Government of India’s National LED programme – Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched today in Madhya Pradesh by Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister for State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Shri Piyush Goyal, at a function held in Bhopal. The scheme is […]
India will achieve solar energy target: Goyal
India will definitely achieve the target for enhancing solar power capacity and add 10,500 MW in the current fiscal, New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said today.India has set an ambitious target of adding one lakh MW of solar power generation capacity by 2022 which is five times more than the earlier target of […]
Delhi Metro likely to get green power from solar plant in MP
Delhi, which is ranked among the most polluted cities, is expected to get green power from Madhya Pradesh starting next year to run its Metro trains.”We are charting out the power purchase agreement to be signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and developers of the world’s largest solar power plant of 750 MW coming […]
Solar-powered boats to be launched on River Ganga in Varanasi by PM Modi on Monday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi to launch solar-powered boats and address a gathering in Ballia where he is set to launch Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Modi will land at Varanasi airport on Sunday morning, from where he will leave for Ballia by chopper. In Ballia, he […]
Younicos: Prime Minister of Portugal visits world’s first megawatt-scale renewable energy system on Graciosa
The Prime Minister of Portugal, Dr. António Costa, as well as the President of the Azorean Government, Dr. Vasco Cordeiro, and other high-level country officials have today visited the world’s first megawatt-scale grid-forming renewable energy system, which is currently being constructed on the Azorean island of Graciosa. They were joined by executives from EDA, the […]
SMA Solar Technology Ag Expands Financial Maneuvering Room To Profit From Consolidation In The Solar Industry
To leverage optimal benefits from the current consolidation in the solar industry, SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA/FWB: S92) has entered into a long-term credit agreement amounting to €100 million with Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and Hessische Landesbank. SMA is planning to utilize the resulting greater maneuvering room in particular for further expanding its service business. With […]
“India now will lead the world towards clean energy rather than follow”- Shri Piyush Goyal
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy felicitated 102 awardees at CST & Solar Cooker Excellence Awards- 2016 here today. Shri Goyal also released 9 knowledge documents collated by several experts to provide information on Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology (CST) on the occasion.Speaking on the occasion, Shri […]
Solar-powered plane to soar again on round-the-world flight
Pilot Andre Borschberg will take off at 12:00 GMT (5:30pm IST) taking advantage of a “clear weather window” for him to fly from the Mojave Desert to Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Arizona — an effort that should take about 16 hours, they said. Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw […]
ADB, Germany Join Forces On Climate Action, Technical And Vocational Education And Training
In their “Frankfurt Declaration”, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) agreed to join forces for progress on climate action and technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The declaration spells out the intention by ADB and Germany to launch an Asia Climate Finance Facility (ACliFF) […]
Experts provide input for World Energy Outlook 2016 on how renewables can best help limit climate change
About 100 experts from governments, industry, academia, financial institutions and civil groups around the globe gathered at the International Energy Agency (IEA) on 29 April 2016 to advise on how best to leverage renewable energy to fight against climate change, improve energy security and reduce local air pollution. The IEA organised the high-level workshop on […]