The Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has initiated production of high quality solar panels. PHOTO: FILE
The Pakistan Engineering Council has set up an on-grid solar power generation project with a capacity of 178 KiloWatts (KW), setting precedence as a role model for defining procedures and strategy at the national level for on-grid solar power generation.
This project is first of its kind in the country. The excess electricity will be delivered to the national grid under a Feed-In-Tariff regime.
An official said the government plans to illuminate 250 houses with solar panels in rural areas. The Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has initiated production of high quality solar panels. This will help promote clean and renewable energy sources.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2013.
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This is a good effort but the on-grid solar power needs a stable power supply system to operate efficiently and economically. thiis system will not be suitable in Pakistan ate least in the current scenario as we have the most unstable power syetem when it comes to distribution lines where the solar power will be fed in. Rather, the isolated use of solar power will be more useful especially for operating tube wells and supplying power to homes in those areas not connected to national grid especially in Balochistan province where we have vast areas with out electricity. solar geasers and solar cookers are also gaining enormous popularity. the basic thing which is required at present is to provide tax exemptions and even subsidies to renewable power producers and just create a conducive envirnoment and you will see a solar power boom in the shortest possible time in pakistan as we saw in CNG sector two decades ago.
All the good things are done everywhere except Pakistan
This is done here in the United States, your solar panels produce and feed the grid all day. The electric meter runs in reverse, since these are smart meters there is no meter readers. Meter transmits info via power lines that saves cost. The power company knows when you use most power etc; to fine tune its supply. It will be a great idea to implement this in Pakistan,the benefits are enormous. Has to be done at large scale to cut down cost of installation and the incentive to sell the electricity to the grid in day light hours to run industry and offices and get the benefits at night in remote areas. It can bring about a revolution in the rural areas Pakistan.
Cost of setting up a Solar solutions can be brought down considerably if regular consumer is provided an option of feed-in-tariff because then a consumer does not need the batteries to store excessive current produced by solar cells rather it can be transmitted to the grid which will reverse the consumers meter.
well thats amazing... ALLAH bless you..