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Solving India’s power sector problems through net-metered solar pumps

January 25, 2019 Anand Gupta

If India acts now and acts right, the power sector can be turned around for good India’s power sector is at an interesting crossroads. Perhaps for the first time in the history of any nation, the country is moving towards meeting the electricity aspirations of its population through an ambitious renewable energy expansion. Renewable energy […]

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Chennai: Only a few independent houses have rooftop solar panels in city

January 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

The per capita consumption, however, continues to grow at an exponential rate. Chennai: Chennai has the second largest number of rooftop solar panels on apartments in the country, but has the least number of independent houses fitted with rooftop solar panels, according to a study conducted by the World Resource Institute (WRI). The paper, discussed […]

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Tripura University goes green with solar power

January 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

The solar power project was assigned to Tripura University under a mega project undertaken by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Tripura University got a 500 kilowatt peak (kWP) solar power plant on Monday. The solar power project was assigned to Tripura University under a mega project undertaken by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), […]

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Tata Power Solar now launches an extensive residential rooftop solution at Gandhinagar

January 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

Annual saving is expected up to INR 50,000 for 25 years Successfully launched residential rooftop solution in Delhi, Mumbai, Ajmer and Bhubaneswar Tata Power Solar, India’s largest solar energy company, and Tata Power’s wholly-owned subsidiary has launched a complete residential rooftop solution in Gandhinagar today. Senior dignitaries from the government and key decision makers from […]

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Tripura University goes green, installs solar power plant

January 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

Talking to indianexpress.com about the new solar plant, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dharurkar said: These panels have a capacity of generating 7 lakh units per annum, which will save TU approximately Rs. 36 lakh annually”. As a dedicated effort towards achieving environment friendliness, Tripura University (TU) officially became a ‘green campus’ by setting up a 500-kilowatt peak […]

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Solar rooftop fails to make headway: CSE

January 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

A report by the Center for Environment Science (CSE) has found that, solar rooftop has failed to make any headway in the current market which is skewed towards large- scale renewable energy. According to the CSE report, the country is aiming for a 40 – gigawatt capacity by 2022, but till November 2018, only 1,334 […]

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Only 1,334 MW of solar rooftops installed: CSE

January 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

The CSE report points out that the “dominance” of large-scale rooftop installations by commercial, industrial, institutional and government/PSU segments has meant that “attention to the residential solar rooftop segment has lagged behind. Though India has an ambitious plan for solar rooftop (SRT) of 40 gigawatt (GW) capacity by 2022, the Centre for Science and Environment […]

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UT commited for solar city target

January 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

Chandigarh: The UT administration is fully committed to develop Chandigarh as a model solar city and has set the target to install 69 MW rooftop solar power plant by 2022, said Debendra Dalai, director, Department of Science & Technology, while addressing an awareness camp here on Monday. He emphasized that renewable energy is the need […]

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BESCOM to launch tool that evaluates solar energy on rooftops

January 19, 2019 Anand Gupta

BENGALURU: By the end of this month on the website of the Bangalore Electricity supply Company Ltd (BESCOM), a first-of-its-kind tool that evaluates which part of one’s rooftop can generate maximum solar energy and identify the best areas for solar power generation is expected to go live. The web-based tool, is based on an aerial survey […]

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Renewable energy in India: why rooftop remains the most untapped solar source

January 19, 2019 Anand Gupta

Rooftop solar source doesn’t match the rise in renewable energy in India; while industrial and commercial consumers account for 70% of total installed capacity residential consumers remain a big untapped potential to give the boost Most developed economies started their solar programmes by targeting household rooftops; as a result, they now have a sizable share […]

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