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UT plans solar plants on seasonal rivulets in Chandigarh

January 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

CHANDIGARH: To achieve the solar power generation target set by the ministry of new and renewable energy, the Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) has now decided to install solar plants on Patiala ki Rao, a seasonal rivulet in Chandigarh. A senior UT official said that they had already planned a solar […]

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3 stations of Central Railway adopt energy conservation techniques to save energy

January 15, 2019 Anand Gupta

Mumbai: Three stations of the Central Railways have adopted energy conservation techniques to save energy. Asangaon station of the Central Railway has the distinction of being the second station on Indian Railways to become a ‘Green Station’, where all the energy needs are met by solar and wind ill generated power. More Information: It was followed […]

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Solar-powered ambitions

January 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

AHMEDABAD: Electricity supply — both during day and night — sometimes poses a hurdle in makeshift residences for daily chores and children’s education. What if the children were taught how to harness solar energy so that they could help the household? With this idea, Kruti Sutaria, a 20-year-old earth and environment engineering student at Columbia […]

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HMDA mulls solar panels to save power bills

January 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

There are two models for taking up the project. One model is HMDA investing the capital for setting up the panels and generate the power and operate the entire system Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is exploring possibilities of setting up solar panels at its properties, especially commercial complexes to save power bills […]

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MD REIL Inaugurated Workshop for Implementation of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar

January 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

New Delhi: Shri A. K. Jain, MD, Rajasthan Electronics Instruments Ltd (REIL) inaugurated workshop with the lightening of the lamp in the presence of officials of its allocated 10 ministries & selected developers for MNRE’s achievement linked incentive scheme on 10th January 2019, Scope Convention Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Shri Piyush Paliwal, ED, REIL […]

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NGO Chirag to light up 400th village in India with solar power on January 10

January 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

NGO Chirag Rural Development Foundation is set to light up the 400th village in India at Baldyachapada in Mokhada, Palghar district on January 10. Started in 2010 by professor Pratibha Pai of Mumbai, the NGO has introduced solar lamps at 16,000 homes covering one lakh people across seven states in India. Pai, 62, was working […]

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All drinking water supply schemes will be brought under solar power: Fadnavis

January 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

Nagpur: The chief Minister Devendra Fadvanis on Saturday said that all the drinking water schemes in the state will be brought under solar power systems. Using solar powered pumps for operating pumping stations would enhance financial sustainability of water supply projects. “In the past four years, 20,000 water supply projects have been sanctioned and work […]

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Rooftop solar plan hits roadblock as net meters unavailable

January 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

GURUGRAM: Subscribers of the grid-connected rooftop solar power scheme in the city are worried about their investment in the wake of unavailability of net meters — a key component that gets the system started. The net meters distributed by DHBVN are currently unavailable because the power discom has blacklisted the company manufacturing them, sources said. […]

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How this NRI built an army of ‘Solar Sahelis’ to power villages and empower women

January 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

he was born and raised in New York, but for Ajaita Shah, it is the hinterlands of India where her life’s work lies. The 34-year-old has created a network of thousands of women entrepreneurs called ‘Solar Sahelis’, along with institutional partners and agri-retailers, to generate employment, encourage sustainable development, and empower rural women in their […]

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Maharashtra farmers to get sops for using solar pumps

January 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

Fan, LED bulbs and mobile charging sockets as freebies To encourage farmers to use solar agriculture pumps, the Maharashtra government has decided to give two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket as freebies. The State has launched the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana (ASKP) for farmers with a subsidy of up […]

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