In a
bid to manage the ever increasing power demand, the Kerala State
Electricity Board (KSEB) is planning to try out intelligent
solar-powered inverters that would automatically discharge power to
electric equipment during peak hours.
As many as 18 companies have responded to the board's call for new generation electric inverters that would help the board bring down power consumption from grid lines during peak hours -- 6pm to 10pm and 5am to 9am -- and also set a technology standard for inverters sold in the Kerala market. The widespread use of substandard inverters has been giving a tough time to the board during crisis period as they not only drew considerable amount of power during peak hours, but also wasted a major share of the same.
The desire for setting a technology standard for the inverters available in the market has led the KSEB to the idea of promoting solar-powered inverters. Such devices would automatically stop drawing power from KSEB lines during peak hours and use line power to charge only 50% of the inverter battery capacity, that too only during off peak hours.
The idea was first discussed in the KSEB innovation zone at the Kochi start-up village. After the device proved successful at places where it was deployed on a pilot basis, the board decided to invited expression of interest for commercial sale of the product at affordable rates.
"As a first step, we called a meeting of the traders who sell inverters in the state market. We asked them if they would be able to stick to the technical specifications set for inverters by the KSEB. They agreed to the same. Later, a meeting of inverter manufacturers was called and they also agreed to the board's suggestion for a standardization of inverters. The idea of introducing solar-powered inverters came later," said KSEB chairman M Sivasankar.
According to him, the board hopes to make the intelligent inverters, which would manage the power demands during peak hours and use only minimum power from the grid line for charging, available in the market at rates ranging between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000.
The equipment supplied by various companies are currently being tested at the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. Once the testing is over and the technology is finalized, the board would introduce the same on a pilot basis at Cantonment electric section here. If the equipment proves viable, the same would be introduced across the state. The board plans to introduce the equipment sans subsidy as it would prove financially viable to consumers over a period of time.Source Times Of India
As many as 18 companies have responded to the board's call for new generation electric inverters that would help the board bring down power consumption from grid lines during peak hours -- 6pm to 10pm and 5am to 9am -- and also set a technology standard for inverters sold in the Kerala market. The widespread use of substandard inverters has been giving a tough time to the board during crisis period as they not only drew considerable amount of power during peak hours, but also wasted a major share of the same.
The desire for setting a technology standard for the inverters available in the market has led the KSEB to the idea of promoting solar-powered inverters. Such devices would automatically stop drawing power from KSEB lines during peak hours and use line power to charge only 50% of the inverter battery capacity, that too only during off peak hours.
The idea was first discussed in the KSEB innovation zone at the Kochi start-up village. After the device proved successful at places where it was deployed on a pilot basis, the board decided to invited expression of interest for commercial sale of the product at affordable rates.
"As a first step, we called a meeting of the traders who sell inverters in the state market. We asked them if they would be able to stick to the technical specifications set for inverters by the KSEB. They agreed to the same. Later, a meeting of inverter manufacturers was called and they also agreed to the board's suggestion for a standardization of inverters. The idea of introducing solar-powered inverters came later," said KSEB chairman M Sivasankar.
According to him, the board hopes to make the intelligent inverters, which would manage the power demands during peak hours and use only minimum power from the grid line for charging, available in the market at rates ranging between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000.
The equipment supplied by various companies are currently being tested at the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. Once the testing is over and the technology is finalized, the board would introduce the same on a pilot basis at Cantonment electric section here. If the equipment proves viable, the same would be introduced across the state. The board plans to introduce the equipment sans subsidy as it would prove financially viable to consumers over a period of time.Source Times Of India
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