Friday, March 28, 2014: The solar installations in the country are adopted by many institutions, one such example is the Institute of Information Technology (IIT), Kanpur. The institution already has an in-built 50 KW solar power plant. Now, IIT Kanpur is all set to launch a new 1750 KW solar power installation. The power will be used for self sufficiency and will not be sold outside.
The new solar installation will be a rooftop set up and will be executed in two phases. According to a TOI report, the first phase will complete the build of 350 KW of solar capacity, in almost six months. The rest solar power capacity of 1450 KW is likely to be completed in one go, in the second phase.
The electricity generated from this plant will be used for the in-house use via the localised power grid of the IIT Kanpur, which will receive the power generated from this solar plant. The already functioning 50 KW solar power plant became operational since July 2013, and has been supplying nearly 250 units of power to the grid. It is to noted that the plant was first commissioned as an experiment and strictly meant for research.
IIT-Kanpur plans to extend its self sufficiency by commissioning more such plants in the campus. The new 1750 KW solar power plant is an entirely mercantile project that is aimed at fulfilling the the power independence of the IIT.
Prof R S Anand, Principal Research Engineer at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur said that the 1.75 MW rooftop solar power plant’s second phase of “1400 KW capacity plant will be installed later. The 50 KW plant is already functional. It is giving 250 units of power each day which… is too less for an institute like IIT-K, therefore, larger capacity power plant will serve the purpose to a broader extent.”
