New solar products AVAILABLEWith increasing awareness among consumers, thrust from the government, and research by industries, more number of machinery and equipment that run on solar energy are entering the market. Industries and farmers can reduce their dependence on grid power by going in for stand-alone solar powered equipment or machinery apart from investing in solar parks and rooftop systems. In remote areas, solar power will be an alternative source to run machinery or operate equipment even when power supply fails. Hence, infrastructure should be improved and customers should be supported to use grid-connected solar energy systems to operate machinery, say sources in the industry here. Lakshmi Machine Works recently unveiled solar energy powered mini ring frame; a solar-energy supported charka was on display at the Coir Fair in Coimbatore; solar powered agricultural pump sets are in the market for quite some time now, and several farming equipment that can run on solar power are developed.

Source: The Hindu August 03, 2016 00:07 UTC