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| RENEWABLES / CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS |
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Vol. VIII Issue. 44
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Gurgaon to get solar thermal power plant
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17 April 2012
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April 16, 2012. Haryana's first solar thermal power plant - which will work on the steam-and-turbine principle as opposed to utilizing costly solar photo-voltaic cells - is all set to come up in Gurgaon. The 1 MW power generation facility is "an experimental project" being built collaboratively by the Solar Energy Centre (SEC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. The plant, nearing completion, will start undergoing trial runs. Solar energy is touted as the best alternative to conventional power. But the technology still has a long way to go before it can successfully replace the available modes of energy generation. Impeding its progress are two crucial factors - high costs, and low efficiency. And the minds behind Gurgaon's solar thermal plant are attempting to resolve this very cost-and-efficiency conundrum with their new project.
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