On 5th of October 2010, GETC was inaugurated by Dr.M.Ramamoorty, a former Director General of CPRI, chief of research of Hindustan Brown Boveri(HBB) and now a consultant to reputed industrial organizations. The center is presently focusing attention on three areas-solar power for mass applications, wind power as a source of co-generation to power grids and energy from biomass for possible use as vehicular fuel. Besides these, the center has drawn up plans, as part of its energy conservation programme, to replace the campus street lights with LED luminaries. The students are actively involved in realization of the programs of the center under a scheme of in-house projects financed by the institute. At present, (October 2010) the following in-house projects are being perused
Low-cost Solar rice cooker
Solar heater
Solar street lights
Study of replacement of municipal street lights by LEDs at optimum cost
Analysis of bio-gas for its suitability as vehicular fuel
Studies on wind energy for co-generation
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