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Post Offices to tap solar energyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2015
The Department of Posts has decided to tap solar energy to manage disruption in power as supply was hit during the rains in Chennai and suburbs last week. As a precautionary measure, the State Electricity Board suspended power supply following the record rain that... Read more.. Subject Tags: Clean Energy , solar |
India Plans To Increase Solar Power Consumption To 10% By 2022By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015
India is planning to significantly increase the amount of electricity utilities will be mandated to acquire from solar power projects in order to achieve its ambitious target of having 100 GW operational solar power capacity by 2022. Officials of the Ministry of New... Read more.. |
Energy Storage Industry At “Inflection Point,” Says Investment Bank LazardBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2015
In its first in-depth analysis on the costs of energy storage, US investment bank Lazard says storage is already competitive in some situations – particularly at the utility scale and in providing services such as frequency regulation that was previously the province of... Read more.. |
Sunrise of new hope: Modi, Hollande launch International Solar AllianceBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2015
Forging an effective group of over 100 sunshine countries as a block to get a better deal in the growing renewable energy market, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with French President Francois Hollande on Monday launched an International Solar Alliance on the... Read more.. |
Greenlight Planet™ launches Sun King Pico solar home light @ Rs. 499By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015
Greenlight Planet announces the launch of the ultra-affordable Sun King Pico for just Rs. 499. For hundreds of millions of off-grid homes who spend upwards of Rs 200 per week on kerosene to light their dim, smoky kerosene lantern for light at night, the Pico pays for itself... Read more.. |
Minigrids Seen as Fix for 620 Million Africans Without PowerBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 18, 2015
Power grids that work at a fraction of the scale of a traditional utility have gained support from banks and developers as a way to bring power to the 620 million people across Africa that lack access to electricity. From Kenya to Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania,... Read more.. |
By 2030, solar power to make up 18% of India energy generationBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2015
Solar energy is expected to account for 18 per cent of total power generation capacity in India by 2030 from one per cent at present, playing a key role in the country's efforts to achieving 40 per cent installed power capacity from renewable energy. In its recently-... Read more.. |
Can’t spare land for solar power: MoDBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
The NDA government’s ambitious goal to install 1000 MW of solar energy at Indian defence establishments has been slashed to less than a third following the Defence Ministry’s refusal to spare the required land. The Defence Ministry’s argument is that its vacant lands are... Read more.. |
New and renewable energy ministry takes cue from PM Narendra Modi, starts work on solar projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
Installing solar panels on the Pakistan border, using super-chilled LNG to build cold storage and warehousing facilities, and putting barcodes to stop illegal use of subsidised cooking gas — the Modi mantra is making its presence felt in the energy domain and forcing... Read more.. |
Karnataka among 12 states to get mega solar parksBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
A step ahead in the government's ambitious plan of setting up 25 solar parks, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has identified 12 locations in various states where such power projects can come up. |