After 11 months, my solar power project went on-stream on 26 November 2012. It was an exciting day as I can finally see the benefit of renewable energy working firsthand. The inspection by the staff of the electricity company went smoothly and after putting in all the security locks on the meter (to minimise the possibility of tempering), the power was switched on. In a small part, I am now helping the environment.
Below is the meter installed prior to switching on.
Below are some of the links to blog postings I made about this journey:
- http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-home-solar-energy-project-is-now-at.html
- http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-final-assembly-of-my-home-solar.html
- http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2012/02/brand-of-solar-cells-to-be-incorporated.html
- http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-am-going-into-solar-power-generation.html
- http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-advert-on-solar-power-project.html
Below is the converter, the heart of the whole solar power generating system. This is the machine that converts the DC generated by the solar panels to AC and harmonised the frequency of the AC to the national grid. If you can see from the display panel in the picture below, the system was generating the first KwH into the national grid (reading 0.851 KwH).
Quite proud about this achievement. Faced a lot of problems with regards to bureaucracy as well as the negotiations on the Power Purchase Agreement. On hindsight, it was worth it.
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