Category — OPS India

This week at Intersolar 2011 (Mumbai), OPS together with OPS India will release the latest in transformer-less Grid Export power conditioning technology, The GEC-TL Series along with the megawatt-scale containerised power module, The Sun Station.

We invite you to visit our booth at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) Hall 1 during 14th to 16th December. Our stall will showcase our current and emerging product technology of power conversion and system integration for renewable power systems.

For attendees of the Conference, feel free to drop in on Wednesday 14th at 2pm to see Chief Technology Officer Mr Ashok Prakash and General Manager Mr Sunil Kumar discuss the Optimal Power Solutions power electronics and inverter systems.

To view more images of this project, please click on one of the images below or visit the InterSolar Mumbai page at our Flickr website here.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded by Lakshadweep Electricity Department a major contract for installation for a 1.1 MWp Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Power Plants at Lakshadweep Island, along with the refurbishment of existing installations totalling 850 kWp. A total of ten islands will be involved in this project.

BHEL is one of the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprises that operates in India’s energy and infrastructure sectors. The company provides services to India’s power, railway, telecommunication and transmission markets. It is currently estimated that 70% of power generated in India is produced by BHEL-manufactured equipment.

BHEL has contracted OPS India to provide new power electronics equipment as well as to augment and refurbish the SPV Power Plants. OPSI will supply our proprietary technology Power Conditioning Units with SCADA systems & MPPT charge controllers to BHEL for Lakshadweep.

The scope of work for OPS India includes total project work for installation, system integration, commissioning and O & M of the SPV plants for a period of 5 years.

OPS India will also provide a remote monitoring system that will be integrate the individual inverters on the respective Islands. This will enable remote accessibility with special control for individual inverters as well as the integrated system. Our web based monitoring and control system is capable of data acquisition through both local and remote access points.

To view more images of this project, please click on one of the images below or visit the Lakshadweep Project page at our Flickr website here.

OPS India has achieved a new milestone with over 10 MW of power conditioning units (solar power inverters) supplied to the Indian energy market.

As of January 2011, OPS India has delivered over 10 MW of power conditioning units for various renewable energy projects. OPS India supplied the PCUs for the first 1-megawatt grid-connect project installed in India in West Bengal as well as the first 3-megawatt solar project installed in Karnataka. The 3-megawatt project has now exported over 4 million units of green power to the local grid.

Established in 2007, OPS India is an associated company of Optimal Power Solutions Pty. Ltd. Australia. As one of the leading technology providers in the Indian market, OPS India is committed to providing our valued clients with state-of-the-art renewable energy products. The company’s success to date has been underpinned by our cost-effective and reliable products that offer attractive return opportunities for our stakeholders.

OPS India is currently planning to expand its operations to allow for greater uptake of our products. Currently, OPS India is working on advanced designs for our digital signal processor (DSP) range of products as well as launching transformer-less solar power inverters in 2011.

In late December 2010, OPS provided a glimpse of the newly designed HPC and GSC series inverters at Mumbai’s InterSolar Conference and Exhibition. This Exhibition, in its inauguration year for Mumbai and India, showcased new and upcoming product technology from both local manufacturers as well as overseas companies that are operating in the solar industry.

OPS Staff from India and its Australian parent company presented renewable power technologies to many existing and new customers. The OPS group of companies is diverse and unique due to its power conversion products and system integration technology. OPS provide a wide range of solutions including Solar Telecom Systems, Power Conditioning Units ranging from 5kVA to 500kVA, SCADA software for solar projects, as well as turnkey solutions for off-grid, grid-connect and grid-support systems.

Of particular interest to InterSolar exhibition visitors was the Solar Telecom System, as well as the OPS PVNet SCADA software designed specifically for multi megawatt OPS GEC-series installations. OPS provided a real-time demonstration of OPS PVNet installed at the 3MW grid-connect project in Karnataka.

OPS India was pleased to release further information on the transformer-less Grid Export Conditioner (PCUs) to be launched in early 2011, with ratings of 100kVA, 250kVA and 500kVA.

To view more images of this event, please click on one of the images below or visit the InterSolar Mumbai 2010 Events page at our Flickr website here.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of Bangalore has contracted OPS India to supply the power conversion and system integration at the upcoming 3 MW solar PV project in Raichur, Karnataka. State-owned utility KPCL has selected BHEL, a major engineering and manufacturing company, to construct the new project.

BHEL is one of the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprises that operates in India’s energy and infrastructure sectors. The company provides services to India’s power, railway, telecommunication and transmission markets. It is currently estimated that 70% of power generated in India is produced by BHEL-manufactured equipment.

The Karnataka Government launched its solar technology program in 2009 with an aim to power 3900 villages to meet the energy of 5.0 million people. OPS India has had considerable involvement with Karnataka Government’s Solar Initiative. Karnataka’s first multi-megawatt pilot project, commissioned in 2009, utilizes OPS proprietary inverters.

