Long Term Performance Evaluation of Grid Connected Solar PV Power Plants and Establishment of an Education cum Training Facility

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!y Karnata"a Power Cor#oration Limited !angalore

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$inistry of %ew and &enewable Energy Proforma for Submission of %ew &/) and Technology )evelo#ment Pro0ects Part1*2 (nformation at a Glance2 Sl' %o' (' (tem Pro0ect Title2 )etails Long term Performance Evaluation of three Grid Connected solar PV Power Plants of 3 MWp each setup b !PCL and establishment of a education cum training facilit at !PCL" #angalore $olar PV $ stems Grid Connected

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Pro0ect Summary2 *nne5ure 1. )efinition of the Grid connected $olar Power generation is a new concept in Problem and Pro0ect the countr & Ver few solar PV power plants have been set up 4b0ectives so far& (herefore" it is essential that long term performance of grid solar Power plants is documented and anal sed to suggest correlation between the radiation and generation and also assess the average generation per +Wp capacit of solar power plant& &Moreover the e,perienced and manpower to design" set up" manage and maintain the grid connected $olar Power Plants is not available in the countr and therefore training and education including hands on training in th)se aspects is necessar to be imparted" to generate trained and -ualified manpower& !PCL is the first compan in the countr " which has set up two solar power plants of 3 MWp capacit each at !olar and #elgaum& (hird plant of 3 MWp is under construction at .aichur& !PCL is a leading power generation compan in the countr " therefore" full e-uipped for this purpose& 4b0ectives2 Grid connected $olar Power generation is a new concept in the countr & Ver few plants have been set up so far& (herefore it is essential that long term performance of grid e,port solar Power plants is documented and anal sed& Moreover the e,perienced manpower in Grid tie $olar Power Plants is not available in the countr and therefore training and education /with hands on training at the Grid0(ie plant1 is necessar to be imparted" to generate trained and -ualified manpower&

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8t present no institution is conducting research or education programme on megawatt si9e grid connected solar PV power plants in the countr (here is no reported research so far on long term performance evaluation of grid connected power plants in 4ndia& (raining facilities regarding megawatt grid connected solar PV power plants are also not available in the countr &

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Lac+ of sufficient and -ualified trained manpower to design" install" manage and maintain grid connected solar power plants in the countr is the basis to set up education and training facilit & Generate trained manpower" documentation and technical data base for grid connected $olar Power Plants" which is not available in the countr as per growing needs of the Mission&

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With the help and support of e,perts data collection and their anal ses will be made& (he e,perts will be used as facult for training& 4ndia is perfectl located to ta+e advantage of solar forming because 4ndia receives solar energ e-uivalent to over *@@@ trillion !Wh per ear which is far more than the total energ consumption of the countr & 4ndiaIs solar potential is one of the highest in the world& 4ndia has now come up with an ambitious programme to generate %@@@@

MW b %@%% under :awaharlal 3ehru 3ational solar mission which is reall a good dream& ;owever" this will re-uire a pool of trained and -ualified manpower" technical data base on design and performance assessment aspects of grid solar power plants& !arnata+a Power corporation has the rare distinction of setting up 3MW grid connected solar plants in % districts namel !olar and #elgaum& 8nother 3 MW solar plant is under commissioning in .aichur Aistrict& (his plant is partl constructed under M3.E Capital subsid scheme& 4n this bac+ground " !PCL proposes to set up a national training centre for grid connected solar plants in #angalore&
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Part1!2 )etailed Pro0ect Pro#osal Pro0ect Tile2 Long term Performance Evaluation of three Grid Connected solar PV Power Plants of ; $6# each setAu# by KPCL and establishment of a education cum training facility at KPCL !angalore %ame / address of Princi#al (nvestigator / (m#lementing (nstitution2 $ri& #&.& 3agara?u" Chief Engineer /G$W1 !arnata+a Power Corporation Ltd& /!PCL1" #angalore %ame / address of Collaborative (nvestigators and (nstitutions2 3 8 Pro0ect 4b0ectives2 Grid connected $olar Power generation is a new concept in the countr & Ver few plants have been set up so far& (herefore it is essential that long term performance of grid connected solar Power plants is documented and anal sed &Moreover the e,perienced manpower in Grid tie $olar Power Plants is not available in the countr and therefore training and education/with hands on training at the Grid0(ie plant1 is necessar to be imparted" to generate trained and -ualified manpower& !road 4b0ectives2 (o stud the detailed performance of grid connected power plants in different site condition& (rained manpower for grid connected power plants is ?ust not available in the countr & (he sub?ect is 3ew& 7nder the :awhar Lal 3ehru 3ational $olar Mission /:33$M1 there is a large re-uirement of such man power to achieve the targets of %@@@@ MW Capacit power plants b the ear %@%@& S#ecific ob0ectives2 (o stud the long term performance of 3MW grid connected $PV plants at different locations in !arnata+a& Collection of performance data and its anal sis to suggest best practices and methodolog for getting the optimum output& Preparation of technical documentation for education and training purposes for design" installation and maintenance of grid connected power plants& (o establish a training facilities and conduct the training programmes& (o fulfil the need of J(rained manpower in Grid connected power plants for :awaharlal 3ehru 3ational $olar MissionD&

