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CREDA to Install Roof-Top Solar Plants

Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency has commenced the process for installing grid connected roof-top solar photo voltaic power plants in several establishments across the State, officials informed on Saturday. Notably, Chhattisgarh will procure additional power from renewable energy sources to the tune of approximately 700 MW by FY 2018. With this the average power purchase cost for […]

Solar-powered charging stations for e-auto rickshaws in Jabalpur

The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has proposed to set up solar-powered charging stations in various localities of the town to charge the batteries of e-auto rickshaws. Currently there is no such facility available in the city to charge the batteries of the e-auto rickshaw and the individual owner charges the batteries from their houses through the […]

Island in the Sun

There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and […]

USAID Announces $75 Million Loan Guarantee For Off-Grid Solar In India

In yet another boost for the small-scale solar power market in India, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced financial support in partnership with an Indian bank. RBL Bank and USAID recently announced a loan guarantee program worth $75 million to support off-grid and rooftop solar power projects in India. The program is also expected […]

ReNew Power bags the highest subsidy allocation from SECI for rooftop solar projects

ReNew Power Ventures Private Limited, India’s leading renewable energy development company, has emerged as the organization with the highest allocation under the mega tender of 500 megawatts of rooftop solar projects floated by Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) – the designated implementing agency for this scheme, providing subsidy on roof top projects across […]

Powering Lendiguda Village

Members of the Hyderabad Youth Assembly (HYA) visited the remote Lendiguda village in Adilabad district recently, where they carried out a ‘solar panel’ installation drive. Collaborating with residents and Venkateshwar Rao – a member of Telangana Teachers’ Federation (TTF) and Human Rights Association (HRA) – upto 22 members worked for the cause for about a […]

Building a Solar India: IIT Madras develops microgrid models for green power supply to light up remotest areas

In its bid to build a solar India, IIT Madras announced recently that it will be developing an efficient, cheap and clean way of power supply to villages using microgrids. For this, the institute has signed a MoU with power and automation technology company ABB India under government’s Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana scheme. They will be […]

How this Delhi-based social enterprise is helping rural India harness its potential

“There are no problems, only challenges. And we exist to convert challenges into opportunities.” This is the core philosophy of 54-year-old Arun Nagpal, a social entrepreneur who has co-founded Mrida, a Delhi-based social enterprise working for rural development across several Indian states. ‘Mrida’ means ‘Soil’ in Sanskrit. Founded in February 2014, the organisation has installed […]

MNRE:Clarification on eligibility of CFA for Grid Tied (Without net metering facility)

Reference has been received from different agencies on clarification regarding eligibility of CFA for grid tied (without net metering facility). In this context as per the scheme guidelines on Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Power Plants programmes no. 301l1l2012-13INSM dated 26th June 2014. rooftop projects are defined as follows:- Grid connected rooftop solar power plant: […]