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Rooftop solar systems could help reduce power bills: Study

July 4, 2018 Anand Gupta

New Delhi: Households having rooftop solar panels could save up to 95 per cent of their monthly power bill, according to a joint study by policy and research group CEEW and power distribution company BYPL. Residents buying power from a community rooftop solar photo voltaic plant, through a subscription plan, could also save up to […]

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Energy ministers’ meet: Hydro power revival back on discussion table

July 4, 2018 Anand Gupta

Union Power Minister R K Singh acknowledges acute coal shortage, allows import by states In water-scarce Shimla, where energy ministers from across India flew to discuss woes of the power sector, the host state pushed for immediate and long-term reforms in the hydro power sector. Along with other hydro rich states, Himachal Pradesh asked the […]

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OFDC INSTALS SOLAR UNIT AT CORPORATE OFFICE

July 3, 2018 Anand Gupta

Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC) Chairman GK Dhal said the corporate headquarters of the State PSU has been made 100 per cent solar energy reliant from this month. Dhal said that this will not only help the environment but save approximately Rs 1 lakh on electricity expenditure per month. The Board of Directors of the […]

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Adopting solar power can help you earn money

July 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

Consumers can feed surplus power into the state’s power grid and receive a credit on the bill. Solar based power generations is a simple concept which took it’s time, but is now firmly entrenched as an economic model to generate sustainable power. And as solar panels have gotten cheaper over the years, more and more […]

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Agri pumpsets to go solar

July 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

Kakinada: The New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of AP (NREDCAP), in association with AP Transco, is planning in a big way for income generation to farming community in all 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh. Under this programme, all the agriculture pump sets with conventional power will be converted as solar pump sets in a […]

Mike and lilliana Libecki in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

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American father-daughter duo bring ‘technological difference’ to remote Arunachal village (IANS Special Series)

July 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

National Geographic explorer Mike Libecki and his 14-year-old daughter Lilliana are essentially travellers who have been to several remote corners of the world. But it is not just the high-ranging mountains or far-flung seas that have a distinct pull for the American father-daughter duo; in fact, most of their travels are humanitarian- and- philanthropy-based expeditions. […]

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Solar power unit set up for new ACB office in Vijayawada under Ramesh Hospitals CSR activity

June 30, 2018 Anand Gupta

Representatives of Ramesh Hospitals handing over a cheque for Rs 4 lakh to ACB Director General RP Thakur for setting up of solar power unit in newly-constructed ACB office in Vijayawada on Friday, under corporate social responsibility (CSR). The hospital chairman, MS Rammohan Rao, Chief Cardiologist P Ramesh Babu were present. Source: thehansindia

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Power dept mulls solar water heating systems on various government buildings

June 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

Kolkata: In a bid to develop alternative energy resources, the state Power department has been chalking out an elaborate plan to install solar water heating systems on various government buildings. According to sources, the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) has undertaken a project to install solar water heating systems on various buildings across […]

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Amazon installs 1,000 kW rooftop solar panels at Hyderabad centre

June 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

Bengaluru, Mumbai and Chennai centres to follow suit HYDERABAD: Amazon India plans to generate clean energy by installing solar panels on the roof of its fulfilment centres and sorting sites in India. It has installed 1,000 kilowatts (kW) of solar power panels at its fulfilment centre in Shamshabad, Hyderabad, and 600 kW at its fulfilment […]

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Amazon India to install solar power panels in more fulfillment centres

June 27, 2018 Anand Gupta

Amazon India has announced a new initiative to generate clean energy through installation of solar panels on the rooftops of its fulfillment centres and sortation sites in India. Currently, Amazon India has already installed 1,000 kilowatt (KW) of solar power panels at its fulfillment centre in Hyderabad. In addition to the installation at Hyderabad, the […]

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