Category: Innovation

Maximum reliability and energy availability are required in energy-intensive industries especially in mining, raw material processing, dairy, and agriculture. To be prepared for grid power outages, industries in Pakistan rely heavily on diesel gensets. Integrating solar with your current energy mix hence offers a reliable, cost-effective and a clean energy power source.

For solar to integrate seamlessly with your industry’s current power mix, there may be two combinations available:

With advancements in technology, the Solar industry has undergone remarkable developments and innovations to ensure a smooth and failure-proof operation of solar plants. While several technologies have impacted the Solar industry by bringing about greater durability, more efficiency, as well as a high return on investment, the use of thermal imaging is one of the most popular choices. This technology provides a fast, simple and reliable method to evaluate the Solar Plant’s performance, both during and after the installation.

I-V curve tracing offers a quick and reliable method for assessing the true performance of Solar PV modules and traditional string inverter systems. The technique is especially utilized by Solar PV installers for real-time module monitoring and performance evaluation.

Bifacial Solar modules can capture sunlight from both sides as opposed to one in case of traditional photovoltaic (PV) modules. This allows bifacial modules to reflect sunlight from behind the panel to increase energy production, with estimates claiming up to a 5-15% jump, depending upon the type of installation.

A single-axis solar tracker positions the panels towards the sun capturing maximum solar energy during the day. Tracking arrays are designed to literally follow solar position at every minute, hour, and day of the year – without requiring manual adjustment.

Photovoltaic modules can be installed practically anywhere that gets direct sunshine for most of the day and is not obstructed by buildings or trees that would cause shadows. However, one’s preference could be influenced by factors such as local requirements, budgets, space and location. Here, we will talk about ground versus roof setups where a Solar Plant can easily be installed.

Mounting structures, made of steel or aluminum, support PV modules on the ground or roof and allow modules to be mounted at a precise tilt angle to receive maximum sunlight. Hence, choosing the right material for the structure is one of the most critical steps when installing a Solar PV system. Beneath, let’s look at the structures that are durable, cost-effective and adaptable to most terrains.

Following the change in technology dynamics, the cellular business sector has come up with a new concept for IT towers. So far more than 10 companies have acquired licences for tower business, among which Edotco and Enfrashare are active players.

Modern inventions like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have completely changed the way of communications for public. However, they have created great challenges for mobile network operators as people now mainly use these mobile applications for most of their communications, making the traditional voice and text services obsolete.

As a result, the mobile network operators (MNOs) are not making as much revenue from voice and text services as they made earlier and in future they might completely lose revenue from the two services.

With the changing dynamics, the cellular companies have shifted their focus more towards wireless internet – mobile data services – as it is needed for every new digital app that has become a necessity now, like ride-hailing apps, communication apps, food service apps and e-commerce marketplace.

All these software, which have made lives easier, need data to be connected, which is why mobile network companies have reformed their business models. “Now, cellular mobile companies are happy to call themselves digital companies rather than mobile network operators,” said Salman Saeed Khalili, Head of Telco at Reon Energy.

There was a time, around the end of first decade of the 21st century, when mobile operators competed with each other on the basis of how bigger their network was, said Edotco Pakistan Country Managing Director and CEO Arif Hussain. No company, he continued, wanted to share their towers as that meant losing a competitive edge.

The global energy systems are experiencing rapid change, driven by technological innovation, change in demand and supply patterns and policy shifts. While this offers a wonderful opportunity to address systemic challenges such as energy inclusivity, job creation, energy affordability and carbon emissions; it poses some key questions to the decision makers such as what is required from the developing countries to have a similar energy transition? And what groundwork do these nations need to carry out to seize such opportunities as no stakeholder present in the energy systems alone could drive such a change?

I-V curve tracing offers a quick and reliable method for assessing the true performance of Solar PV modules and traditional string inverter systems. The technique is especially utilized by Solar PV installers for real-time module monitoring and performance evaluation.