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Private Company Floats 300 Megawatt Solar Tender In India

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2019

A privately-owned power distribution company in India has launched a tender to set up 300 megawatts of solar power capacity in the western state of Gujarat. The capacity auctioned shall be used...

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Odisha govt may waive road tax on e-vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2019

Following the example of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the state government is planning to waive all kinds of transport-related fees and road tax on the purchase of electric vehicles....

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Bhakra Beas Management Board inaugurates rooftop solar PV plants at 220kv sub-stations in Delhi, Narela

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2019

The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has planned to implement grid connected rooftop solar PV projects on the roofs of its buildings/offices, ground mounted and floating solar PV plant, as...

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Green energy companies see red due to cancelled tenders, low tariffs

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

India’s rapidly growing renewable energy capacity, a major achievement of the Modi government, faces a serious slowdown as investors are disappointed by the unrelenting focus on reduction of...

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Now, farmers can opt for solar-powered tube wells

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has rolled out the facility of solar-powered tube wells for farmers across the state. It will be 40 per cent cheaper than that connected with the...

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EV makers seek lower duty on components, batteries

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

The electric vehicle industry is seeking customs duty rationalisation on batteries, cells, motor, controlling units and other components currently imported by OEMs. 

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Two new India tenders launched

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the agency entrusted with conducting wind auctions, has released its sixth tranche (SECI 6) wind tender for 1.2GW.

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Include solar and electric boats under FAME, says head of country’s first solar ferry firm

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

The government should add solar and electric boats under the Faster Adoption and Manufacture of Electric Vehicles (FAME) policy in the upcoming Budget 2019, said Sandith Thandasherry, founder and chief executive officer, NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats, the company that...

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Centre to replicate Bhopal's waste management model

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2019

Practical climate-friendly actions on the ground in Bhopal would become a model for Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Assessment of development results (ADR) of Bhopal Municipal...

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Solar ‘prosumers’ to get 50 percent subsidy

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2019

To incentivise production of solar power in the state, the cabinet has approved amendments to the Goa State Solar Policy 2017 where small and large prosumers (consumers and producers of solar...

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