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IIT-Roorkee testing floating device to produce electricity from river surface

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 31, 2019

Scientists at IIT-Roorkee are testing a floating device that can generate electricity from flowing surface water of rivers and streams, paving the way for an alternative source of renewable...

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SECI floats fresh, smaller manufacturing-linked tender

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2019

The government has floated a fresh manufacturing-linked solar tender with a smaller ticket size and fewer obligations after a previous attempt through a 10 GW auction fell flat. The cap on...

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Solar duty fails domestic producers as demand languishes

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2019

India’s bid to protect its solar-equipment makers by imposing a safeguard duty on cheap, Chinese imports has failed, according to domestic manufacturers, who are campaigning for tougher measures...

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Now, farmers can opt for solar-powered tube wells

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has rolled out the facility of solar-powered tube wells for farmers across the state. It will be 40 per cent cheaper than that connected with the...

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Three solar energy, water treatment mission centres launched at IIT-M

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2019

Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday, launched three Department of Science and Technology (DST) Mission Centres on Solar Energy and Water Treatment at Indian...

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Three tech missions on solar, water treatment to be launched at IIT Madras

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 25, 2019

Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests and Climate Change will launch three technology mission centres at IIT Madras on Friday to...

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Swiss firm Talesun forms JV to develop 4,000 Mw solar power projects in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 22, 2019

Swiss firm Talesun Solar Switzerland A.G. is set to foray into the Indian solar power industry with a joint venture with New Delhi-based solar asset developer EnergyX to set up projects of 4,000...

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Vikram Solar commissions 20 MW solar projects for West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 22, 2019

Vikram Solar, Kolkata-based solar energy company, today said it has commissioned two 10 megawatt (MW) solar projects for West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL). ...

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Hero Future in talks to buy Fotowatio’s solar project in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 18, 2019

Hero Future Energies Pvt. Ltd is in talks to acquire Fotowatio Renewable Ventures’s 135 megawatt (MW) solar power project in India, two people aware of the development said. Owned by Abdul Latif...

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Union Territory plans solar plants on seasonal rivulets in Chandigarh

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 18, 2019

To achieve the solar power generation target set by the ministry of new and renewable energy, the Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) has now decided to...

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