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What is ailing the growth of solar irrigation in Bihar? 

Birender Singh is a 68-year-old farmer based at Azamgarh village in Sitamarhi district of Bihar. Buoyed by his interest in solar, he installed a 2HP, off-grid solar pump in 2016. It was installed under the state government’s Chief Minister New and Renewable Energy Solar Pump Scheme.  Singh was among the 2,771 farmers who received the subsidized solar pump under the […]

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Shakti Pumps Secures Order for 10,000 Pumps from UP Govt

Shakti Pumps Ltd has secured a letter of award to the tune of INR 293 crore from the Department of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh. The order is for 10,000 pumps. “Shakti Pumps (India) Limited has received Letter of Award under PM- KUSUM III scheme under component-B from Department of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh for 10,000 pumps,” Shakti […]

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Solar Feeders Promise To Fulfil Solar Targets in Agriculture

Radheshyam Singh is a marginal farmer from Noorsarai in the Nalanda district of Bihar. While a few farmers from the district have availed the benefits of off-grid solar pumps for irrigation in the past, Radheshyam and most of the farmers in the neighbourhood still depend on the grid. However, dependency on the grid for irrigation […]

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Haryana Renewable Energy Department Awards Order for 7,781 Pumps to Shakti Pumps

Shakti Pumps has announced receiving its first work order under the KUSUM-3 Scheme from Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA). The contract is for 7,781 pumps. The work order for the pumps is valued at close to INR 358 crores. This is inclusive of GST. Recently,  Shakti Pumps reported a net sale at INR 101.01 crore […]

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JREDA Calls Bids for 8,000 Off-Grid Solar Pumping Systems

Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) has issued a tender and invited bids towards the deployment of 8,000 off-grid solar pumping systems across various capacities. This announcement comes as part of Component B under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Program. The last date for submission of bids is September 4, […]

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SECI Projects Account For 18% of India’s Solar Capacity: Govt 

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) claimed that 18.3 percent of India’s total solar energy capacity was contributed by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The information was given by the Union New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh in his written reply before the Lok Sabha.  The minister said that in […]

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GEAPP to Aid Myanmar with 100 Solar Projects, Unlocking $60 Mn Solar Investment

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has revealed that it will lend support to Smart Power Myanmar’s over the period of the next three years to enable it to focus on transforming access to affordable and clean energy for Myanmar’s businesses in the agricultural value chain. In partnership with GEAPP, SPM will […]

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JDVVNL Floats Tender for 163 MW Solar Projects

Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nogam Limited has issued three tenders for the installation and commissioning of 65 grid connected solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 163.52 MW. These are for various subdivisions of Sri Ganganagar Circle under Component-C of PM-KUSUM program. The projects are to be developed under RESCO model for 20.16 MW, 64.26 MW […]

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