IITB looks to solar energy

To help facilitate cost-effective solar thermal power generation, IIT Bombay plans to develop a megawatt-scale solar thermal power facility, which is being sponsored by the ministry of new and renewable energy.

"The idea is to help create cost-effective solar power. There is a huge gap between the demand and supply of electricity and one option worth developing is solar power," said a faculty member of IIT Bombay. The plan to build theplant was proposed by IIT-B last year and it will come up at the Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon. It will be connected to a grid and supply around a megawatt to the national grid. The test and simulation facility will be set up by a consortium involving different Indian industries and IIT Bombay.

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