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Western Railway move can promote solar energy in Mumbai: Experts

December 12, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Even as experts on solar power cheered the move by Western Railways of going for solar rooftops by setting up solar panels on top of the platform sheds, they also said that this move could also end up becoming the biggest promotion for solar rooftops in Mumbai. “The solar rooftops at Lower Parel station are […]

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Gurgaon: Wellington Estate gets 200 kWp Solar power plant

December 12, 2017 Anand Gupta

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The implementation will be more beneficial during peak summer, as the city’s electricity demand averages around 1300 MW per day and there is shortage of 350 MW, as per DHBVN officials. The upscale Wellington Estate in DLF 5 has commissioned a 200 kWp Solar Power Plant that will supplement the already installed 1800 KW grid […]

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Ultimate Sun Systems appoints Prabhuraj Ambli as Executive Director and exclusive business partner for Karnataka

December 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Appointment brings Prabhuraj’s expert leadership and network into USS’ plans for expansion into the region New Delhi: Ultimate Sun Systems, renewable energy solutions pioneer and ISO 9001:2008 certified MNRE Channel Partner company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Prabhuraj Ambli as Executive Director and exclusive business partner for the Karnataka region. Prabhuraj will be […]

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Vikas Bhavan produces solar power, supplies to grid

December 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Bareilly: Vikas Bhavan here has become the second building housing government offices after Varanasi in the state that has started generating electricity from solar energy and transferring the surplus to the power grid besides reducing power consumption by half. Chief development officer Satendra Kumar said six months ago, they installed a 70-kilowatt solar energy plant […]

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India added more rooftop solar in 2017 than the past 4 years combined Inhabitat

December 9, 2017 Anand Gupta

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India’s rooftop solar sector has been exploding. In 2017, the country added 715 megawatts (MW) in roof installations – more than MW added in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 put together, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). And the cost of electricity from rooftop solar power has been cut in half […]

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Agriculture gets solar push with 90% subsidy

December 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

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CHENNAI: In a bid to phase out free power and promote the use of renewable energy, the Tamil Nadu government is pushing for the adoption of solar pumps for agriculture, by offering 90% subsidy to the farmers. In the first phase, it has floated a tender for the supply of 1,000 pumps from manufacturers. Tamil […]

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Clean energy startup Greenlight Planet gets funded

December 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Greenlight Planet is a renewable energy (clean energy) startup that is based in India but also has operations in Africa. The startup announced yesterday (06/12/2017) that it has raised US $60 million (Rs. 387 crores) in Series A round of funding from the London – based VC firm, Apis Partners. The startup’s existing investors like […]

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Install solar plant at house, or face the heat

December 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

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CHANDIGARH: With the two-year deadline for installing rooftop solar power plants at residential properties set to expire in three months, notices will be issued to owners who fail to comply. The Chandigarh administration, in a notification issued on May 18, 2016, had made installation of rooftop solar power plants mandatory in residential houses measuring 500 […]

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Sulekha becomes state’s first firm to run its factory on solar power

December 6, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Kolkata: Sulekha, one of the oldest companies in Bengal and a household name for ink and pen has become the state’s first firm to run its factory exclusively with solar energy. Kaushik Maitra, managing director of Sulekha said two 25 KW solar plants have been installed at the factory and behind the shop at Sulekha […]

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Solar irrigation project to benefit 150 acres of land in Lanjigarh

December 6, 2017 Anand Gupta

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More than 150 acres of land and resident farmers will be benefitted due to this ambitious project. LANJIGARH: Vedanta, in partnership with District Agriculture Department, NABARD and partner NGO – SANDHAN has undertaken solar irrigation project in Lanjigarh region. Frequent power-cuts and perennial problems in supplying requisite water for irrigation purposes have been pertinent issues […]

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