of Jatropha curcas to
production of biodiesel. |
