In Short : Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US $460 million results-based loan to support agricultural solarization in India’s Maharashtra. The programme will upgrade rural distribution networks, install battery storage and decentralised solar for farming irrigation, aim to provide daytime electricity to about 900,000 agricultural consumers by 2028 and reduce over 3 million […]
Schaeffler Secures Long-Term Supply with Statkraft for Solar Electricity – EQ Mag Pro
Schaeffler enters into a supply agreement with Statkraft Markets GmbH and, in future, will obtain 11 percent of its electricity requirements in Germany from photovoltaics Power purchase agreement will run for a period of ten years, starting in 2023 Supply agreement represents an important step in the bid to achieve climate-neutral production by 2030 Global […]
This Fisherman Singlehandedly Brought Solar Electricity to a TN Village – EQ Mag Pro
M Shaktivel is a YouTuber and a fisherman from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, who spent a year installing solar power panels in 15 homes in his village. Until I completed my Class 12 examination there was no electricity connection in my village. I have spent all my school life studying with a lantern that would need […]
How Accelerating the Pivot to Solar Energy Can Help Mena Countries
Gulf countries have set records for the world’s cheapest solar electricity. The world’s largest solar power plant in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra region. Wam Between 2018 and 2020, the solar power capacity of Vietnam leapt to 16.5 gigawatts from 0.1 gigawatts. In the same period, the sunny Mena region added only 3.1 gigawatts in its […]
