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MEL 427 [Clean and Sustainable Energy Engineering] - 2nd Semester 2014-15

Course Outline (link to PDF file - final version uploaded on 14-Jan-2015)

(link to PDF file - draft version uploaded on 07-Jan-2015)


Moodle Link: Details of this course are also given on the moodle (intranet link) website. Here's the link:


Some Useful Links

- Power Sector at a Glance [Ministry of Power, Govt. of India] ( https://powermin.gov.in/en/content/power-sector-glance-all-india )

- National Power Portal (https://npp.gov.in/)

- India Renewables Dashboard (https://www.renewablesindia.in/)

- CEA [Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India] ( http://www.cea.nic.in/ )

- NPICL [Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.] ( http://www.npcil.nic.in/ )

- National Solar Mission [Ministry of New and Renewable Energy] ( http://www.mnre.gov.in/ )

- NISE (National Institute of Solar Energy) https://nise.res.in/

- NITI Aayog 'Energy Vertical' https://www.niti.gov.in/verticals/energy 'Annual Reports' https://www.niti.gov.in/annual-reports

- Integrated Energy Policy 2006 [Planning Commission] (http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_intengy.pdf )


- NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USA] ( http://www.nrc.gov/ )

- IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) ( http://www.iaea.org/pris/ )

- IEA [International Energy Agency] ( http://www.iea.org )

- EERE [US Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy] ( http://www.eere.energy.gov/ )

- NREL [National Renewable Energy Laboratory] ( http://www.nrel.gov/ )

- EPA [US Environmental Protection Agency] ( http://www.epa.gov/ )

- IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Publications and Data ( http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml )

- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme ( https://pmkusum.mnre.gov.in/ )




Lecture Notes (Representative) [2nd Semester 2012-13]

1. Introduction ( link to PDF file1 , file2 )

2. Solar Energy -Thermal ( link to PDF file1, file2)

3. Solar Energy - Photo-voltaic ( link to PDF file)

4. Wind Energy ( link to PDF file)

5. Hydroelectric Power ( link to PDF file)

6. Nuclear Energy ( link to PDF file)

7. Biomass Energy ( link to PDF file)

8. Geothermal Energy ( link to PDF file)

9. Ocean Waves, Tide and Thermal Energy Conversion ( link to PDF file)

10. Energy Storage and Transmission ( link to PDF file)

11. Energy Usage by Buildings (link to PDF file)