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Status of wor" done on similar #roblem 3 to#ic by other grou#s2 i1 %ational/ (nternational (here is no documented research so far on long term performance of grid connected power plants in 4ndia& (raining facilities regarding grid connected solar PV power plants are not available in the countr though some minor efforts are being made b some 4nstitute& 'irst of its +ind three grid connected PV power plants of 3MW each are installed for the first time in the countr time in the countr and !PCL has developed the e,pertise for such installations besides long term e,pertise of conventional plants of large MW si9e&!PCL also have training center at #angalore for Conventional Power" which is proposed to be utili9e for this activit & )etails of #ro0ects im#lemented3 under im#lementation3 under submission by the P( or co1 P( or the im#lementing institution7s8 s#onsored by $%&E for funding during the last five years2 3o pro?ect has been submitted to M3.E or an other organi9ation on this sub?ect& @ustification of the #ro#osed Pro0ect wor" in conte5t of wor" being #ursued by other grou#s in the country2 $imilar wor+ in a well documented and coordinated manner is not being done elsewhere in the countr & 6or" methodology2 Wor+ plan for long term research and performance evaluationB0 <& %& 3& )& *& Aail measurement and logging of data on solar incident radiation and total energ fed to the grid& 4ts anal sis for performance evaluation5monitoring of the degradation in solar PV modules5arra & $tud ing the effect dust accumulation5fre-uenc of cleaning the arra on the total energ output $tud ing the effect of shadow and its anal sis& Performance of the power condition units /PC71 for its efficienc and losses at full load5part load& Aefining best practices and A6s5A6I3(s for safet considerations in grid connected power plants&

(he following is the wor+ plan to ta+e up activities at the training center will perform <& (raining centre will be housed in #angalore and site visit will be for various MW scale solar sites in !arnata+a vi9&" !olar" #elgaum and .aichur& %& 'acult will be drawn among engineers from the state and central Government organi9ations" !PCL and national e,perts suggested b M3.E and from reputed companies

3& !PCL will provide in house facilit available in the e,isting !PCL training Centre at #angalore& (he infrastructure facilit such as 8mphitheatre and e-uipments available at site will also be used& )& (raining will be conducted for grid connected solar PV plants5stand alone PV plants from concept to commissioning& *& (raining includes details on radiation" insolation" e-uipment selection" grid selection" site selection" grid connectivit " safet " trail operations" management and 6LM& 6ther areas of training include mounting and orientation" wiring and electrical fundamentals" charge controllers" inverters "batter ban+s" solar standards" trouble shooting" si9ing of solar s stems etc& 2& (raining period will be for % wee+s& < wee+ for class room teaching and < wee+ for onsite visit& =& Each training group will have <@ to %* people in a batch& >& Government officials and public5private sector officials will be trained on chargeable basis& H& $tudents will not be charged& ;owever accommodation" food charges will have to be borne b them& <@& Course materials" e-uipment and test +it etc re-uired for training instruments will be provided& <<& (ie up will be made with reputed organi9ations such as (ata #P" #EL" #;EL" 44$c" C0 $tep etc& <%& (rainees will be drawn from state government department and central government departments from all over the countr " engineering college students and students from reputed institutes and professionals from 4( sector etc& <3& (raining will also include site visits to solar megawatt plants and PV manufacturing factories& <)& M3.E support for training programme is re-uested for a period of 3 ears &8fter that !PCL would continue training programme on its own strength& <*& (otal estimated budget for conducting training programme for the three ears will be appro,imatel .s %*@ la+hs as enclosed in the 8nne,ures&

