NCPRE | Poster Phase

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Vision

At a Glance

IIT Bombay

Location

Poster Phase III

INTRODUCTION

Setup in October 2010 by MNRE, Govt. of India as a part of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM)

NCPRE mandate is to provide the strong PV research, education and training to achieve the JNNSM targets

Funded with :

Phase I (2010-2016): INR 475 million
Phase II (2016-2021): INR 623.5 million
Phase III (2023-2027): INR 409.2 million

Involvement of 25 faculty members from 8 departments and over 150 students and staff

Working towards scaling up the Education & Training,
Research and Device Development in thrust areas of Si solar cells and materials, Power electronics for grid integration & Photovoltaic deployment and reliability

PV Deployments and Reliability

Assessment and prediction of field performance and reliability of PV power plants in Indian conditions

Field Surveys in collaboration with startup companies and industry targeting the identified areas of interest.

Develop a Field Test Site spread over 2-5 acres for the Controlled Assessment of New PV Technologies and Provide Feedback to the Indian PV Community regarding performance benchmarking of various emerging PV technologies.

Technology transfer of Novel PV Testing Technologies / Equipment to Industry / Startups

Power Electronics for Grid Integration

SiC-based compact and efficient inverter for direct MV grid integration

Estimation and improvement of solar inverter reliability

Optimal capacity and technology mix of grid scale storage for achieving high penetration of Renewables

Solar Cells and Materials

Development of a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell

Monolithic design based on simulation activities and experimental data of individual layers grown in-house

2-T monolithic tandem solar cell

Education and Training

Training of working professionals and generation of highly skilled manpower - particularly for the PV manufacturing mission as well as for the industry operating in areas allied to PV

Develop an M. Engg course on PV Technologies for professionals

Training of B. Tech., M. Sc. and Ph.D. students

Short term courses on advanced topics

Lab Infrastructure

Name of the Lab	Class
Silicon Fabrication Lab	1000 class clean room
Characterization Lab	Semi clean room
Silicon Metallization Lab	Semi clean room
Student's fabrication Lab	Semi clean room
Hybrid Solar Cell Lab	Semi clean room
Solar Module Labs	Semi clean room
Battery Prototyping Lab	10% Rh controlled room
Power Electronics Lab	General
FESEM Lab	Semi clean room
Energy Materials Synthesis Lab	Semi clean room
Electrocatalysis and Energy Storage Lab	Semi clean room