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UK’s Largest Solar Carport Commissioned At Bentley Motors

June 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Bentley Motors has raised its commitment to sustainable energy with the installation of the UK’s largest ever solar carport at its factory headquarters in Crewe, UK. This development implied that in the company’s centenary year, all the electricity used to manufacture every Bentley vehicle is solar or certified green. The installation of 10,000 solar panels, […]

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What’s stopping the solar rooftop revolution in India?

June 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Addressing the issues in rooftop solar is imperative to achieve the government’s ambitious target for renewable energy through solar Earlier this month, the United Kingdom completed a full week without using coal-generated power; the first such instance in 137 years, or since the beginning of the industrial revolution [1]. While the UK government has committed […]

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Solar energy: from a non-core investment to business advantage for Centuary mattress

June 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

A 9th generation family business with deep roots in Secunderabad, the Shree Malani Group has ensured that their mattresses have become a household name in India. The Malani Group is led by Mr. Purushottam Malani and his two sons, Mr. Siddharth Malani and Mr. Uttam Malani. “We have been evaluating solar as an option, for […]

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Rooftop solar can help schools cut pollution, power bill: Study

May 31, 2019 Anand Gupta

India receives about 300 clear and sunny days in a year and a solar exposure of 5,000 trillion kilowatt-hours every year Tapping solar energy can aid schools to reduce carbon footprint by 28 per cent and meet 75 per cent of their electricity needs, according to a new study. Rooftop solar projects help in decreasing […]

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HPPL installs rooftop solar power units at it’s manufacturing plants

May 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

Huhtamaki-PPL Ltd (HPPL), India’s flexible packaging specialist is installing state-of-the-art 1.8MW rooftop solar power units at six key manufacturing plants across India. The rooftop solar power project will reduce 20 MT of CO2 emissions annually; equivalent to planting about 100,000 trees. All installations are equipped with net metering, online performance monitoring and high-end safety systems […]

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CREST plans to promote solar energy

May 28, 2019 Anand Gupta

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST) has come up with a plan to promote solar energy and transfer its benefit to all the stakeholders. According to director CREST, Debendra Dalai, the residents will be given the option to permit Renewable Energy Service Company Model (RESCO) companies to install the Solar […]

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Maharashtra: Over 300 schools will run on solar power, become self-reliant

May 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Schools will get anywhere between 1KV to 1.5KV solar panels installed which will generate power in the off-grid system (not rooftop solar). Nagpur: Over 300 zilla parishad schools in Nagpur will run on solar power before Diwali making them completely self reliant when it comes powering up their classrooms. Schools will get anywhere between 1KV […]

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This startup’s solar power solutions is making Indian homes green and future-ready

May 17, 2019 Anand Gupta

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 […]

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Rooftop solar power from corpn buildings a non-starter

May 17, 2019 Anand Gupta

Trichy: The rooftop solar power generation project, which was proposed along with the solar power plant, is yet to take a shape. The proposal, under the Smart Cities Mission, is aimed at generating solar power atop the 206 buildings of Trichy City Corporation to attain self-sufficiency in electricity, thereby saving money spent on power bills. […]