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Ranchi University harnesses the sun at Mohrabadi

August 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

The Ranchi University (RU) is the lone varsity among the five state varsities to adopt ‘Green India Mission’ scheme and install solar panels on the rooftops of five academic buildings at its Mohrabadi campus. Varsity sources said its electricity bill had come down drastically from Rs 7 lakh every month to Rs 50,000 after five […]

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Harvesting The Sun: India’s Push For Renewable Energy

August 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

Last month Indian Railways’ first solar-power augmented diesel-electric train chugged into Haryana from a neighbourhood in Delhi. Its six coaches are equipped with 16 solar panels on the roof and will be used to power all electrical appliances inside. The Railways hope to reduce 239 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions by saving approximately 90,800 litres […]

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Solar power for State lighthouses

August 10, 2017 Anand Gupta

Odisha’s six lighthouses, that have been providing safe voyage to mariners and navigators since the British era, have been solarised as part of a country-wide programme to power these establishments with renewable energy. Solarisation of lighthouses was completed recently. The lighthouses are now effectively functioning with solar renewable energy and solarisation process has so far […]

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Ujaas Energy bags two orders from Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency

August 9, 2017 Anand Gupta

Ujaas Energy has received two orders from Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency to install and commission grid-connected rooftop solar power plants. The company will install a 3.5-MW solar power plant for individual, commercial and industrial users, and a 5-MW solar plant on government buildings, both on turnkey basis. Shares of the company ended down about […]

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Crest to ask UT estate office to issue notices to violators

August 9, 2017 Anand Gupta

After city residents showed little interest in installing solar power plant atop their house, the Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology (Crest) has sought help from the UT estate office. Last year, Crest had made installation of solar power plant on private buildings mandatory. However, despite that the response has been poor. It has been […]

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Governor opens TRANSCO, GENCO headquarters

August 9, 2017 Anand Gupta

“The roads are dark and deep and you have miles to go before you sleep, not only you but also entire TRANSCO and GENCO employees,” remarked Governor E S L Narsimhan after inaugurating the new building complex for electricity department’s headquarters here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that the new building […]

Employees work in an assembly line at Hero Honda’s newly inaugurated plant in Haridwar

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Honda Motorcycles commissions new assembly line in Karnataka

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

India is now the biggest production base of Honda two-Wheelers worldwide post commissioning of the latest production capacity in Narsapura, reports Team B&C Recently Honda Motorcycles India inaugurated a new assembly line at its Narsapura plant, near Bengaluru, Karnataka. With the latest expansion of 0.6 million units the combined annual production capacity from all four […]

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Solar units on rooftops brighten 12,000 properties

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

There has been a steady rise in the installation of solar units by households, residential societies and commercial establishments across the city. Over 12,000 properties have opted for solar units. An addition of 2,000 properties was registered in the 2016-17. Most establishments are tapping solar energy for household purposes like water heaters, lamps and air-conditioning […]

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Vasundhara Raje’s Roof Has Solar Panels, So Does 468 Rajasthan Families

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

After setting up one of India’s biggest solar power plants in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan’s Bhadla village, the state is now aiming to produce solar energy from rooftops. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje harvests solar energy from the roof of her official home in Jaipur. A large part of Ms Raje’s daily household electricity consumption […]

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Solar Lights To Power Smiles

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

Let us take you back seven years – when Shubhankar was still “Pintu”, and no one in his village had yet seen the light. The electric light, that is. In Annpur, a village on Satjelia Island in the Sundarbans, people made do with kerosene and oil lamps because electric lines simply hadn’t reached the remote […]

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