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Remote Kodaikanal village gets solar lighting facility

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 4, 2016

For the first time in the State, a mini-grid solar power station was commissioned at Moongilpallam, one of most remote villages in Dindigul district, to provide lighting facility to all houses, fulfilling their decades-old-dream.

Commissioned at a cost of Rs. 3.78 lakh...

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One in three off-grid households will use solar products by 2020

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 4, 2016

One in three off-grid households worldwide will use solar products by 2020, according to a new report from the World Bank and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

The ‘Off-grid Solar Market Trends Report 2016’ found that there are 1.2 billion people without access to...

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Welspun Renewables’ Builds-up Its Investments in Punjab, Expands Solar Portfolio

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 3, 2016

Welspun Renewableshas announced that it has expanded it solar capacity in Punjab by 4 MW (AC). The latest addition comes close on the heels of its 32 MW (AC) Bathinda solar project. Committed to...

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Subject Tags: Investment , solar

Farmers receive solar pump-sets free of cost

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 2, 2016

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu handed over allotment letter pertaining to a solar pump-set to one of the 123 SC/ST beneficiaries, Swarna Guravaiah, during his visit to the Genco power plant...

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Subject Tags: Corporate Action , solar

SkyPower Becomes Climate Bonds Partner

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2016

One of the leading global solar power projects developer, SkyPower, announced that it has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative as a partner.

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1st BRICS bank loan to India likely for solar project: Kamath

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2016

The New Development Bank set up by BRICS countries aims to lend up to USD 2 billion this year starting in about two months and the multilateral lender’s first loan to India could be for a green...

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Subject Tags: Financing , solar

Cess on coal from Rs 200 to Rs 400 per tonne welcomed by solar power developers

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2016

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget announcement of an increase in the cess on coal from Rs 200 to Rs 400 per tonne has been welcomed by solar power developers as it is likely to drive up the...

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India’s SECI retendering 50MW in local content category in Maharashtra

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 29, 2016

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is re-tendering 50MW of grid-connected solar projects under its Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) category in the state of Maharashtra....

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Subject Tags: SECI , solar

First Solar Sets Another World Efficiency Record

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 24, 2016

A new conversion efficiency world record for cadmium-telluride solar photovoltaic cells has been achieved by First Solar, according to a press release. The new world record conversion efficiency...

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Subject Tags: Clean Technology , solar

OPIC leads $5M funding in solar lantern firm Greenlight Planet

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 24, 2016

US-based Greenlight Planet Inc, a designer and distributor of solar LED home lights, has raised $5 million in its third round of funding led by Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),...

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Subject Tags: Investment , off grid , solar