Egyptian farmers will now acquire solar irrigation pumps easily after International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Agricultural bank of Egypt (ABE) formed a partnership to help the farmers access financing to purchase the solar irrigation systems. The partnership will help promote Egyptian farmers switch to Solar Irrigation Systems reducing their reliance on diesel-powered generators and […]
IFC cooperates with Egypt in strengthening clean tech start-ups, enabling farmers to switch to solar
International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced Tuesday joining forces with the National Bank of Egypt and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) to strengthen the clean technology entrepreneurship sector and boost Egyptian farmers’ access to finance for solar irrigation. According to IFC, start-ups make up the bulk of players in the photovoltaic (PV) […]
AP: Uninterrupted power for farmers, Work on 10,000 Mw solar park to start soon
The CM asked the officials to complete all pending works to provide day-time power to the agriculture sector at the earliest. The CM reviewed the progress of energy projects with the senior officials on Friday AMARAVATI: Chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has directed the energy department to provide nine-hour uninterrupted power supply during the […]
Good news for farmers; this state forms Rs 1000 crore welfare fund to boost agricultural income
It has provisioned a separate fund of Rs 500 crore in Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank to ensure bank loan to farmers, up to Rs 20 lakh grant every year on export of organic agri products and a grant of up to Rs 10 lakh on solar power plant. The Rajasthan government has constituted Rs 1,000 […]
EG collector : 3,940 solar power connections to be sanctioned to farmers
Kakinada : East Godavari Collector D Muralidhara Reddy on Saturday said that as a part of the energy saving programme, as many as 3,940 solar power connections and 2,973 energy efficient motors free of cost would be given to the farmers in the district. Addressing a function after flagging off on energy saving week celebrations […]
In Maharashtra village farmers switch to solar pumps, experts fear groundwater exploitation
In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon village, many farmers spend sleepless nights to irrigate their fields, as power for irrigation isn’t available during the daytime for 15 days a month, but Dattaji Balaji Kikole, 62, doesn’t need to strain himself. Reason: Kikole has got a three-horsepower (hp) solar pump installed under the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana launched […]
T’gana to go for 1000 MW solar energy, one-time settlement of dues of panchayats
The Telangana government on Wednesday said it would go for one-time settlement of dues of panchayats and municipalities to state-run electricity organisations and warned that henceforth heads of local bodies will be ‘punished’ for non-payment of bills on time. Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao, who presided over a review meeting on the power sector, said […]
Kawasaki to install 100 solar powered warehouses worth Rs 300 cr in Bengal
Japanese warehousing major Kawasaki Rikuso Transportation Co Ltd (KRT) on Monday said it would install 100 solar-powered, temperature-controlled warehouses in West Bengal at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore. The state government on Monday launched a similar commercially-exploitable demonstration warehouse built by KRT here, with a grant from Japan International Cooperation Agency India (JICA). […]