)etails of #ro#osed H6or" Plan+ including rationale for the #ro#osed targets to be achieved vis1a1vis national and international achievements including details of #rototy#e3 #ilot scale #lant and design of the #roduct and drawing #rocess to be tested3 analyIed and evaluated etc'2 :ear1wise *ctivities3 $ilestones time schedule and PE&T Chart2 S'%o' <& *ctivity Monitoring and $tud of the Grid connected Megawatt si9e solar power plants Procurement of E-uipment 4nstallation of * +Wp $olar power plant Preparation of course material and technical documentation ;iring of Manpower $hort listing the E,perts5'acult for training 4nviting applications for traiing course Conducting the training programme 3o& of training courses 3o& of Conferences5$eminar5 wor+shops to be organised 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H < 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000 0000000000000 <% < 000000000000 000000000000 <* < :ear . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 :ear , 00000000000000 :ear ; 000000000000 &emar"s Monitoring and anla sis shall start from the da one (o prepare the Laborator read for use

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Potential Jsers and suggested Plan of action for utiliIation of e5#ected Pro0ect 4ut#ut2 Government organi9ation" polic ma+ers" power companies" pro?ect developers" industr " research organi9ations and students will be benefitted from the proposed wor+& E5isting infrastructural facilities and eBui#ment with the P(7s8 and host institution7s83 (ndustry2 *8 Status of (nfrastructural Facilities *vailable2 !asic facilities will be #rovided by KPCL
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8vailable 4nfrastructure in !PCL (raining Centre < 8mphitheatre with audio video facilit which can accommodate )@ persons& % Computers" Pero, machine" PL( phone" printers and other stationar & 3 8ccommodation for office staff with furniture&

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*1 $C8A8 s stem with online facilit to access power generation from power plants in !arnata+a& 21 3MW solar PV plant with all e-uipments and grid connecting e-uipments installed in !olar pro?ect& =1 3MW solar PV plant with all e-uipments and grid connecting e-uipments installed in #elgaum pro?ect& >1 3MW solar PV plant with all e-uipments and grid connecting e-uipments installed in .aichur pro?ect& %& #io0data of P4 and Co0P4B 8nne,ure 000'urnished vide 8nne,ure V44& 3& 6ther .LA pro?ects under implementation" which are funded b an other organi9ation" where P4 and Co0P4 are participatingB
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Certificate from the Princi#al (nvestigator and Grantee organiIation

4 am submitting the above titled pro?ect proposal to M3.E for financial support& <& %& 3& )& *& 45 We agree to abide b the terms and conditions of the M3.E research grant& 45 We have not submitted the pro?ect proposal elsewhere for financial support& 45 We have re-uested for funds for the items" which are not available with the institution for the proposed wor+ and are absolutel essential& 45 we will not proceed on long term5 stud leave5 deputation during the period of pro?ect implementation" without prior permission from M3.E 4 have enclosed the following documents5 materialsB (tems i1 $imilar certificate from 4nvestigator/s1 %umber of co#ies

from other participating institutions / if an 1B ii1 $ummar details of the proposal B %@ iii1 Aetailed proposal in hard copiesB %@ iv1 Electronic cop 5 CAB @3 v1 3ame and address of up to five e,perts5institution interested in the sub?ect5 output of the pro?ectB

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Certified that Pro?ect Proposal entitled JLong term Performance Evaluation of three Grid Connected solar PV Power Plants and establishment of a education cum training facilit at !PCL" #angalore D is prepared b $hri Chief Engineer/G$W1"!PCL and has not been submitted to an other institution for funding& (he institute will provide necessar regular staff and infrastructure facilities for the pro?ect wor+ and such facilities have not been re-uested in the proposal& (he institute will ensure compliance of the terms and conditions of the financial grant b M3.E and other conditions of the pro?ect&

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4ndia is perfectl located to ta+e advantage of solar forming because 4ndia receives solar energ e-uivalent to over *@@@ trillion !Wh per ear which is far more than the total energ b %@%@ under :awaharlal consumption of the countr & 4ndiaIs solar potential is the highest in the world& 4ndia has now come up with an ambitious programme to generate %@@@@ MW 3ehru 3ational solar mission which is reall a good dream& &ole of Karnata"a in #romoting grid connected solar #lants !arnata+a Power corporation has the rare distinction of setting up 3MW grid connected solar plants in % districts namel !olar and #elgaum& 8nother 3 MWp solar plant is under commissioning in .aichur Aistrict& (his plant is partl constructed subsid scheme& %ational training centerL 4n this bac+ground " !PCL solar plants in #angalore& proposes to set up a national training centre for grid connected under M3.E Capital