This 3 MW grid connect project will begin construction in March 2010 with a completion date of June 2010. OPS will be supplying twelve units of 250 kW Grid Export Power Conditioners (GEC-250k).

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The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 was an annular eclipse of the Sun which NASA figures show had a magnitude of 0.9190.  This eclipse is unique in that it will have the longest duration of this millennium, a total of 11 minutes and 8 seconds. It reached its greatest effect as it passed over the Indian Ocean. Whilst most countries would have only observed a partial eclipse, many inhabitants of India were lucky to have the full eclipse highly visible.

Parts of India would have witnessed the eclipse duration of around 10 minutes and 24 seconds. The next annular solar eclipse with such a long duration is not expected until December 23, 3043.

OPS India exported this live solar insolation graph from the recently commissioned 1 MW solar photovoltaic grid connect system in Jamuria, West Bengal. The graph shows the reduction in solar insolation and associated drop in the systems exported power. This can be seen in the graph from 12.40pm to 3.00pm with the eclipse peaking at 2.15pm.

Below is a Video of the Eclipse over Varanasi, India, as filmed by the BBC.

OPS India has recently completed the prestigious solar power project at Governor house, Raj Bhavan, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Raj Bhavan Kolkata is the country’s first Governors residence to switch to solar power generation. India’s President Pratibha inaugurated the solar power system in December 2009.

West Bengal’s Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi), The Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President Smt. Pratibha Patil and West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation MD Gon Chaudhuri joined together to turn on the solar power at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. Dr. Farooq Abdullah also announced the governments allocation of Rs. One Crore ($220,000 USD) for all Governor houses in the country to introduce solar power generation.

Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi has been striving to build awareness of carbon emissions through green and energy efficient building initiatives. The introduction of solar power at Raj Bhavan is expected to reduce the buildings carbon emissions by 40%.  The first stage implementation of solar PV at Raj Bhavan is 10kW however by March 2010 a further 40kW will be added and connected to the grid. The final system will be about 110kW.

OPS India supplied the system design, products and power integration for the Raj Bhavan system.

“We will all pool our scientific, technical and managerial talents, with financial sources, to develop solar energy as a source of abundant energy to power our economy and to transform the lives of our people”
Dr. Manmohan Singh, PM India.

Optimal Power Solutions is excited to announce its standard product line of DSP-based power inverters for 2010. Highly reputed for their reliability and efficiency, OPS inverters have been used extensively across a range of applications, from remote micro-grids to megawatt-scale solar farms.

The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure, now available through our website, details standard inverter models in the following product lines:

· Hybrid Power Conditioners (HPC product line)

An integrated power conversion and management solution for off-grid applications. 7.5kW to 250kW.

· Grid Support Conditioners (GSC product line)

Designed as a distributed generation system for grid connected applications with unreliable utility supply. 7.5kW to 250kW.

· Grid Export Conditioners (GEC product line)

A unique grid connect inverter featuring fast and efficient MPPT. 7.5kW to 500kW.

The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure is now available through the download section of our website. For sales enquiries, please contact your closest OPS office or email info@optimal-power-solutions.com

Click the above image to download The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure

Optimal Power Solutions announces the appointment of Debabrata (Deb) Ghosh as Chief Operating Officer for the global group. Deb has ten years experience in management and technical roles across a number of high tech industries.

Before joining OPS, Mr. Ghosh was a Market Manager for High Precision Slicing in Electronic and Photovoltaic materials at Saint-Gobain Corporation, the world’s largest provider of abrasive products. He has held several product management positions at Applied Materials, Inc. and Axcelis Technologies, Inc., covering a wide range of offerings including PVD, Electroplating, Spares, Services and Intellectual Property. He began his career at the Indian Space Research Organization and has also worked for Tata Consulting Engineers in the Special Projects Division.

Mr. Ghosh earned his Bachelors degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad in its Founding Class. Mr. Ghosh has been named as an inventor in 5 US patents related to semiconductor processing and RFID technology.

India’s largest pilot project of solar PV grid-connect is now online and a huge success!

OPS India (Optimal Power Synergy India) is in the final stages of its 3 megawatt grid connect project in Karnataka, India. OPS India has supplied the 3 megawatt project with all power conversion equipment and system integration. Whilst two thirds of the project is now fully operation and online, the final commissioning is set to occur in the next week.

This project will supply 3MW during daytime (11am to 5pm) to the state grid which will enable greater power capacity to meet the irrigation power supply demand. This pilot project is expected to facilitate future planned projects in the areas of Shikaripur taluk in Shimoga district and in Itnal village in Chikodi talu of Belgaum district. The Karnataka government is planning to launch a solar technology programme to over 3900 villages, estimated to meet the energy needs of 5.0 million people.

India will soon launch an ambitious plan to boost its solar power generation from 3 MW to 20,000 MW by 2022. The policy framework, known in official circles as “the National Solar Mission,” will address the high cost of manufacturing solar panels as well as the currently high price of solar power (in comparison to conventional coal power stations).

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