The document provides information on solar energy and the role of a solar technologist in India. It discusses India's ambitious program to promote solar energy to replace conventional power sources. It outlines the key components a solar technologist should be familiar with, including the components of a solar energy system, suitable installation locations, basic electric connections and loads, calculating the size of roof top solar systems, and identifying appropriate components. It also describes the skills needed for the role, such as designing optimal systems, problem solving, working with equipment, and using computers and tools.

1. Lesson I
Junior Skills
Solar Energy

2. Solar Energy
Brief Summary
India has a ambitious program to promote solar energy to replace
conventional source of power generation. Solar Energy sector is a very fast
growing sector and roof top solar PV power plants are becoming increasingly
popular. Solar Technologist must be familiar with
• components of a solar energy system,
• location suitable for solar installation ,
• basic electric connections and loads in houses
• should be able to calculate size of solar roof top system and
• identify appropriate components of solar power plant for roof top.
Solar Technologist could be for you if you like:
• Designing optimum solar systems
• Have a Problem solving skill
• Fixing things and working with equipment & machines
• Using computers and tools
Test Project Summary:
• Basics of electric systems, power / load calculations of a house
• A detailed description of the task the customer wants to be solved by a solar system;
• Identification of a suitable space / location to put up solar rooftop plant
• Decide suitable size and components of solar plant as per customer requirement and space available
• Design configuration of the solar Plant to meet customer requirement

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RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Energy Scenario in India

4. Energy For Development
• Energy is ‘prime mover’ of the development process.
• There is a direct correlation of energy consumption and economic growth of a
society / country.
• Economic growth calls for increasing use of energy.
• Challenge is to meet the energy needs in a sustainable manner

5. Choice of Energy Resource
• Access to energy resources, or lack thereof, affects human development, health, access to
education, socioeconomic status, and the environment.
• The security of a nation is dependent, in part, on the sources of that nation’s energy
supplies.
(for example, a nation that has diverse sources of energy that come mostly from within its borders is more
secure than a nation largely dependent on foreign energy supplies)
• India is fortunate to have in-house diverse sources of Energy, including Non–Renewable as
well as Renewable.
Coal, fossil fuel , Natural gas / Wind, Solar, Bio Mass , hydro
The quality of life of individuals and societies is quite dependant on the energy choices

6. Energy Scenario in India
• Our country has been facing challenge in meetings its energy needs and
providing adequate energy of desired quality in a sustainable manner and
at reasonable costs.
• Electricity is the most widely used commercial energy
• Three-fourths of total energy used in rural areas is in the domestic sector
• Traditional biomass- fuel wood, animal dung, crop residues account for
over 70% of domestic energy used in rural India

7. Indian Power Sector at a Glance
•Renewable contributes 90,399 MW – 24.15%
•If we take large hydro under RE – 36.37 %
Total installed capacity : 3,74,199 MW

8. Renewable Energy in India
Renewable Energy is contributing over 24.15% in the total installed capacity of power
generation in the country with Installed capacity of 90,399 MW

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Sustainable development
Conservation management to
"economic development"

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Sustainable Development - a Concept
• Sustainable development can be classified as development that
meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of the future generation.
• Sustainable development is the organizing principle for
meeting human development goals while at the same
time sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide
the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which
the economy and society depend.

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Sustainable Development
The concept of sustainable development can be interpreted in
many different ways, but at its core is an approach to
development that looks to balance different, and often competing,
needs against an awareness of the environmental, social and
economic limitations we face as a society.
• Living within our environmental limits is one of the central principles of
sustainable development.
• but the focus of sustainable development is far broader than just the
environment.
• It's also about ensuring a strong, healthy and just society.

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Sustainable development is about finding better ways of doing
things, both for the future and the present.
• We might need to change the way we work and live now, but
this doesn't mean our quality of life will be reduced.
• The SDGs came into effect in January 2016, and they
will continue guide UNDP policy and funding for the next 15
years.

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NDC – COP21
2015 was a historic year in which 196 Parties came together under
the Paris Agreement to transform their development trajectories so
that they set the world on a course towards sustainable
development, aiming at limiting warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees C
above pre-industrial levels.
Through the Paris Agreement, Parties also agreed to a long-
term goal for adaptation – to increase the ability to adapt to
the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate
resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in
a manner that does not threaten food production.

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NDC – COP21
Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are at the heart of the
Paris Agreement and the achievement of these long-term goals.
NDCs embody efforts by each country to reduce national
emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
The Paris Agreement requests each country to outline
and communicate their post-2020 climate actions, known
as their NDCs.