(he salient features of this training center are as followsB <& (raining centre will be housed in #angalore and site visit will be for various MW scale solar sites in !arnata+a vi9&" !olar" #elgaum and .aichur& %& 'acult will be drawn among engineers from the state and central Government organi9ations" !PCL and national e,perts suggested b M3.E and from reputed companies 3& !PCL will provide in house facilit available in the e,isting !PCL training Centre at #angalore& (he infrastructure facilit such as 8mphitheatre and e-uipments available at site will also be used& )& (raining will be conducted for grid connected solar PV plants5stand alone PV plants from concept to commissioning& *& (raining includes details on radiation" insolation" e-uipment selection" grid selection" site selection" grid connectivit " safet " trail operations" management and 6LM& 6ther areas of training include mounting and orientation" wiring and electrical fundamentals" charge controllers" inverters "batter ban+s" solar standards" trouble shooting" si9ing of solar s stems etc& 2& (raining period will be for % wee+s& < wee+ for class room teaching and < wee+ for

onsite visit& =& Each training group will have <@ to %* people in a batch& >& Government officials and public5private sector deputees will be trained on chargeable basis& H& $tudents will not be charged& ;owever accommodation" food charges will have to be borne b them& <@& Course materials" e-uipment and test +it etc re-uired for training instruments will be provided& <<& (ie up will be made with reputed organi9ations such as (ata #P" #EL" #;EL" 44$c" C0 $tep etc& <%& (rainees will be drawn from state government department and central government departments from all over the countr " engineering college students and students from reputed institutes and professionals from 4( sector etc& <3& (raining will also include site visits to solar megawatt plants and PV manufacturing factories& <)& M3.E support for training programme is re-uested for a period of 3 ears &8fter that !PCL would continue training programme on its own strength& <*& (otal estimated budget for conducting training programme for the three ears will be appro,imatel .s %*3 la+hs as enclosed in the 8nne,ures& (raining programs $l& 3o& < Proposed trainees .epresentatives from firms including solar module manufacturing companies5inverters and associated e-uipments Engineering college students from all over the countr students from 44$c" 4(4" .egional Engineering Colleges Engineering professionals from central Govt and state Govt departments all over the countr & 'acult members 4nstitutions54ndividuals E,perts consultants $ub?ect 4nstallation of solar plants and grid connecting e-uipments& $olar simulators" 4nverters" AC58C cables re-uired for solar connectivit Manufacturing aspects of basic components of solar s stem such as PV cr stalline" amorphous etc Period % wee+s

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4n .upees Faculty fees 7each8 <1 Per lecture %1 #oarding5Lodging for % da s 31 Econom class 8ir 'are /(o L 'ro1 )1 (ransportation local /%@@ +m , <@ .s&1 E,penses on each facult / .s&1 3"@@@ 3"@@@ <%"@@@ %"@@@ %@"@@@

Faculty charges for ; years $&3o& Particulars <& %& 3& 3o& of programmes each ear 3o& of Guest 'acult each ear Charges for facult each ear /.s& in La+hs1 <st r& H *@ <@ %nd r& <% =@ <) 3rd r& <* >@ <2 (otal 32 nos& %@@ nos& )@

Annexure-V $*%P46E& )ET*(LS 4n .upees Sl'%o < % 3 ) * )esignation Airector .esearch 8ssociate/A$( $cale1 8ssistants /% 3os&1 ;elpers /% 3os&1 Total Salary3month %@@@@50 %@@@@50 3@@@@50 %@@@@50 M----31 #er month / sa &s' .. la"hs8

'or < ear .s& H@"@@@ , <% R .s&<"@>@"@@@50 'or 3 ears &s' .. la"hs 5 ; N &s';; la"hs

Annexure-VI Training EBui#ment

&u#ees in La"hs'

S'%o' <& %& 3 ) * 2&

EBui#ment 8rra $imulator Model (est E-uipment Portable $olar Module 'ield (ester /with 40V Curve (racer1 /%3os&1 Aata 8c-uisition E-uipment * !W $PV solar power plant for demonstration5training $tring 4nverters0* !W Capacit /* 3os&1 6scilloscope" 8mmeter" Voltmeter Multimeter" solar intersit meter" Laborator E-uipment" test +its /%*sets1 and other miscellaneous items (otal

