04 May 2021|Gurgaon (Manesar) | Online
Amity School of Engineering and Technology organized guest lecture on Plasmons to PV and Solar Thermal by Prof. Dr. V.K. Jain, Distinguished Scientist and Professor, Amity University Noida
Amity School of Engineering and Technology organized guest lecture on Plasmons to PV and Solar Thermal by Prof. Dr. V.K. Jain, Distinguished Scientist and Professor, Amity University Noida on 4th May 2021.
The main objective of the lecture was to discuss and gain fundamental understanding of application of plasmons to PV and Solar Thermal and understand the technological and socioeconomic factors responsible for the rise of new multidisciplinary fields such as Agri-voltaics, understand the possibility of collaboration with faculty members from other Amity Campuses, gain insights on the technological advancements and global trends in this field.
Prof. Dr. V. K. Jain shared his insights on the evolution of the PV cells, the current status of the new technology, application of PV to smart materials and devices was product development such cells, batteries etc. He highlighted the role of new PV structure design and other technological and socio-economic factors responsible for the growth of new fields such as Agrivoltaics.
Solar Energy is changing the way we look at renewable energy and its contribution to the grid-based electricity supply. For this to be a success, both improvement in fundamental design of solar cells alongwith their multidisciplinary approach to fabrication of smart materials and devices are important, He explained.
While about a decade ago solar and wind energy were understood to be complimentary to the conventional resource, we are at the juncture when these resources can become seriously competitive to the conventional ones. Even with all different techno-commercial challenges, solar energy alone contributes about 38 GW of total capacity in India, a significant 10% of India’s total electricity generation mix.
This talk shed some light into the global developments in the case of utility scale solar PV power generation, how it has evolved in India and what are PV module technologies promising for future power generation at low cost.
Total 120 faculties and 10 students attended the session.