RET: RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, THE SOLUTION

Renewable Energy Technologies bridge the gap between mounting global energy demand and diminishing supply of conventional source of energy. Popular awareness on the need of a cleaner environment and the increasing demand for more healthy and hygienic products encourages the use of RET in agro-industrial production processes. International efforts for maximizing the efficiency and minimizing the cost of RET is slowly enabling this technology to compete with conventional energy technologies. As conventional energy is exhaustible, polluting and responsible for environmental hazards like global warming, the renewable energy technologies are becoming more popular.

SOLAR ENERGY: THE INFINITE POTENTIAL

Solar energy, the mother of all renewable energy sources, is an inexhaustible, clean, renewable and cheap source of energy in India. Lying between 8° and 36° north, most parts of India has 2500 to 3200 hours of sunshine per year providing 5.4 to 5.8 kilowatts of power per square meter per day. Utilizing even a small portion of this immense resource would save our fossil fuels and forests without having to sacrifice our energy consumption. Solar hot air generation systems are the most reliable and durable cost effective energy production methods for agro processing  and industrial processing that efficient, easily adaptable from exiting fuel-driven systems, environmental friendly and hygienic.

PLANTERS ENERGY NETWORK (PEN): RISING TO THE OCCASION

Planters Energy Network (PEN) was initiated as a Registered Trust in 1989 at Madurai Kamaraj University, under the patronage of eminent scientists, industrialists and planters. It has been recognized by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of   Food Processing Industries, National Research and Development Corporation, Govt of India, many state Govt organizations and many NGOs.  PEN is engaged in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving fuel wood through patented  technology, carrying out energy audit in industrial units, installing solar collectors, conducting conferences and seminars and collaborating in development of innovative projects with Universities in Germany, Italy, Austria and Australia. It has installed solar Air Heating PEN system more than   45 projects   covering   around 10,000 sq.meter of collector area so far.