41 Kerala Schools to Set Up Solar Power Unit in Premises Updated On Mon, Feb 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy The schools will have to spend Rs 80,000 for setting up a 2kW solar power unit on their premises. In order to get uninterrupted power supply, around forty one government/aided schools in Kerala will set-up solar power unit in their premises by the end of the current academic year. The move is backed by Agency […] Read more
Kerala’s St Francis Assisi Cathedral Goes Solar Updated On Tue, Jan 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar power plant was introduced with the assistance of KSEB, ANERT, and Bengaluru – based Orb Energy. In June 2015, Fr Judis Panackal, vicar of St Francis Assisi Cathedral got a ‘Laudato Si’ encyclical (an ecclesiastical letter) on the earth and environmental change from the Vatican, which worried on the need to grasp sustainable […] Read more
India Successfully Commissioned Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Updated On Tue, Dec 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy Through this solar power plant, as many as 7.5 lakh units of power will be transmitted to the KSEB’s Padinjarathara substation. In a significant development, India’s largest floating solar power plant in Kerala has successfully commissioned by Power minister M M Mani on the Banasura Sagar reservoir at Padinjarethara in Wayanad. According to the Kerala […] Read more
India’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Set to Be Commissioned Updated On Fri, Dec 1st, 2017 by Saurenergy The project with 500 kWp (Kilowatt peak) initiated on March 10, 2016, is the biggest Floating Solar Power Plant the country will have. The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is set to commission India’s largest Floating Solar Power Plant to be built on the Banasura Sagar Dam at Padinharethara in Wayanad district. The commissioning will be announced […] Read more
Two 10 MW floating solar projects are coming up in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala soon Updated On Tue, Oct 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy “Two 10 MW floating solar projects, which will be the largest so far in the country, will come up in Andra Pradesh and Kerala. We are carrying out the design,” Two floating solar projects with the capacity of 10 MW each are coming up in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala to harness unutilised water bodies. “Two […] Read more
Kerala Government Approves App-based Survey to Map Renewable Energy Installations Updated On Fri, Jul 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy The state government of Kerala has given its approval to the Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology to develop the mobile app at a cost of Rs 10 lakh for Mapping Renewable Energy Installations. The Government of Kerala would soon launch a mobile app-based survey to map the renewable energy installations, such as solar […] Read more
With Solar Power Included, Kerala to Become Fully Electrified By End of May 2017 Updated On Thu, May 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy Apart from taking initiatives to promote solar power projects in the State, the Government is keen to make Kerala Fully Electrified by providing power connections to 2.5 lakh houses. Power Minister M M Mani told the state assembly that Kerala will be declared a fully electrified state by the end of this month. He further […] Read more
Kerala Solar Energy Policy Updated On Thu, Apr 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy OBJECTIVE Objective of the state solar policy include:- Increase the installed capacity of the solar sector in the State to 500MW by 2017 and 2500 MW by 2030. Contribute to long term energy security of the State of Kerala as well as ecological security by reduction in carbon emission. Adopt a multi-pronged approach in targeting […] Read more
Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura join UDAY Updated On Thu, Mar 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy Further, the States of Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura also joined the scheme for operational improvement of the States’ Power Distribution Departments. With this the total count of States/UTs under UDAY reaches 26. State of Kerala and Kerala State Electricity Board Limited exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) […] Read more
