Solar energy in Schools

It is always said that “old habits die hard”, which means we tend to practice what we are preached. When we teach students in schools about solar power ,its effects for the future by the time they come to  implementation age it tends to become a habit of using this renewable energy into every project they take up.

Taking up the project of installing the solar power plant in schools, makes them understand that renewable energy is must for future to survive, they will in turn educate their parents to gradually shift towards renewable energy usage which reduces price burden and enables the continuous power supply .This will also encourage the entrepreneurship idea in a student for future resulting in at least few percentage of students to install solar power plants , which is very much needed in the current and future scenario

Our country India, experiences 300 days of sunlight, Every hour the sun beams onto Earth more than enough energy to satisfy global energy needs for an entire year. Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. The two major types of solar energy that make it to Earth are heat and light. Today, the technology produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand. Solar energy is lauded as an inexhaustible fuel source that is pollution and often noise free.

The technology is also versatile. For example, solar cells generate energy for far-out places like satellites in Earth orbit and cabins deep in the Rocky Mountains as easily as they can power downtown buildings and futuristic cars. Japan, Germany, and the United States are major markets for solar cells. With tax incentives, solar electricity can often pay for itself in five to ten years.

Soon with the growing population we may face energy shortages hence the shift to solar energy is very important. In India, the solar market is undergoing changes from the incentive driven market to parity driven market. But this change is creating problem to policy makers and creating delays in policies. When a solar plant is installed, it’s average working period is 25 years and the break even period is around 13 years after which it starts giving profits , sometime break even period also depends on the plant size.

Installation of solar power in school acts  as a major step in reducing Co2 emissions because, in commercial buildings school is one of the constituent and source for major solar emissions. This will be an initiative from school to shift to renewable energy consumption and in the first place students will start learning . There are also various subsidies in relation with solar power, one of it being :-

 The solar energy corporation of India(SECI) was providing a capital subsidy for 100MW every year. Due to all the above reasons, we can expect new solar PV capacity of 750 MW in 2014.

Now, basically solar power can be generated both off-grid and on-grid power plants. But the off- grid has higher advantage .

Why off-grid roof top system:

• ·         Have access to power continuously all the time.
• ·        Not having any scheduled or unscheduled power cuts.
• ·        No dependency on diesel
• ·        The quality of this power is superior to the regular grid power.
• ·        Investment against increasing fuel and grid charges.
• ·        maintenance cost

Salient features of off-grid roof top system:

· Low and optimum maintenance cost.

· Stable supply of power increases the overall efficiency of electronic components.