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Renewable energy development in rural areas using SCADA

Abstract

Around 25,00 villages are located in remote and inaccessible areas of Tamil Nadu and hence could not be electrified through conventional grid extension in India. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the ‘Remote Village Electrification Programme’ (RVEP) to electrify such remote villages by installing solar photovoltaic (PV) home lighting systems. The functionality of the system varies across the states and across the seasons. During rainy season on an average one luminaire works 2 to 3 hours. During winter and summer on an average one luminaire works 4 to 5 hours. However, performance declines over the years. Use of kerosene is reducing in rural areas. Nearly 53 to 69 per cent reported that there is significant improvement in their children’s education, and 37 to 78 per cent reported that there is improvement in the standard of living after the installation of solar lighting. All though just implementing solar grid won't be handful. We also need to implement a SCADA system for controlling and monitoring the solar energy. We have proposed a system using home SCADA technology with priority switching.

Vishal Nair, S Aravindhan, V G Padhmanabhan,Mrs S Bharati, Dr. K Sathiyasekar

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