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