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Global Renewable Capacity Addition in numbers For 2021 from IRENA

“At the end of 2021, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3064 GW. Hydropower accounted for the largest share of the global total, with a capacity of 1230 GW,” finds a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Solar and wind energy accounted for equal shares of the remainder, with capacities of 849 […]

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GESCOM invites bids for 3 MWp rooftop solar systems in Karnataka

Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) has invited bids for the empanelment of vendors for the development of 3MWp rooftop solar plants in residential buildings under Phase-II Scheme of MNRE in Karnataka. Key dates of the tender are as below: Last date for submission of queries : 02.05.2022 @ 11.00 Hrs. Pre-Bid meeting : 04.05.2022 […]

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Solar Powered Refrigerator Built by Kanpur Student to Safeguard Covid Vaccines

Samarjit Singh, a third year B.Tech student of Kanpur’s Axis College, has created a refrigerator that runs on solar power and can host Covid-19 vaccines and other life-saving drugs eliminating chances of wastage. Uttar Pradesh still has issues of electricity shortages and frequent power cuts. The solar run refrigerator by Samarjit Singh is expected to […]

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Torrent Power Secures 50 MW Solar Power Plant from SkyPower

Leading Ahmedabad based power player Torrent Power Limited has said that the company has acquired a 50 MW Solar Power Project from SkyPower Group. Torrent informed that the enterprise value for this acquisition is somewhere about Rs 417 crore subject to closing price adjustments, in case there are any and the acquisition is further subject […]

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Solar panels on Tamil Nadu’s govt office rooftops to produce 10 MW power

The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Authority (TNEDA) will install solar panels on rooftops of government office buildings in a bid to generate 10 MW of power, as per recent media reports. The estimated cost of the project is 50 crore and the tender process will be finalised by the end of May. According to TNEDA […]

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Solar power systems installed in Shimla helped save ₹1.85 cr: HP min

Himachal Pradesh urban development minister Suresh Bhardwaj said on Thursday that solar power systems installed in  66 government buildings in Shimla had saved electricity worth Rs 1.85 crore. He said the Smart City mission had given the state a successful model of solar energy. In a press statement issued in Shimla, the minister mentioned, “First, the […]

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AMEA Power to build two solar power plants in Morocco

Morocco, which has planned some ambitious renewable energy projects to take advantage of its geographical location, has awarded a contract for the development of two solar power projects to AMEA Power – a UAE energy company. The two solar projects will be part of the first phase of Noor PV II Programme. This programme will […]

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Chiripal Group Proposes Solar Manufacturing Investment in MP

Gujarat based diversified industrial group Chiripal Group, which has existing interests in textiles, petrochemicals, education, polyfilms and financing, has proposed an investment of Rs 4600 crores in Madhya Pradesh, under MP’s industrial promotion policy. Our understanding is that all the plans involve Gigawatt plus scale of manufacturing. The news comes even as massive solar manufacturing […]

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KSEB Tender For 11 MW Solar Across 21 Kerala Locations

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has invited EPC contractors to bid and develop solar projects totaling 11 MW of ground-mounted, grid-connected solar plants across the state. The projects are  part of the Component A of the the  PM-KUSUM scheme, which envisages ground mounted solar projects upto 2 MW in size. KSEB has already identified […]

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