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POWERED Accelerator Selects 1st Cohort of Women Entrepreneurs for Enhancing Access to Energy in India

More than 130 women entrepreneurs applied to the Powered Accelerator program from varied backgrounds, all having created innovative solutions in the energy sector. Ten women entrepreneurs have been selected as the first cohort into the POWERED Accelerator program and will now receive financial and business support to develop their businesses and deliver solutions in access […]

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Solar Boom – A Fantastic Fillip for India!

India’s solar boom proved to be a game changer for the country’s renewable growth trajectory, as the sector witnesses’ sharp momentum during the past four years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2014, when he took PM’s chair, India had about 2.63 GW of solar energy capacity, which now surged to nearly […]

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Financing Indian Sun

After out-passing teething troubles related to GST implementation, India firmly cements it’s place as the fastest growing major economy in the world by clocking GDP growth rate of 7.7 per cent during the January to March quarter of FY 18. India, being the Asia’s third-largest economy, clinched this position after surpassing China’s 6.8 per cent […]

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India in Sight for 5000 Crore Investment in Waste-to-Energy by Indian Ex-pat Varun Datta in 2019

Every year, India generates a staggeringly obscene 55 million tons of Municipal solid waste along with 38 billion liters of sewage waste predominantly from its urban pockets. This is multiplied critically by additional solid and liquid wastes churned out by the rapidly scaling industries. With more people expected to move from rural to urban areas […]

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Freyr Energy Bags Award for Rural Electrification in Tribal Areas from C&I Ministry

The company has bagged the award for its exemplary work done in electrification through 50 solar microgrids for tribal habitations in Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad-based solar EPC company Freyr Energy has secured the Smart Village award at the 4th Smart Cities India 2018 Expo by ITPO – Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. The […]

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Small African Nations Seek Indian Support Through ISA

Speaking on the sidelines of Fourth Smart Cities India 2018 Expo, underway at the Pragati Maidan, Gambian Ambassador said that they are seeking technical support from India through ISA. She was referring to small population nations of the African continent. To build up their solar capacity, small African nations are looking towards India for assistance […]

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Small African Nations Eye Indian Support via ISA

With only 70 per cent electrification in urban area and 15 per cent in rural areas, there were huge business opportunities for solar companies in Gambia, said Jainaba Jagne Gambian Ambassador. In order to build up solar capacity to tackle climate change small African nations, which have or are yet to ratify the International Solar Alliance (ISA), […]

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Viz-A-Viz with Atul Arya, Head, Energy Systems, Panasonic India

Q. How Panasonic is contributing towards India’s clean energy initiative? The management philosophy of Panasonic is based on the belief of its founder Konosuke Matsushita, who said: since a company runs its business by borrowing people, things, money, land, and so forth from the society, a company is “a public entity of society”. Following this […]

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World Bank’s Baffling Figures Reveal 85% of India Electrified

India has provided electricity to 30 million people each year between 2010 and 2016, World Bank has said, adding that it is more than any other country in the world. Lauding India on its latest report, World Bank noted that India is doing ‘extremely well’ on electrifying major portion of the country. Now, nearly 85 […]

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