Sunflower in full bloom
Emerging changes in the environmental scenario have compelled governments across the world to look for alternatives that help reduce carbon emissions and keep climate change under tabs. In India too, plans
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Off banker's radar
Unlike wind energy, financing options for solar energy are yet to open up in India. The solar photovoltaic industry is still grappling when it comes to attracting investors. R Gupta examines why solar
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ONGC, Goa to build solar power plant
PANAJI: Oil and natural gas corporation in collaboration with Goa energy development agency is expected to soon build a one megawatt solar power plant at ONGC's base at Betul, ONGC director (technology
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Country's 1st solar panel assembling plant opens
The first-ever solar panel assembling plant in the country was launched in Savar yesterday to make solar panels available on the local market at a competitive price. Solar panels, assembled at the plant, are expected to hit the market in a month. The plant set up by local company Electro Solar Power Ltd (ESPL) is capable of assembling solar panels with a production capacity of 10-megawatt el
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Navi Mumbai buildings to get cash for being eco-friendly
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) waste segregation & composting, rainwater harvesting, and solar power generation. The motivation for NMMC is to improve its ranking in the 2019 Swachh Survekshan-a
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Govt initiates plan to push solar power in city schools
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 hospitals.
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Madhya Pradesh targets 1,400MW of solar power by 2015
Madhya Pradesh will add another 1,200 MW of solar power generation capacity to its existing 202 MW of solar power by June 2015. Speaking at an event at Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( GCCI), S R Mohanty, principal secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh, said the state had increased its solar power generation capacity from 2 MW in April 2012 to 220.15 MW in September 2013.
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Solar Power based electricity for Mannar mooted
Plans are afoot to promote solar power based electricity, specially in the fields of agricultural and irrigation development in the Mannar district. This plan is also expected to provide solar power
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India looks to US for tech, funds for renewable start-ups
Solar energy body pushes for collaboration At the recently conducted ‘US-India Energy Partnership Summit’ in Washington DC, Indian solar experts mooted a renewable energy partnership between India and
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Korea electricity security review
This report, commissioned by the Korean Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy and written jointly by the International Energy Agency and the Korea Energy Economics Institute, examines current conditions
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Thar to turn into solar energy hub
The Thar desert is set to become the hub for solar projects which are expected to generate upto 2,100 gigawatts of solar power.
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Karnataka solar policy 2011-16
Karnataka has abundant potential for development of solar energy. Under the Karnataka renewable energy policy, it is envisaged that the state will have a target for achieving 126 MW of solar power up
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Solar units at state offices, SW hostels
Anantapur: The district authorities have proposed to install solar panels at all mandal offices and social welfare hostels to overcome the severe shortage of electricity. Non-conventional Energy Development
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SupplyCo switches to solar power
According to the officials with the Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd (SupplyCo), the plan is to install at least 100 kw solar panels on roof tops which will bring down the electricity consumption
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State signs MoUs on solar, wind power plants
Investmentis nearly Rs. 19,000 cr. SBJ Cleantech, a joint venture of Japanese telecommunications major Soft Bank Corp., Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group and Bharti Enterprises Limited, and Spanish
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Prepare for next phase
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) has been launched, but developers are still worried about non-recourse financing. This is because lenders think solar power projects are too risky. This perception will change if the Centre helps commercial banks gain expertise in assessing project viability.
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45 Tripura villages use solar energy
Agartala: Perched on hills and remote areas of Tripura, 45 villages and 797 localities were lit up with solar energy in the last five years, a minister said on Friday. Debroy said, solar energy treatment plants would be set up in 100 schools in remote areas this year and 1000 bio-gas plant would be set up. He said, very soon 100 solar lights would illuminate a portion of Agartala town. He said North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has planned to set up a five megawatt solar energy plant at Monarchak in Sipahijala district
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Coal producer CIL plans to harness solar power
Nagpur: If coal gets all the blame for pollution, the country's biggest producer of this fuel — Coal India Limited (CIL) — has plans on clean energy. The PSU mining company has drawn up plans to generate
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Floating solar power plant in Kolkata
A floating solar thermal power plant conceptualised and implemented indigenously will be inaugurated next week at Rajarhat near Kolkata. The pilot project has 10 KW capacity. The experimental project,
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'Solar power is the future of energy'
JODHPUR: Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and former director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Anil Kakodkar has called solar energy the future source of energy looking at the ever-growing demand for energy. Kakodkar, member of the Solar Energy Research Advisory Council, was in Jodhpur on Tuesday and Wednesday with his team for detailed discussions with the IIT-J on the experimentation and demonstration of different technologies and plan the future course of action for promotion of solar energy research.