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Remote Kodaikanal village gets solar lighting facilityBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification , solar |
One in three off-grid households will use solar products by 2020By : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar , Sustainable Development |
Welspun Renewables’ Builds-up Its Investments in Punjab, Expands Solar PortfolioBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Investment , solar |
Farmers receive solar pump-sets free of costBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Corporate Action , solar |
SkyPower Becomes Climate Bonds PartnerBy : 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. ... Read more.. |
1st BRICS bank loan to India likely for solar project: KamathBy : 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... Read more.. |
Cess on coal from Rs 200 to Rs 400 per tonne welcomed by solar power developersBy : 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... Read more.. |
India’s SECI retendering 50MW in local content category in MaharashtraBy : 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.... Read more.. |
First Solar Sets Another World Efficiency RecordBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Clean Technology , solar |
OPIC leads $5M funding in solar lantern firm Greenlight PlanetBy : 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),... Read more.. |