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Eastern Railways Iconic Jamalpur Workshop To Go Solar

In its ambitious push to become a ‘Carbon Neutral Railway,’ the Eastern Railway is also leaning heavily on solar power. Coming up next is a 3.7 MWp roof top and shed solar power plant at its Jamalpur Workshop for 25 years. The Jamalpur Workshop, or Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop was established on 8 February 1862 as […]

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Industry Hails New Open Access Rules, Hopes For Turbocharged Solar Growth

The notification of the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Open Access) Rules 2022 or the Green Open Access Rules as the industry is calling it, has easily been the biggest policy move for the sector this quarter. A quick perusal of the messages of welcome indicate that optimism rules high, and the Corporate and […]

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Canada, India Sign MoU On RE, Leave Coal Problem For A Deal In Future

Canada and India signed an Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday to mutually cooperate to make Renewable Energy a reliable source of electricity. However, the coal generated power is conspicuously absent from the MoU, raising several eyebrows since Canada is leading a global movement to end the burning of coal for electricity and India is the […]

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Vedanta Aluminium Commissions India’s Largest Li-Ion Forklifts Fleet

India’s largest aluminum producer and private sector miner, Vedanta Aluminium has announced commissioning India’s largest electric fleet of 27 forklifts. This electric fleet is powered by lithium-ion batteries. This is the first step in Vedanta Aluminium’s attempts to decarbonize its industrial vehicle fleet, and it was done in collaboration with GEAR (Gemini Equipment and Rentals […]

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Cipla is Expanding Its Renewable Energy Plant in Association with AMP Energy

Cipla Limited is adding 16MW to its 30MW solar plant capacity to meet the energy needs of manufacturing operations in Kurkumbh and Patalganga, as well as R&D units in Maharashtra.  Cipla commissioned this 30MW solar plant last year (2021) in January at Tuljapur. For the commissioning of both projects, Cipla Ltd has done the partnership […]

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Rural Renewables Focused OMC Power Raises Funding From Japan’s Chubu Electric

Indian rural renewable energy service firm, OMC Power has announced getting financial backing for their planned expansion of green energy production, storage, and distribution portfolio in rural India.  Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., which is the 3rd Largest Power Generation Firm in Japan, has made this investment through a Share Subscription Agreement with OMC Power. Chubu […]

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One In Every Two EVs Sold Will Have Electric Powertrain By 2030

Electric vehicles are gaining share so fast in China that one in every two cars sold will have an electric powertrain by 2030. The EV sales in China are projected to cross six million units by the end of this year. India is aiming to have 30 per cent of its passenger vehicle sales as […]

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Developing Economies Such As India Can Have Climate Resilient Energy Independence

Developing economies such as India have an enormous opportunity to build energy independence and grow in a climate resilient manner, in the process creating a thriving corporate sector that best leverages these increasingly prominent global financial capital market priorities, and funding capacities, a new report released on Tuesday said. As one of the fastest growing […]

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Greenko-Cockerill JV to build 2 GW green H2 electrolyser plant in India

Greenko ZeroC (GZC), a subsidiary of Greenko Group, an Indian clean-tech company, and John Cockerill, a Belgium-based designer and manufacturer of high-capacity alkaline electrolyzers, have agreed to together manufacture green hydrogen electrolyzers in the Indian sub-continent. The two companies will build a hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory targeting capacity of two gigawatts which is aimed at substituting […]

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