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Power regulators reach consensus on green energy

Gangtok: A consensus was arrived on promotion of green energy and specific action plan chalked at the Forum of Regulators (FOR) meet which began here on Thursday. The forum worked on a strategy to harness the potential through installation of solar photo voltic (Solar PV) system on the rooftop of …

‘You feel like superman’

What inspired your journey? Teruel: I discovered electric bicycles while living in Beijing. For two-and-a-half years I used it to commute to work. In 2009, I woke up with a mind to go around the world on an electric bicycle. It was the mix of my passions—travelling and electric bicycles. …

Japan grants ‘Project for Clean Energy Promotion’ in Male’

Project for Clean Energy Promotion in Male’ is a project which promotes rooftop based grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Male’. This is project is a grant from Government of Japan. Under the first phase of the project, 390kWp of solar PV systems will be installed at the roof …

Proposed technology configurations for grid connected solar power demonstration projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) was launched by Prime Minister of India in January 2010 with an aim to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenge. This is the proposed technology configurations for grid connected solar power demonstration projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

Get on the ray

The book under review comes in the wake of the launch of the National Solar Mission, which intends to use grid-connected solar power to meet its ambitious target. Till recently, solar energy was considered a roof top option both for power and heat. Integration of solar power into the national …

Hope flickers

Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While power cuts are frequent in grid-connected villages across the state, the only …

Too little for renewables

THE Union budget’s approach to the renewable energy sector remains scattershot. The only mention the sector gets in the 2011-12 budget is when it talks about the duty cuts on the energyefficient LED lights, solar lanterns and solar cells. “Except for the small concession of withdrawing customs duty on inputs …

Mission eclipsed

It is no mean task to find a moneylender for a financially risky project. More so, if it is a high-investment, low-return project under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The fact that government did not plan finance for a mission that aims to address the challenges of climate …

Mumbai engineer designs solar tri-cycle to replace autos

With citizens and government bodies looking to promote bicycles, a city-based engineer has claimed to have invented a solar-motor pedi-cab, (a tricycle of sorts) that could potentially replace the traditional auto rickshaw. Chunabhatti-based PK Pillai has now sent the designs to IIT-Bombay for comments are looking for funding to promote …

Trends in global solar photovoltaic research: silicon versus non-silicon materials

This article reports a comparative analysis of the thrust in solar photovoltaic (PV) research during 1981–1988 and 2001–2008. Global solar PV literature in the latter period recorded a 4.5-fold increase over those in 1981–1988.

Energy capacity and sour energy training programme on Feb 14

With a view to promoting non-conventional energy sources in Madhya Pradesh, constant efforts are being made by Urja Vikas Nigam. Sour energy shops are being opened at all districts by Urja Vikas Nigam. The sour energy equipments are available for the common man after opening shops. In this context, a …

Quantifying carbon and distributional benefits of renewable energy programs: the Bangladesh case study on solar home systems

Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology—such as solar home systems (SHS)—to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a national household survey, this study quantifies the carbon and distributional benefits of SHS programs in Bangladesh. Three key findings are generated from the …

Bidding exposes solar tariff game

BIDDING for the first phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has put a question mark on the ambitious target set to augment the country’s energy needs through the solar route. Of the 30 short-listed bidders, almost 20 have had nothing to do with solar photo voltaic (PV) power. Some …

Plants light the way

SOLAR cells get damaged and lose efficiency from constant exposure to sunlight. Then how is it that plants show little wear and tear though they too capture the Sun’s energy during photosynthesis? The secret lies in the ability of light-capturing molecules in plants to break down and reassemble all the …

Energy’s new face

The rakish oil tycoon of the American small screen, J R Ewing, is back. But in a new avatar. Larry Hagman, the actor who played the scheming Texas oilman on the long-running television show, Dallas, is reprising his role as Ewing in an advertising campaign to promote solar energy and …

New gold rush

India is on a mission. To drastically ramp up its solar power production to 22,000 MW by 2022. From steel makers and automobile manufacturers to diamond merchants and realtors everyone sees the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission as their chance to strike gold. But it is not so easy. The …

Guidelines for off-grid and decentralized solar applications and rooftop and other small solar power plants

The guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National solar Mission launched by Union New & Non Renewable resources minister Dr. Fahrooq Abdulla.The objectives of this guidelines are: to promote off-grid applications of solar energy (both SPV and Solar Thermal) for meeting the targets et in the …

Guidelines for off-grid and decentralised solar application

The objectives of this guidelines are: To promote off-grid applications of solar energy (both SPV and Solar Thermal) for meeting the targets set in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for Phase-I; To create awareness and demonstrate effective and innovative use of Solar systems for individual/ community/ institutional/ industrial applications; …

When villages plug in

The latest Down To Earth report on how communities in Nepal have demanded their right to energy. It provides lessons for countries like India, keen on building decentralised systems and reinventing energy futures. In Nepal, lost in the chaos of political upheavals, a silent revolution is afoot. In remote villages …

Scheme for solar off-grid (photovoltaic & thermal) & decentralized applications

The Government has recently launched the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, which is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India's energy security challenge. It will also constitute a major contribution by India to the global effort to meet the …

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