Ludhiana : November 4A solar plant was inaugurated today at Government Primary School, Badundi, by District Education Officer (elementary) Rajinder Kaur. She said it was the first school in Punjab where a solar plant had been installed. This solar plant has been set up with the help of SEVE Trust, UK. Charankawal Singh Sekhon, chairman, […]
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Solar panels to help Salem corporation save Rs 60 lakh on power bills a year
SALEM : The Salem municipal corporation (SMC) has installed solar panels atop its buildings in all the four zones at a cost of Rs 3.55 crore under the smart city project. Corporation commissioner R Sadheesh told TOI that the move would help them save Rs 60 lakh on electricity bills a year. “Chief minister Edappadi […]
Gujarat will open the world’s largest cricket stadium
Gujarat will open the world’s biggest cricket arena in January 2020. Spread crosswise over 63 sections of land, the arena has 1,10,000 seats. There are 10,000 a greater number of seats than the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The arena is being set up at Motera in Ahmedabad. The Sardar Patel Stadium was planned by the Australian […]
Solar Energy In 29 Rajasthan Govt Colleges Has Brought Down Power Bills From Rs 2 Lakh To Zero
Solar energy is a useful source of energy and at this time when the world is facing a major climate crisis, this seems to be the need of the hour. We are well aware of the fact how solar energy brings about our electricity bills and one such example from Rajasthan is proof to this. […]
Rooftop solar hardly going through the roof
RTS has the potential to contribute significantly to mitigation and has strong linkages to the local economy, but state governments and distribution utilities are not supportive of RTS. India’s policy and implementation efforts for renewable energy have been globally acknowledged. India is to have 100GW installed capacity in solar by 2022, of which 60GW is […]
In a first, BMC to install solar panels atop its Worli building
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to install solar panels atop the roof of its engineers’ hub building in Worli, a move it later plans to replicate across all its offices. The four-storey engineer’s hub building will be the first BMC office to partially switch to a renewable energy source. At present, the building […]
Chennai: Central rail station all set to tap solar energy
The railways has been saving 25 per cent of conventional energy per day after the installation of solar power panels. Chennai: In an effort to protect the environment and save conventional energy the Southern Railway has turned to solar power. The Southern Railway has set up rooftop solar power panels at Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR […]
Government buildings to have solar plants
GURUGRAM: The new and renewable energy department of Gurugram has asked all heads of departments to send data of government buildings under their jurisdiction for setting up solar power plants on rooftops. Initially, the solar plants were to come up entirely on government funds, but after the state finance department did not approve the installation […]
Gujarat: Rooftop solar power generation scheme for slums soon
Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat plans to launch a solar power generation scheme for slum dwellers. Not only will slum dwellers get free power, the government will also pay them for surplus power that they generate by installing solar panels. Earlier, the state government launched solar power generation schemes for households with terraces and the […]
This startup’s solar power solutions is making Indian homes green and future-ready
Zunroof is a home-technology company that specialises in setting up rooftop solar electricity systems. There are only a handful of engineering aspirants who manage to fulfill their parents dreams of graduating from an Indian Institute of Technology, and possibly complete a masters degree to land a cushy job in the West. But for some, an […]