Aryans Solar Fest-2012 witnessES heavy rush

 

by Punjabnewswire4u

MOHALI,  NOV 21

Aryans Solar Fest organized by Aryans College of Engineering at Aryans Campus situated at Village Nepra, Chandigarh- Patiala highway, Near Chandigarh concluded here today. More than 2000 students and villagers of the area participated in the festival and acquired practical knowledge about the means and uses of solar energy. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans College of Engineering inaugurated the fest. Er. Balkar Singh, Senior Manager Punjab Energy Development Agencies (PEDA) were the guest of honor for Aryans Solar Fest.

More than 15 organization including Government agencies, private agencies and individuals displayed their projects. Punjab Energy Development Agencies (PEDA) was one of promoter of this event. Many products including solar lights, Solar Pumps, Solar Invertors, Solar Lanterns and Solar Charge controller etc were displayed.

Er. Balkar Singh said that 1000 MW power generations through renewable energy would be installed in Punjab in coming five years. He added that till now more than 500 MW power generation through renewable energy took place by the government as well as Punjab Energy Development Agencies (PEDA) under which 132 MW is given to Micro hydel power, 46.5 MW is for Biomass power, 316 MW is for Cogeneration, 9.325 MW is used in Solar photovoltaic power and 1Mwatt is for Waste to Energy.

Top companies of India including Alpex Export Pvt Ltd., Intersolar System, Manik Solar Innovation, Radha Solar Energy Cell, Solar age India, Solar Sales Society, Sudarshan Saur, Synergy solar etc participated in the festival and display their products.

While addressing the audience Dr Anshu Kataria said that the purpose of festival was to make the students aware of the scope and use of solar energy and renewable resources of energy.

He added that as oil prices spike, people are looking for alternative energy sources to save money. Solar energy is conversion of sunlight into usable energy. Currently, solar energy is used to provide electricity to homes, businesses, schools, universities and space vehicles used by NASA. As traditional energy prices rise, solar energy use is growing at a rate of 25 percent a year.