An Year went without Blog Updation

It has been quite some time. You can attribute it to my sheer laziness. It is nice to know that I have been away for more than a year. This post is just to ensure a blog entry in 2017. Going has been good, Heavens have been kind. Satisfying time period as far as professional life is concerned. At NTPC Kayamkulam, a pilot floating Solar PV project of 5 kWp was commissioned in 2016. Afterwards 100 kWp added to it. Both installations are in raw water reservoir of Kayamkulam plant. Incidentally 100 kWp is the largest installation of Floating solar in India as of now. I had the good fortune of looking after these projects right from the design stage to commissioning as head of section at Electrical Maintenance in NTPC-Kayamkulam. With vast backwaters, dams and waterbodies, Kerala sure have great potential for this renewable energy source. Especially since availability of land for a MW scale project in Kerala is pretty low. Commercial operation may become feasible with economy of scale as well as stringent environmental norms that are put into practice.

Picture from NTPC press release on 10th March, 2017

Walk Through Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636BPQV5M5s

DD News Coverage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgowaGHT-oQ