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The Solar Photovoltaic system installed in this zero energy model building is of 1 kW capacity. The system is designed to support total connected load up to 3 kW.  Electricity generated through coal plants is becoming expensive by every passing day. Power cuts and increasing dependence on DG sets is causing a lot of damage to the environment. Keeping this in mind Ministry of New and  Renewable  Energy (MNRE), Government of India is promoting off-grid  solar  PV systems under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in the country. Many people in the country have started feeling the need of installing solar PV system for their home, apartment complex or small office use, and with this article we would try to provide some information which can be a good starting point for a roof-top Solar PV system project. Components of a Roof Top PV system A typical Roof Top PV system also contains a set of batteries and inverter along with the modules of Solar PV...

 India's first electric bus has started running on Bangalore's roads. The route on the busy Majestic-Kadugodi road in Bangalore has India's first electric bus. The city's transport corporation launched this bus last week. Zipping past the smoke-emitting regular buses, the orange beauty stands out. "The pollution level is quite high in Bangalore. So we were exploring the options of hybrid as well as electric buses. A Chinese company - Build Your Dreams - came to us and told us that they wanted to give this bus free of cost for trial," said Anjum Parwez, Managing Director, BMTC. The electric bus will run on a trial basis for three months after which hopefully, it will be a regular feature on Bangalore roads. The bus has zero emission levels, operates on a battery that lasts five hours and can cover a distance of 250 km. "It is much better than driving regular buses. I feel very proud to drive the first electric bus," said bus driver Ramaswamy. ...