CSIR SERC Campus consisting of SERC (http://www.serc.res.in) and CMC(http://www.csircmc.res.in/) has excellent facilities for Research and Development in the area of Renewable Energy.
Areas of Research
Solar Energy
- Solar PV
- CSP Technologies
- Solar Thermal
- Solar Trackers
- Solar Power Monitoring
Energy Storage
- Fuel Cells
- Lithium ion Batteries
- Super Capacitors
Wind Energy
- Design of Wind Turbine blades
- Wind body aerodynamics
Renewable Energy Structures
- Design of mounting structures for Solar PV and Solar Thermal
Energy monitoring and Instrumentation
- Power Electronics
- AC and DC meter design
- Building automation
- MPPT and Charge Controllers
- Remote monitoring using wired and wireless technology
Bio Energy
- Microbial conversion of plant derived biomass into bio-fuels
- Pre-treatment technologies to render lignocellulosic material more accessible to enzymes, hydrolysis of polysaccharides to sugars, conversion and extraction of biofuels
- Microbial fuel cell/ Microbial electrolysis cell
- Microalgal biofuels
- Thermo-chemical, chemical and catalyst conversion of biomass/gasification
- Bio-energy systems engineering