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Solar panels to be installed at railway stations in Vadodara division

VADODARA: To avoid and minimise the usage of conventional source of power, the Vadodara railway division of Western Railways has started the process of installing solar panels at railway stations falling under its jurisdiction. As part of the initiative, solar panels will be installed at Vadodara, Anand, Nadiad, Bharuch, Godhra and Ankleshwar railway station among […]

Housing society in Mumbai’s Kurla switches to solar power, cuts electricity bill by 83%

Society’s residents, who used to pay Rs31,000 a month for electricity, now spend Rs5,000; the solar grid cost residents Rs14 lakh Residents of a housing society in Kurla have managed to cut their electricity bill by 83% by switching to solar energy. Twin Star Cooperative Housing Society in Rupa Nagar, Kurla (West), with 56 flats, […]

“Consistently cheaper” clean energy set to connect world’s poor – power experts

ABU DHABI – With the costs of creating electricity from solar power and wind continuing to fall, electricity from renewable energy will soon be “consistently cheaper” than electricity from fossil fuels, according to the head of the world’s renewable energy agency. By 2020, most wind and solar power technology now being commercially used will be […]

JK looking to tap solar power to end power crisis economically

Srinagar: The “burden” of power purchasing has prompted the government to “diversify” the solar power sector in the state to meet the electricity requirement. In the last six-years, Jammu and Kashmir has spent over Rs 28,000 crore on power purchase, mostly from the centre-owned National Hydro Electricity Power Corporation (NHPC). At the same time, there […]

$75m of new investment announced as off-grid solar sector concludes it is ready to respond to the huge global demand for energy access

The Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo organized by the IFC-World Bank Lighting Global program and GOGLA, concluded this week with announcements of $75 million in new investments and that the industry now generates an estimated $1bn a year in revenue. Three days of high level discussion took place at the Hong Kong Convention and […]

As New Report Estimates the Off-Grid Solar Market has Provided Improved Energy Access to 360 Million People Globally, Sector Leaders Gather in Hong Kong to Chart the Future of the Industry

Hong Kong/Utrecht/Washington DC — Today marks the start of the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo, a three-day event held biennially where 600+ key industry stakeholders are gathering to take stock of progress and discuss future trends in the off-grid solar sector. Organized by GOGLA and the IFC-World Bank Lighting Global program, and supported by […]

Solar power for stations

Patna: Several stations under Danapur division of east central railway (ECR) will soon be equipped with solar panels. The ministry of railways plans to introduce solar panels at different railway stations of the country. The move comes under the plan through which the central government is promoting use of renewable energy systems across the country, […]