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Two years after it was launched, the world’s first solar cooperative has transformed Gujarat’s Dhundi village

April 16, 2018 Anand Gupta

Farmers here buy water from entrepreneurs at half the rate they paid when they used diesel pumps The unrelenting heat of the summer afternoon sends us scurrying for cover under a large tree as we reach Dhundi village in Gujarat’s Kheda district. We are making our way to Udaysinh Chawda’s home. It is a spacious […]

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Surat Municipal tops in green energy generation across cities

April 14, 2018 Anand Gupta

The capacity of wind power plants alone is now more than 30MW.”“No other civic body in the country has its own wind power plants to generate electricity. SURAT: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) produces nearly 40MW of green energy from wind, solar and biogas. Surat has been working on renewable energy since 2003 and started […]

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PFC to finance solar LED street lighting system in Narsampet constituency

April 14, 2018 Anand Gupta

Warangal: Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Limited, a union government undertaking, has come forward to finance solar powered LED street lighting system in Narsampet assembly constituency. The PFC has agreed to finance the project under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development initiative following a request by Mahabubabad MP A Seetaram Naik. The corporation would […]

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‘Enough solar and storage systems can get buildings off grid’

April 13, 2018 Anand Gupta

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Introduction of micro-inverters marks one of the biggest technology shifts in the solar PV industry where central inverters have ruled the roost. One central inverter would normally cover an entire residential solar system. Micro-inverters, on the other hand, sit on the back of each and every solar panel. Manufacturers claim 5-25 per cent increase […]

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Maharashtra’s 31 railway stations to run on solar powerq

April 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

IN an effort to promote usage of solar power at railway stations and other buildings of the railways, the Ministry of Railways has planned installation of solar panels on 471 railway stations and buildings in the country. Of these, 31 will be in Maharashtra. The Ministry of Railways has already emphasised on a plan to […]

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What’s the reason behind Hyderabad city’s low voltage response to solar rooftops?

April 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

HYDERABAD: How much of power we consume by burning dirty coal can be saved? Turns out a lot. According to a new report, if roofs of all buildings within GHMC are covered with solar panels, the city can generate a whopping 1.76 Giga Watts (GW) of power. The city’s potential is only second to New […]

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Power from rooftop can meet 15 per cent of Hyderabad’s need

April 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

Hyderabad: Hyderabad city has a potential to switch to rooftop solar power of 1,730 Megawatt (MW). If this is done, the power demand of the city can be reduced by 15 per cent, shows a study done by Greenpeace and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute. According to a Greenpeace India report ‘Rooftop Revolution: Unleashing […]

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Airport Authority of India (AAI), Pune to be on 100% Solar

April 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

Airport Authority of India (AAI), Pune set the deadline of March 31 for the completion of the 300 kWp solar power plant project. But they missed the deadline and are now targeting April 30 for the switch-over to solar power from conventional energy. On February 10, 2018, the AAI Pune announced the construction of a […]

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Install solar plants or face action, residents told Estate office to issue notices as two-year deadline set to expire next month

April 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

Chandigarh: The residents who failed to install rooftop solar power plants at residential houses will face notices from the Estate Office as the two-year deadline for installing solar power plants is set to expire next month. The Chandigarh Administration, in a notification issued in May 2016, had made installation of rooftop solar power plants mandatory in […]

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