CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest Solar Tree

September 2, 2020

CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur.

The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp.
It has the annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power”.
The Solar Tree has been designed to ensure maximum exposure of each Solar PV Panel to Sunlight and also creation of the least amount of shadow area beneath.
The energy generation data can be monitored either real-time or on daily basis.
These can be aligned with Agriculture for substituting price-volatile fossil fuels.
Each Solar Tree has the potential to save 10-12 tons of CO₂emissions being released into the atmosphere as Greenhouse
The surplus generated power can be fed into an Energy Grid.
The solar tree has the capability to incorporate IOT based features, i.e. round-the-clock CCTV surveillance in agricultural fields, real-time humidity, wind speed, rainfall prediction and soil analytics sensors.
Solar powered e-Suvidha Kiosks may also be connected to the Solar Trees for real-time access to the vast majority of agricultural database as well as to the eNAM i.e. National Agricultural Marketplace for instant and real-time access to a unified online market.

This Solar Tree is a Quantum Leap towards making an Energy Reliant and Carbon Negative India in compliance with the sustainable development goals.