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CM to launch apartment federations’ pan-Bengaluru solar power initiative

October 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

BAF has been working with the state government to make the process of getting approvals to set up the solar power plant simpler. BENGALURU: Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) is launching its city-wide rooftop solar initiative, wherein they are on a mission to get 1,000 apartment complexes in the city to implement rooftop solar plants within […]

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End-Oct target for Bihar rooftop solar plan

October 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Rs 75,000 for setting up the micro solar power plants would be required, out of which half of the cost would come as subsidy from the Centre The installation of solar power plants under the grid connected rooftop scheme will start from government buildings in Bihar. The selection of agency for this work has been […]

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Sun-lit prosumers take centrestage at three-day renewable energy show

October 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Madhya Pradesh, a participant in the event, sees tariff fall to Rs 1.38 but net metering remains a challenge How did the global renewable energy conference RE-Invest 2018, hosted in power deficit Uttar Pradesh, illuminate itself? The three-day event at the India Expo Centre in Noida, showcasing India’s best in green energy capability, was actually […]

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Tata Motors Pune plant wins RE Excellence End User award

October 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

Tata Motors Pune plant wins RE Excellence End User award Tata Motors’ Pune plant garners up to 51% of its annual power demand through the use of renewable energy including wind power and rooftop solar power. New Delhi: Tata Motors on Thursday said its Pune plant has been awarded the prestigious ‘Renewable Energy Excellence End […]

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Solar Ambassador Workshop at DPS

October 3, 2018 Anand Gupta

Hyderabad: As a part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations, IIT, Bombay organised a unique one-day training programme on Tuesday, wherein 5,000 students from 80-100 schools from all over India had come together at IIT Bombay campus and learnt to assemble their solar study lamps designed to help them to fulfill their study light needs. Over […]

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Schoolchildren create over 5,000 solar lamps at IIT-B, light up record books

October 3, 2018 Anand Gupta

MUMBAI: A world record was set as more than 5,000 solar lamps with LED lights were lit up simultaneously at IIT-Bombay on Tuesday, on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. More than 1.25 lakh students participated in the event-—Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL)-an IIT-Bombay initiative—that was held in 850 schools across the country. Out of […]

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Rajasthan farmers benefited from solar water pumps: study

September 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

Rajasthan farmers benefited from solar water pumps: study ICSSR-funded BITS, Pilani project also found a significant decline in the consumption of fuel in the agriculture sector A scientific study conducted by Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, has found mismatch between investment in solar energy sources and employment generation in the sector, but has […]

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Chennai: Vikram Solar commissions rooftop solar project for city firm

September 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

Similar to the Chennai unit, Vikram Solar said it recently commissioned a 405 kw Rooftop Solar photo-voltaic system for Century Plyboards in Gujarat Chennai: Vikram Solar, a rooftop solar and EPC solutions provider, on Thursday announced the installation of 1,056 kW rooftop solar project for the Chennai unit of Century Plyboard Ltd. The Century Plyboards’ […]

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NIT Goa to be India’s 1st fully solar-powered tech institute

September 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Panaji: The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa, has received funding of Rs 497 crore from the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry for construction of the first phase of its permanent campus at Cuncolim. Once ready, the institute will be the first technical institute in India to be fully solar-powered, NIT Goa director Gopal […]

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Solar power scheme for high-rise flats approved

September 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Solar power scheme for high-rise flats approved The reason for less utilisation is due to poor response for solar adoption by domestic sector consumers. New Delhi: In its meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Solar Power Scheme for the rooftops of domestic consumers of group housing societies. Under […]

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