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Renewable energy to power 80% of metro rail operations, tenders floated

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2018

Metro rail services will soon go green as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) plans to purchase renewable energy to power 80% of its daily operations including running of trains. CMRL floated a...

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PM Modi says solar farming scheme to help increase farmers’ income

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has opened multiple avenues for raising farmers’ income and solar farming is one of them. 

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Finance ministry defers safeguard duty on solar cells in view of court order

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2018

The finance ministry today said that safeguard duty will not be insisted upon on import of solar cells for the "time being" in deference to interim directions passed by the High Court of Orissa...

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SDMC proposes to issue municipal bonds worth Rs 500 cr for solar panel projects

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2018

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set the ball rolling for issuance of municipal bonds worth Rs 500 crore, seeking to fund two important projects, officials said today. The Standing...

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India’s first electric vehicles charging corridor announced by Magenta Power

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2018

Renewable energy service company Magenta Power today announced it will set up India’s first electric vehicles charging Corridor called ChargeIn at Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

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Jharkhand to soon have a new policy for rooftop solar power plant

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (JREDA) on Friday said it has prepared a framework for the state rooftop solar power policy 2018 with an objective to produce 500-megawatt (...

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Madras High Court allows solar import release without paying safeguard duty

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

In a new twist to the imposition of safeguard duty on imported solar panels and modules from July 30, the Madras High Court permitted Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure to get its consignment of...

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India's energy deficit down to 1% in four years: NITI Aayog

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 9, 2018

The installed power generation capacity in India has risen to 344 GigaWatts (GW) and its energy deficit, which stood at over 4 per cent in 2014, has shrunk to less than one per cent in 2018, an...

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Government to bid out 25 GW solar capacities in Ladakh

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 9, 2018

The government will come out with a single bid for setting up 25 GW of solar capacity in Ladakh, Power Minister R K Singh said today, and asserted that renewable energy is a must for sustainable...

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India to comfortably achieve 100 GW solar energy target by 2022: Government

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2018
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