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UW-Madison team develops wind turbine for cell towers in rural IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., May 26, 2016
With the aim of helping make electricity more available in rural parts of India, a team of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has designed a wind turbine that could provide power to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification , Wind Energy |
Government electrifies 108 villages last week, total now at 7,874By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2016
A total number of 7,874 villages out of those without power have been electrified till last week with an addition of 108 to the network, the Power Ministry said today. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification |
112 more villages electrified, taking number of electrified villages to more than 7000By : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2016
As many as 112 villages were electrified across the country last week, taking the total tally to 7,766, the government said today. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification |
Solar power lights up Sambalpur village in OdishaBy : sustainabilityo..., May 5, 2016
The remote village of Rairakhol under Chasabardi district was lit up with solar lights on Sunday. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification , solar energy |
REC sanctions Rs. 6,000 cr for power infra in AmaravatiBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 8, 2016
In a major boost to the power sector in the emerging capital city Amaravati, the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL) has sanctioned Rs. 6,000 crore for augmenting the electricity... Read more.. |
Government does its math to fast-track rural electrificationBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2016
The government is exploring ways to fast-track rural electrificationBSE -0.78 % in Odisha, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam, which are home to most un-electrified villages.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification |
Henkel India to provide solar power to villages in MaharashtraBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2016
In line with Henkel’s global Sustainability Strategy for 2030, the German adhesives maker’s Indian arm, Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Private Limited, has embarked upon its CSR project... Read more.. |
6,000 unelectrified villages provided with power: GovernmentBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 7, 2016
Electrification has been done in 6,000 of the 18,500 unelectrified villages and the renewable energy capacity has reached 39.5 Giga Watts, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification |
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 |
18,452 villages to be electrified by March 2017: Piyush GoyalBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 4, 2016
Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said. "During the last 11 months we have already electrified... Read more.. Subject Tags: Rural Electrification |