27
Feb
Feb
[box]Executive Summary[/box] Navgathi on a strong foundation of solar installation on boats turned towards land based installation. The first test case was the computer UPS system in Navgathi office. A suitable grid-tie inverter was selected; however to utilize the solar energy during grid outage a relay system with charge controller that works under this scenario […]
15
Jan
Jan
[box]Introduction[/box] Solar power can be used in the fishing boats to make it either completely powered by the sun (independent of any other energy sources) or partially powered by the sun. The former is easily achieved in case of small and medium sized boats and the latter in larger boats and in applications that need […]
8
Jan
Jan
Executive Summary Navgathi embarked on a challenging task of converting a 32 ft fishing boat, locally referred to as “Pillana” in Gujarat. The challenges were numerous – stability, system design, powering, and economic feasibility. Solving all those require multiple iterations in the design stage and two during actual execution. The boat, after conversion, currently referred […]
17
Dec
Dec
[box]10 Passenger Solar Boat[/box] SunCRZ 22 is the first boat that we have launched in our series of solar boats of capacities ranging from 4 to 20 passengers (4, 6, 10, 20). The larger ones come in the solar ferries segment. Solar boats are pollution free (noise, air, water) and in the current context makes […]