The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will install solar panels in its buildings across the State at a cost of Rs 3 crore during the current financial year, said M.C. Sampath, Environment Minister here on Wednesday.

Replying to the debate on the demands for grants for his department, Mr Sampath said that at present the head office and nine offices in the districts were functioning on its own premises with laboratory facilities.

The company's head office will decide on the location and exact investment required for the backward integration project

Bangalore-based electronics division (EDN) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has proposed to set up a backward integrated project for its solar photovoltaic panel business. The company has planned to set up an integrated manufacturing facility for ingots to wafers, cells and panels using crystalline photovoltaic technology.

ALLAHABAD: After Maha Kumbh, the 22 crossroads of the city are set to wear a new look, as officials of Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have decided to take up solar powered traffic signal system with the help of a Delhi-based firm under the public-private partnership (PPP ) model.

As part of its pilot project of 2012, solar panels, signal lights and other equipment were installed at four major crossings including Subhash crossing and Rana Pratap crossing but due to Kumbh preparations, the project could not be taken up.

Plan to install 10,000 rooftop solar power plants

The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) has urged people to rely on solar energy more than on conventional sources.
A workshop on 10,000 rooftop solar power plant programme, held here on Tuesday, said that the public should switch over to solar energy to tide over the power crisis in the State.

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is going to set up a 3 megawatt (mw) solar power plant at Sarishabari in Jamalpur as part of its green energy initiative to cut carbon emission, officials

In a major step towards power conservation, the environment department of the city government has initiated the process of installation of solar power plants in government four schools and four hos

To Appoint An Agency To Prepare Detailed Project Report

The cash-strapped Kochi corporation is planning to appoint an agency for preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for executing the solar city project. With the local body paying an annual electricity bill of about Rs 9 crore to KSEB, it is keen on starting the project in the current fiscal. The DPR is expected to cost Rs 10 lakh, which will be funded by the Centre.

With special focus on solar energy, the State government has come out with the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012 and also taken several other measures to boost solar energy generation in the State.

At a meeting organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, here on Saturday, Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan said that all new government buildings would go in for solar energy. Houses constructed under the Green House Scheme also went in for solar power. Further, the government was installing one lakh solar street lights.

Plans are afoot to promote solar power based electricity, specially in the fields of agricultural and irrigation development in the Mannar district.

Australia has reached 1 million rooftop solar systems on homes and businesses, capping off a massive rise over the past decade on the back of federal and state incentives.