Author : Nikhil Morey 1
Date of Publication :28th March 2018
Abstract: In India, most of the electricity is produced by the thermal power plant and many of them are located in central India. Thermal power plants use coal as a fuel, which will release sulphur dioxide in the environment during combustion, also the land after extraction of coal will become infertile and of no use, hence in this region use of clean energy is require immediate attention. Power generated by the solar, biogas and wind which are renewable and cause zero pollution, from this renewable resources we can form a microgrid which will be able to generate enough power for the small regions with battery and loads. In central India, the intensity of sunrays is good for the generation of electricity by using solar panels. This paper presents the study of such type of microgrid which is installed at Sanjeevan socio-medical foundation near Nagpur (central India) which consists of the solar plant which generates 2KW, biogas plant which generates 12 KW and wind plant which generates 1 KW.This microgrid is connected to the main power grid and it is self-dependent in almost every season. The area of the foundation is also lit by using solar street lights. This type of microgrids should be installed in central India in more numbers because of the advantages like no fuel cost, predictable 24/7 power, no pollution and global warming effects.
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