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India-led ISA, EU join hands to promote solar energy

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 12, 2018

At the world’s biggest climate change conference, the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) signed a joint declaration with the European Union (EU) on Tuesday to enhance solar energy....

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Fourth Partner Energy installs rooftop solar plant at JNU

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 12, 2018

A 500 kWp rooftop solar plant, commissioned by the Hyderabad-based Fourth Partner Energy for Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, was inaugurated by former US Secretary of State John...

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India to bid 80 GW of solar and wind energy projects by 2020

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 11, 2018

India has declared the trajectory of bidding 60 gigawatt (GW) capacity of solar energy and 20 GW capacity of wind energy by March 2020, leaving two years time for execution of projects, Ministry...

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Uttarakhand: Pantnagar airport set for Rs 5 crore face-lift, to introduce green energy lights

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 11, 2018

After the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced flights between Pantnagar and Dehradun recently, the authorities concerned have also begun work to give the airport at Pantnagar a swanky...

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State utilities asked to issue solar, wind energy tenders

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 10, 2018

Ministry of new and renewable energy has asked state utilities to issue solar and wind energy tenders, instead of depending on central utilities for meeting their renewable energy needs....

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Centre to revive 23GW solar and transmission projects in Leh region

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 3, 2018

The Centre is reviving mega solar power projects in Leh and Ladakh, with a plan to set up 23GW of grid-connected projects. Private developers would be invited to submit tenders for these. 

Their transmission network would be extended till Punjab, a distance of about...

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‘Solar capacity has increased by 370% in last 3 yrs in India’

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 3, 2018

It is not known how India’s negotiations at the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) will be received. Its pavilion, however, has caught the eye of global participants....

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Actis agrees to buy Essel Infra’s solar power projects for ₹5,500-6,000 crore

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 28, 2018

Private equity investor Actis LLP has agreed to buy Essel Infraprojects Ltd’s solar power projects for ₹5,500-6,000 crore, according to two people involved in the deal process. The deal would be...

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Huge response! Uttar Pradesh’s 550 MW solar tender oversubscribed

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 28, 2018

Uttar Pradesh government’s tender calling for bids for 550 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power received a huge response with as many as eight developers submitting bids for 795 MW. ...

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Freyr Energy raises Rs 27 crore

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 27, 2018

Freyr Energy, a Hyderabad-based rooftop solar company, has raised Rs 27 crore through a mix of equity and debt. This Series-A round was led by C4D Partners, a Netherlands-based Impact Investment...

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