by Aspiration Energy | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog
This post is part of a series of posts highlighting the feasibility of Solar Thermal when compared to Solar Photovoltaic modules.Find the previous post on Mechanical Trackers, here. An another area where Solar Thermal systems have considerable advantage over...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog
“The numbers might still appear small, but then Aspiration Energy is into the ‘other solar’. These days, when people talk solar, they talk of PV and electricity, but there is another sleeping giant that has been practically forgotten — solar heating. Solar water...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
Mechanical Trackers This post is part of a series of posts highlighting the feasibility of Solar Thermal when compared to Solar Photovoltaic modules.Find the previous post on costs, here. The third reason on our list of reasons that suggest the pros of...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog, Case Studies, Heat Pumps, Heat Pumps
Industrial process heating consumes a lot of energy. Of this heat, the low-grade variety (typically < 120 C) is about 3737 kToe (Kilo-tonne of oil equivalent) which is about Rs. 18,400 Crore (US$ 2.8 Billion) annually. Of this, the top 3 consumers are Automotive...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog
Is Cost Everything? This post is part of a series of posts highlighting the feasibility of Solar Thermal when compared to Solar PV modules.Find the previous post here. The second criteria, when evaluating both Solar Thermal and Solar PhotoVoltaic...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 8, 2017 | Aspiration Energy, Blog
Preliminary investigations suggest a categorical yes! for solar heating Let us understand this better: With the new GST rules, the GST paid is not part of the capital cost of the solar heating system installed. In the earlier regime, we could not claim the credit of...
by Aspiration Energy | Aug 3, 2017 | Aspiration Energy, Blog, Uncategorized
The Solar footprint in India is steadily increasing with currently 13.11 GW of power being produced The Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission is an initiative by the Government of India to increase the Solar Power Utilisation in India. It aims to increase the Solar...
by Aspiration Energy | Jul 31, 2017 | Aspiration Energy, Blog, Heat Pumps
Does “heat pump” double electrical energy? Dugna? Ottikku retti? Ponzi scheme? Claims of one unit (KWHr) of electricity producing 2 units of cooling and 3 units of heat – getting the useful energy of 4-5 times – how does this work? Is it defying laws of...
by Aspiration Energy | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, Solar thermal, White Paper
Solar Energy is most often implied as Solar Photovoltaic Energy with electric energy as the output.Solar thermal energy is not as predominant in the Solar Renewable energy scenario as Solar PV. Let us consider the current scenario around the world. The total...
by Editorial | Jul 19, 2017 | Case Studies
SoPro India(Solar Water Heating for Industrial Processes in India), an initiative implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GMBH, has published case studies of some of the...
