In Short : Raja Khas in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district has been declared the state’s first Solar Model Village under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana. Selected from 43 villages, it will receive ₹1 crore for solar infrastructure. The project promotes clean energy adoption in rural areas, with support from the state electricity board and Himurja […]
Building Turkey’s 1st sustainable, solar-powered village in Assos
Right across from the ancient city where Aristotle founded his very own philosophy school after leaving the Platonic Academy in Athens, a group of Turkish professionals are planning to establish Turkey’s first sustainable village. According to Önder Halisdemir, the founder of Nefes Assos, the village comes as an answer to the growing problem of overcrowdedness […]
Village left out of solar power project, Isoc admits
The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) on Tuesday admitted that its 45-million-baht solar power project in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district had not yet reached a remote village that ended up being helped out by a YouTube celebrity. Isoc was responding to criticism on social media about why it had invested so much money in the […]
First in Africa: Morocco’s Id Mjahdi Village is Solely Powered By Solar Panels
This month, a small Moroccan village earned the distinction of becoming Africa’s first fully solar powered village. 32 solar panels were brought online and connected to a mini-grid system that delivers electricity to around 50 residents of Id Mjahdi, a small village near the seaside town of Essaouira. The project cost just $188,000 to build […]
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 […]
