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NREDCAP asks government offices and private institutions to go solar

The New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) is advising government offices and private institutions to go solar in a bid to bring down power consumption by 50 per cent and cut down carbon emission. NREDCAP is asking to replace conventional system of lighting with solar powered LED bulbs and T5 lights […]

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Korean Researchers Develop High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

A team of researchers led by Taiho Park at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea, has found a new method to improve not only the efficiency, but stability and humidity tolerance of perovskite solar cells. The Korean researchers designed a hydrophobic conducting polymer that has high hole mobility without the need of additives, […]

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SunPower sets a new solar power panel efficiency record of 24.1 percent

SunPower has set a new solar power panel efficiency record of 24.1 percent, surpassing the previous world record for the highest efficiency of a solar panel using silicon cells. Early this year SunPower achieved 22.8 percent efficiency for its X-Series solar panel. “With greater efficiency, we can fit more watts on the roof with the outstanding […]

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Georgia Power’s 30-MW solar facility at Fort Benning starts operation

Georgia Power, the Army Office of Energy Initiatives (OEI), General Services Administration and the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) marked the start of operations of a new 30 megawatt (MW) solar project at Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia. The facility is the first of five on-base military solar projects currently being developed by Georgia Power […]

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SunPedal Ride of 70 days to raise solar awareness in India

IIT Bombay alumnus from Energy Science Department, Sushil Reddy will be riding a solar powered electric bicycle across 5 states and 7000+ kms in India starting 7th May 2016 to raise solar awareness in the country. The SunPedal ride will be of approximately of 70 days which will be done with a support vehicle and […]

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SECI asks World Bank to finance 50% of it solar projects

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) set up originally to help the growth of solar power in the country by holding auctions and promoting projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, is now going ahead with plans of developing a second suite of PV projects in India claims a report. According to ET […]

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Delhi likely to get green power from Madhya Pradesh to run its Metro trains

The National Capital of India will reportedly get green power from Madhya Pradesh starting next year to run its Metro trains. Manu Shrivastava, Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Department speaking to PTI said “we are charting out the power purchase agreement (PPA) to be signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and developers of the world’s […]

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