Estimated Cost <% <*,% R3@ <* <@ <@ <@ >=

@ustification of the Training EBui#ment

.' *rray Simulator $odel Test eBui#ment 4t is a soft ware" designed for simulating a solar power plant in the field condition& (his would help the trainers to visualise the componets of soalr power plant individuall and collectivel & (he +nowledge of the subs stems shall be ver helpful to understand the design5conceptuali9ation of large power plant& ,' Portable array Tester 7 , nos'8 4t is used to test the solar Panels and 8rra s in the filed& 4t is ver effective e-uipment to chec+ the defective5low wattager $PV modules in the $olar PV arra in the solar PV power plants /under field conditions1& ;ands0on training on the e-uipment to operate it properl and anal se its data shall be ver useful for the trainees&

;' )ata *cBuisition EBui#ment2 (hese are the essential accessories of all the solar power plants and are a bit sophisticated to operate and under0stand& 4ts basic +nowledge /e&g& how to select a proper e-uipment for a particuarl power plant1 and to anal se its data is ver important part of training& <' 9 K6# Solar #ower #lant

4t would be used as a model plant for hands0on training& (he trainees would be encouraged to dismental and assemble the plant and learn the lessons for its installation5commissioning" operation and maintenance& 9' String (nverters19 K6 Ca#acity 79 %os'8

(hese inverters shall be used to connect these solar panels to grid to demonstrate the grid connectivit and to s nchronise the string inverters in parallel operation& 4t is ver important for trainees to learn this process&

=' 4scillosco#e *mmeter Voltmeter $ultimeter solar intersity meter Laboratory EBui#ment test "its 7,9sets8 and other miscellaneous items 6scilloscope is used to chec+ the waveforms of the electronic circuitor & 4t shall be utili9ed to understand the hermonic distortions in the output of inverters and its anal sis& 4ts +nowledge would help the trainees to learn to chec+0on the performance of PC7s& 8ll other items are essential tools for practical trianing of the trainees and would be utili9ed to train the trainees for basic +nowledge of the solar photovoltaics&

Annexure-VII #iodata of Principal investigatorB <& 3ameB $ri #&. &3agara?u %& A&6&#0<%0<@0<H*3 3& NualficationB #&E/Electrical engineering1"passed out from M sore universit in the ear <H=*& )& Parent organi9ationB !arnata+a Power Corporation limited& *& Present ran+B Chief Engineer/E1 2& E,perienceB =& a1 6ne ear training in !irlos+ar asea ltd& b1 6ne ear wor+ing e,perience in #angalore telecom& c1 (hree ears wor+ing e,perience in %@@MW (&P&$0!aradi (hermal (&P&$" 3agpur" M&$&E&#& d1 Auring the ear <H>@" ?oined !&P&C&L as 8EE /instrumentation1" wor+ed for .aichur (&P&$ units& ;olding the post of 4n charge E,ecutive Airector up to <2&@=&<@&4nvolved in construction" commissioning and maintenance of = units of %<@MW and e,ecuted %*@MW unit0> in .(P$& Presentl holding the post of Chief Engineer at #angalore in charge of gas" solar and wind based power plants& e1 8ttended various seminars on power plants" construction management and 6LM practices etc& #iodata of Co0Principal investigator 4B <& 3ameB A&C&!rishnamurth %& NualficationB #&E/Electrical engineering1 3& Parent organi9ationB !arnata+a Power Corporation limited& )& Present ran+B E,ecutive Engineer/E1 *& E,perienceB i1 ; dro Electric power generation a1 E,perience in installation of turbine and au,iliaries for %P*@MW supa am power house&

b1 $witch gear erection for 2P<3*MW03agha?ari power house0 7nit )0line ba & c1 Erection of penstoc+s for %P<2MW0Ghataprabha dam power house& d1 !adra h dro dam power houseB 6LM of 3P*@MW generators& ii1 $olar powerB a1 E,perience in installation" erection and commissioning of 3MW solar plant in !olar" #elgaum and .aichur districts& b1 CAM and carbon credit related wor+s of solar plants in !olar" #elgaum and .aichur districts&

#iodata of Co0Principal investigator 44B <& 3ameB Ar& 3aganagowda %& NualficationB #&E /Electronics and communication engineering1" M&E /Power electronics1" PhA /non0conventional wind energ 1 3& Parent organi9ationB !arnata+a Power Corporation limited& 6n deputation wor+ing in !.EAL& )& Present ran+B 8ssistant E,ecutive Engineer /E1 *& E,perienceB i1 ; dro Electric power generation a1 6LM of 2P<3*MW 3agha?ari power house& ii1 Wind and solar powerB a1 E,perience in erection and commissioning of solar water heating s stems" street lights and h brid s stems& Wor+ed ad nodal officer for solar power in !arnata+a under :awaharlal 3ehru scheme&