MNRE allows installation of innovative solar pump technologies In test mode
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Nice to see government executives willing to stick their necks out. In this case, it has been from MNRE, which has flexibly allowed innovators with unpatented solar pump technologies to participate in field trials organized by it.
The new ministry guidelines were issued after inputs from industry stakeholders and innovators who claimed that using different software and designs could make solar pumps more efficient than the ones specified by the Ministry.
To enable this positive development, MNRE has now permitted installation of these pumps in test mode. While guidelines indicate that only products that are readily available for testing and field trials would be eligible for these trials, these products can be unpatented as well.
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Good job, MNRE!
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Mercom India (formerly Mercom Communications India) – Nithin Prasad
Ministry Of New And Renewable Enrgy
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