Government Approves Solar Energy Scheme for Small Powerloom Units i. The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta informed the Lok Sabha on March 16, 2017 that the Government has approved a new scheme, Solar Energy Scheme, to provide financial assistance/capital subsidy to small powerloom units, for installation of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) plant. ii. Aim: To mitigate the problem of power cut/ shortage faced by decentralized powerloom units in the country so as to improve utilization, efficiency, productivity to face both the domestic and international markets competitively. iii. The Scheme is meant for Units having 04, 06 & 08 powerlooms and subsidies for different SPV plants will be given in the range of Rs 2,25,000 to Rs 8,55,000 depending upon the capacity of the SPV plant (4KWP, 6KWP, 8 KWP). iv. Besides, the Government of India shall provide financial assistance/capital subsidy to the extent of 50%, 75% & 90% of the basic cost of the Solar Energy Plant (Cost of Solar Panel + Inverter + batteries) to the applicants of General category, SC & ST respectively. v. The Scheme will come into force with effect from April 1, 2017.
Scope of the Solar Energy Scheme Under the Solar Energy Scheme, the Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) plant will be implemented in two modes: i.On-Grid Solar Power Plant Suitable for areas where power cut/shortage is negligible and power tariff is high. On Grid Solar Power Plant consists of Solar Photo Voltaic panels with installation poles and Invertors/PCUs with matching capacity ii.Off-Grid Solar Power Plant Suitable for areas where there is power shortage & on-grid power is not continuously available. Off Grid Solar Power Plant consists of Solar Photo Voltaic panels with installation poles, Invertors/PCUs with matching capacity and battery with minimum backup capacity for 03 hours. New Wi-Fi system to offer super-fast connectivity Netherlands Scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology have developed infrared rays based Wi-Fi system whih is 100 times faster than the Wireless Fidelity networks. Module of New Wi-Fi system:
i. Light antennas mounted on the ceiling will give the wireless data smartphone or tablet ii. The antennas contain a pair of gratings that radiate light rays of different wavelengths at different angles iii. Changing the light wavelengths also changes the direction of the ray of light. iv. Light rays are used for download while radio signals are used for uploads. Features: ♦ It uses safe infrared wavelength that does not reach the retina in the eye. ♦ The capacity of the new Wi-Fi system is more than 40 Gigabits per second (Gbit/s). ♦ The network tracks the precise location of every device using its radio signal transmitted in the return direction. ♦ Different devices are assigned different wavelengths by the same light antenna and so do not have to share capacity. Infrared Rays : 1.Infrared radiation(IR)is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore invisible. 2.It extends from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum at 700 nanometers (frequency 430 THz), to 1000000 nm (300 GHz)
