Title :
Homemade watts for rural India
Author :
Bhattacharya, Tapan Kumar
Abstract :
Subsidized by the government, about 62000 stand-alone photovoltaic systems supply villages with power for light, TV, radio, and pumping water. Commercial applications to remote VHF radiotelephone links and more are also opening up.<>
Keywords :
lighting; photovoltaic power systems; power supplies to apparatus; pumps; radiotelephony; water supply; TV; lighting; power supply; radio; remote VHF radiotelephone links; rural India; stand-alone photovoltaic systems; water pumping; Batteries; Costs; Fluorescent lamps; Government; Photovoltaic systems; Power supplies; Solar power generation; TV; Turning; Water resources;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
