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Delhi aims to generate 1GW solar power by 2020

The Delhi Government on monday approved solar policy to make the national capital a solar city with installation of 1 GW solar power capacity in next five years(2020). The state government also proposed to double it to 2GW by 2025. The policyoutlines a combination of regulations, mandates, incentives, and tax breaks for the growth of […]

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A device that harvests wind and solar energy could power the ‘Internet of Things’

“Internet of Things” is expected to make life more efficient and cities “smarter” connecting an extensive network of tiny communications devices. But these machines need lot of energy.  Instead of adding to the global reliance on fossil fuels to power the network, researchers have introduced a single device that harvests wind and solar energy. The […]

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Cost of Solar energy is less than that of conventional energy: Piyush Goyal

Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal speaking at a lecture organized by Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and the Pune International Centre of State (IC) said energy is important part of our ecosystem and setting up of a multilateral Agency of International Solar Alliance is a demonstration of our concern for issues […]

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Micro Solar Dome Surya Jyoti to save millions of units of power: Harsh Vardhan

Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan has launched a low cost and environment-friendly solar lighting device dubbed as Surya Jyoti. The device developed under the aegis of the Department of Science & Technology would prove to be a boon for the urban and rural households in the country that do […]

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India’s Solar Initiative seems already Sunny

India is a home for around 300 million people living with sporadic electricity and also a country which receives the most amount of sunlight in a year. Hence it is said that the solar energy available in the country surpasses the possible energy output of all fossil fuels energy reserves. Solar is the only viable […]

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New Policy for Solar Panels in the Indian Railways

With Indian government’s aim of making India the ‘clean energy’ kernel, the largest rail network has settled a policy for harnessing solar energy on rooftops of Railway premises. The policy will allow establishing solar power plants through developer mode with a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) by Railways. The existing policy pronounces rooftops of […]

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SunEdison’s poll result shows 74% of Maryland voters support the Clean Energy Jobs Act

Sun Edison, Inc. and the Maryland Climate Coalition have released poll results showing that Maryland residents support legislation that would expand clean energy and clean energy jobs in the state. The Clean Energy Jobs Act promotes Maryland’s clean energy standard and entails the state to generate 25% of electricity by 2020 from clean sources. The act also sets […]

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China cutting coal use, growing it’s solar and wind energy capacity fast

Figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast. Last year China’s solar power generation capacity was up by 74% while wind power generation witnessed increase by 34 percent. Speaking to New Scientist, Tim Buckley of the Institute for Energy Economics […]

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