FAQs

It is quite simple: The panels of a solar power plant are made of special silicon-based Photovoltaic (PV) cells, which convert sunlight into electricity. The generated electricity is turned into a Direct Current (DC), and further converted into an Alternating Current (AC) by the plant inverter. After the conversion phase, the electricity is fed into your existing electrical network, and from thereon contributes to power your factory.

No, solar panels can’t produce any electricity post sunset. During night-time, all required power loads are derived from the standard power grid or battery/generators. However, when the sun rises again in the morning, the solar plant starts to automatically produce electricity again. Read more about this in What is my Power Supply Guarantee?

As long as sunlight with a suitable intensity falls on the solar panels, your plant will continue to generate power. However, rain, fog, sandstorms, and snow can reduce its power output.

Setting up a solar solution in partnership with Radiance Renewables comes with many benefits. The most obvious, however, is that you will be able to make significant savings with Radiance Renewables as compared to buying electricity off the grid.

Every Radiance Renewable solar plant is provided with a smart monitoring system which continuously checks the plant’s performance in real time. Thus, you can easily monitor your plant’s output on the go, among other statistics, via a dedicated app on your smartphone!

Our teams at Radiance Renewables support you in closing on the optimal insurance option for your situation, in order to mitigate potential financial loss due to damages of expensive solar plant components caused by storms, typhoons, earthquakes, and so on. Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!

If your solar plant shut downs in case of grid power failure (as per utility norms/regulations), the plant automatically (subject to local electricity regulations) starts to operate as soon as the grid power returns. In case you are willing to connect a Diesel Generator (DG) to back-up the plant, a customised system can be provided by our Radiance Renewables engineers that allows you to run your plant parallelly with a DG solution. Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!

Don’t worry ― net metering is the answer! This process guarantees that any excess or unused energy units produced by your solar project can be fed into the grid, from where they can be acquired by Distribution Companies (DISCOM) at a pre-determined price. Please note that these options are only available in certain States. Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!

Depending on your energy requirements and your available space, our Radiance Renewables experts will advise you about one of the two following options:

• Rooftop or On-Premise Solution

  A rooftop solution guarantees the supply of solar energy to your plants and offices by installing on-site (or “within premise”) solar plants. The power is produced on-site and, therefore, reduces the electricity consumption from the grid. At the same time, your solar rooftop solution seamlessly connects directly to your facilities, guaranteeing a 100% stable supply during the day and at night. This approach is ideal for residential complexes, such as buildings or bungalows, small industrial sheds, and warehouses.

  Advantages:

  1. Sustainable: Rooftop solutions are generally more cost-effective and eco-friendly compared to energy supplied via the common grid. Additionally, solar tariffs can be locked for long term usage, while grid tariffs are expected to rise.
  2. Economical: Depending on state regulations, rooftop solar customers have the option to bank or sell surplus energy.
  3. Independent: Rooftop solutions offer a lower reliance on the common grid supply, and guarantee continuous power during the day, regardless of grid performance.
  4. Asset Usage: This approach efficiently uses a company’s idling assets and, therefore, makes the most of all available space.
  5. Requirement: On-Premise Solutions need available rooftop space, or any other idling assets, such as parking areas, of approximately 10 square meters per Kilowatt.
• Ground-mounted Open Access Solution

  A ground-mounted open access solution guarantees the supply of green energy to your plants and offices by purchasing power from the open market through an offsite solar plant. The power produced there is sent into the common grid, and then can be acquired.

  Advantages:

  1. Intrusion-free: Open Access Solutions are more cost-effective than the regular grid supply, and offer the supply of solar energy to your premise without intrusion of the roof or other facilities.
  2. Flexible: In addition, this kind of solar project gives the flexibility to structure the required energy supply in the most cost-effective way.
  3. Limitless: Open Access Solutions offer the maximum use of Renewable Energy that is possible, and does not limit any extra or subsequent requirements due to space or production capacity.
  4. Requirement: Open Access Solutions needs a minimum of 4 acres of land per Megawatt to set up a project.
  5. Permissions: Setting up and running an Open Access Solution requires permission from the Utility Board, depending on the location.

  Please contact our experts to learn more!

Our Radiance Renewables solar systems are designed for a lifespan of a minimum of 25 years. With the help of our dedicated maintenance program under the supervision of our technical teams, Radiance Renewables ensures the plant’s efficiency over the years.

Absolutely! Appropriate solar panels ― or any other associated equipment of your solar plant ― can be temporarily and safely removed by our Radiance Renewables technical teams, if and when required.

To kick-start the customised design process, our teams at Radiance Renewables will run a simulation based on the location of your site as well as on a specific analysis of the solar radiation for your area. This process includes a detailed roof structure study by our structural experts. Every suggested solution ensures a design that neither damages your roof nor structurally compromises it throughout the lifecycle of the solar plant. Furthermore, we guarantee that the installation process is exclusively handled by authorised and credible Radiance Renewables personnel only, who follow industrial safety best-practises.

Radiance Renewables is your trusted partner for your solar project. We offer maximum flexibility to conceptualise, design, implement, manage, and maintain a business model that is customised to your unique needs and requirements.

In general, we differentiate between two key approaches:

• OPEX – You undertake only the operating expenses, and a certain amount of equity investment in the solar project.
• CAPEX – You undertake all capital investment, operating expenses and, therefore, own the solar project.

The following table gives you a great overview of the two different models in three relevant decision-making categories.

Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!

A Power Purchase Agreement, in short PPA, is a contract between Radiance Renewables and our customer. The agreement formalises all details with regards to terms, conditions and financials of all energy delivery, and clearly states commercial terms, for example electricity purchase tariffs.

At Radiance Renewables, we customise each project to specifically meet the needs of our clients. Therefore, we are happy to build an optimal Power Purchase Agreement for you based on your individual requirements and location. Get in touch with our project experts to start the conversation!

To kick-start the customised design process, our teams at Radiance Renewables will run a simulation based on the location of your site as well as on a specific analysis of the solar radiation for your area. This process results in a Minimum Supply Estimate from our end. On basis of its outcome, our experts conceptualise a solution that will meet your energy needs, and advise you about either a partial option or a complete power requirement coverage. The electrical flow between solar and grid energy remains seamless (without any required manual intervention), so that you can focus worry-free on what you do best: running your business! Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!

A Group Captive Models is a power procurement tool in which a solar project plant is developed for the collective usage of one or many corporate buyers. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is set up, in which you will inject 26% equity, and are collectively obligated to offtake minimum 51% of the energy generated by the solar power plant. Get in touch with our project experts to learn more!