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REC’s High Performing and Low Carbon Footprint Solar Panels to Fuel the Green Building Revolution

November 2, 2017 Anand Gupta

MUMBAI — REC Group, the leading European brand for photovoltaic (PV) panels, stresses the need to explore viable solutions to realize net-zero energy or green buildings in order to attain a carbon-neutral future. The awareness for the added value of green buildings is increasing and becoming a hot topic worldwide. During Greenbuild Expo in Mumbai, […]

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Eco Friendly IIM Udaipur gets 5-star rating

November 2, 2017 Anand Gupta

IIM Udaipur has achieved a 5-star rating. The new campus of IIM Udaipur is being constructed on 373 acres of land. The master plan for this has been awarded a 5-star rating by Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA). GRIHA rates different institutes countrywide based on their environment. IIM Udaipur has been awarded this […]

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Solar panels to cost Metro 1.5 cr less

November 2, 2017 Anand Gupta

After completing the installation of solar panels on all 12 Metro stations along the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 corridor, the Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), operator of Metro has said that this initiative will save them Rs 1.5 crore every year. The Metro-1 corridor is already running in huge losses, and installation of solar […]

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CleanMax commissions 140 kWp solar plant at Pitampura haat

November 1, 2017 Anand Gupta

New Delhi – CleanMax Solar today said it has commissioned a 140 kWp solar plant at the food and craft bazaar, Dilli Haat in Pitampura. This capacity is part of the 2.5 MW contract secured with the Delhi Government’s power generation arm, Indraprastha Power Generation (IPGCL), CleanMax Solar statement said. According to statement, this rooftop […]

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Mumbai college installs 150 solar panel, cuts electricity bills by 60%

November 1, 2017 Anand Gupta

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Maharashtra College of Arts and Commerce from South Mumbai has installed a rooftop solar plant of 50 kilo watt. Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 1: In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Maharashtra College of Arts and Commerce from South Mumbai has installed a rooftop solar plant […]

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Hyderabad Metro to have rooftop solar set-up

November 1, 2017 Anand Gupta

HYDERABAD – L&T Metro Hyderabad Rail Ltd will be partly powered by solar rooftop installations across its stations and infrastructure coming up along all the three corridors in Hyderabad. It has been permitted to have the advantage of procuring power through the ‘open access’ mechanism. About 64 metro stations will see the installation of solar power […]

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New policy of solar pumps being formulated

November 1, 2017 Anand Gupta

NEW DELHI – The government is in the process of formulating a new scheme for solar pumps to promote standalone solar off-grid pumps with an objective of replacing existing diesel pump sets. According to an official statement after the meeting of Consultative Committee attached to Ministries of Power and New and Renewable Energy in Guwahati, a […]

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Initiate clean cooking movement by tapping solar energy market: PM to start-ups

October 31, 2017 Anand Gupta

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call to start-ups run by the city youth to initiate a clean cooking movement by tapping the huge market potential of solar energy, saying they would get blessings of women from the poor sections of society. Modi said in the last 35 years, governments had spent Rs 4,000 crore […]

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Can the Saubhagya scheme work?

October 31, 2017 Anand Gupta

It addresses upfront costs of rural electrification, but we cannot expect new users to immediately pay the full costs of service. The government’s recently announced 100% household electrification scheme, Saubhagya, aims to tackle the next link for electrification, where until now most efforts focused at the village or hamlet level. The good news is that […]

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Centre and Dispur vow to implement Saubhagya Scheme

October 31, 2017 Anand Gupta

GUWAHATI, Oct 31: Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Power, New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh called on Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Assam Administrative Staff College this evening and held a meeting with him for successful implementation of Saubhagya Scheme in Assam. The Saubhagya Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

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