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Govt identifies 12 locations for setting up new solar parksBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 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. The scheme envisages setting up of 25 solar parks over the next... Read more.. |
Centre to provide Rs 1,350 cr from NGEF for AP projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2014
The Centre has agreed to provide Rs 1,350 crore from the National Green Energy Fund towards construction of evacuation lines for solar and wind power projects in Andhra Pradesh. |
Small entrepreneurs’ solar energy business plans go awryBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2014
SP Gupta, a builder, and his wife Usha, a Delhibased couple in their 60s, were sure they were headed for a secure old age after having invested over Rs 3 crore of their lives' savings to install a onemegawatt solar power plant in Rajasthan. But a year down the line, not only... Read more.. |
India commercial rooftops ‘to reach grid parity next year’By : Sustainability ..., Nov 13, 2014
The chief technology officer of Indian manufacturer and installer, Tata Power Solar, has said commercial rooftop solar will reach grid parity before any other solar segment in India, and will be the cheapest form of energy for customers by 2024. |
MEIL Green Power commissions 50 MW solar farmBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 13, 2014
MEIL Green Power Limited has commissioned a 50 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project farm at Pamidi in Ananthapur District of Andhra Pradesh. |
China’s Trina Solar heeds PM Narendra Modi’s call, plans to ‘make in India’By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2014
Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to global manufacturers, Chinese company Trina Solar is planning to set up a facility over the next few years to "make in India, supply in India and even export from India". |
Fall in solar prices attributed to scale effect, industry’s maturityBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2014
Going by the results of the bids in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, solar prices seem to be stabilising at under Rs. 7 a kWhr, not much higher than the prices of electricity produced with imported coal. |
Community-scale photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis desalination systems for Indian villagesBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2014
Photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis (PV-ED) is justified as an energy- and cost-effective means of desalinating groundwater in rural India, and the design requirements are presented for a village-level system. Subject Tags: desalination , India , Innovation , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis desalination , research , solar |
India's many small steps to solar leadershipBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2014
In the midst of celebrating last week's Diwali, the festival of lights, India was making progress in expanding its solar energy market. |
Solar supplier to finance distributed generation across IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014
Global solar energy supplier, Proinso is to provide PPA-model financing for distributed generation solar projects 100kW and above across India. Proniso claimed the new finance scheme would provide “quality equipment and optimised systems without the capital expenditure hurdle... Read more.. |