Misra, Superb K.Agravat, Sagarkumar M.Chimane, Pratik TulsiramPratik TulsiramChimane2025-09-042025-09-042017-01-01https://d8.irins.org/handle/IITG2025/32521Utility scale canal top solar photovoltaic projects are being rapidly taken up in India. Such projects tackle two challenges simultaneously - one being able to produce electricity from renewable resource - the Sun - and second bypassing the di culties faced in land acquisition for large-scale solar photovoltaic installations. There is also the added bene t of reducing evaporative losses of water. This dissertation consists of the study of the structural design of the canal top solar photovoltaic plant over Narmada branch canal at Chandrasan (Location: 23°04'59" N, 72°18'07" E ). Also, new conceptual designs were developed for application to canal-top projects. The most important part of this thesis is the detail design developed for the same canal site which is at Chandrasan using a new light-weight design using conventional as well as alternate material i.e. Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) for the module mounting structure design. Arch design using conventional materials was able to achieve 28.25% weight reduction compared to existing design. Later, another simpli ed design was looked into and compared with previous designs for feasibility. Also, tensile test and three-point bending test was performed on chopped FRP specimens and the results were used to perform structural analysis to check feasibility of this material for structural applications.29 cm.15210050Canal Top Solar Photovoltaic ProjectsSolar Photovoltaic InstallationsFiber Reinforced PolymerTensile TestEvaporative LossesM.Tech59p.M.Tech123456789/600