UP Eyes Developing 20 Solar Cities In Next Five Years Updated On Fri, Aug 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Policy 2022 by the Uttar Pradesh has set its sights on another gigantic target, which is to generate 16,000 MW worth renewable power by 2026-27. Additionally, it will also be working towards building 20 cities with10 lakh households into ‘solar cities’ in the span of the next five years. The state government […] Read more
Government has selected 60 cities to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday said that the Centre has selected 60 cities nationwide to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme. The minister said “the cities having a population of 50-thousand to 50-lakh are selected under the scheme.” The cities have been […] Read more
Indian Government sanctions Rs 30 crore for solar cities programme Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Funds worth over Rs 30 crore have been sanctioned to 21 states and union territories under the solar cities development programme. These funds were sanctioned during the last three years till November 30 this year. Out of the total sanctioned amount of Rs 30.36 crore under the ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’ for 21 states […] Read more