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Solar consumers still paying for net meter

September 1, 2016 Anand Gupta

Even though over 200 consumers in the district have opted for state government’s solar roof top policy, discom MSEDCL is yet to make net meters available to them. Consequently, consumers are buying these meters from open market that cost anything between Rs 12,000 and Rs 20,000. For small consumers, buying the net meter increases the […]

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Go for LED lighting of streets, minister urges AMC

September 1, 2016 Anand Gupta

The minister for energy, new and renewable energy, Chandrashekar Bawankule, on Wednesday appealed to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to convert the entire city’s street lighting into LED to save 85% of electricity.Bawankule was speaking at a conclave on ‘Lighting & Solar Rooftop System’, organized by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) at […]

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University scouts for places to tap tidal & solar power plants

August 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) aims to identify sites for successful development of tidal and floating solar power projects in the country with the help of Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water).SPPU signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with K-water for development of tidal and floating power generation projects last week and a panel of experts […]

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Amara Raja commissions 1.1 MW rooftop solar unit at plant

August 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

First batch of 101 students completed their skill training course at the Amara Raja Skill Development Centre set up with an investment of Rs. 30 crore at Pettamitta in Tirupati.After the success of this centre, the Amara Raja Groupis planning to establish its next Skill Development Centre at Diguvamagham, followed by one in Guntur – […]

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MNRE Office Menorandum: Comments are invited on new products to be introduced under off Grid & decentralized solar PV application scheme

August 26, 2016 Anand Gupta

Ministry is introducing three new products for promotion under Off Grid and decentralized solar PV application and providing subsidy for the same. For More Information Pls.Go Through Below Attached Documents…….

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Solar plant commissioned

August 26, 2016 Anand Gupta

A 15-kW solar power plant, set up atop the district panchayat building here, was formally commissioned by N.A. Nellikkunnu, MLA, here on Thursday.The plant, set up at a cost of Rs.15.25 lakh by the public sector Keltron, forgoes the conventional battery backup system. Surplus energy It will meet the entire energy requirements of the office […]

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200 solar hand pumps to be installed in U’khand to solve water crisis

August 26, 2016 Anand Gupta

To reduce the long queue at hand pumps, Uttarakhand pey jal nigam has decided to install around 200 eco-friendly hand pumps, which will work through solar energy. The department has managed to install 58 of them in various parts of Dehradun district, while eight still needs to be put up. Water shortage is a major […]

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India’s focus on renewable energy and microgrid technology will be key to drive eco-efficient datacenter growth in the country

August 26, 2016 Anand Gupta

ABB India, the power and automation major co-hosted a workshop on the emerging technology and market trends for datacenters. With the boom in smart phones and e-commerce – the consumerization of data and the need for IT infrastructure is proliferating the demand in the sector. The need of the hour are datacenters which optimize power […]

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Your home can be powered by solar around the clock

August 26, 2016 Anand Gupta

In the midst of Brexit and Pokemania, it’s easy to overlook a shift taking place in global energy networks that has far reaching benefits for us all. Solar can now economically provide the majority of a homeowners’ electricity demand thanks to improvements in the performance, lifetime and cost; lithium batteries are 90% cheaper than they […]

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Rooftop solar power plant goes operational at Chennai airport

August 24, 2016 Anand Gupta

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The first phase of the rooftop solar power project has become operational in the Chennai airport. In an event held on Thursday, Airport Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra inaugurated the 1.5 MW plant. Chennai airport director Deepak Shastri said the solar plant, built at cost of Rs 8.5 crore, would bring down the […]

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