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Police stations in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh taps into solar power

Police stations in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh has tapped into solar power installing solar plants. State police department identified 14 police stations in the district in which solar plants were installed to harness solar power to meet the day-to-day requirements. Each police station would 1.5 kilowatt solar panel in addition to inverter and batteries […]

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India planning to build large-scale floating solar power projects

With the huge target of adding 40 GW of rooftop solar power capacity by March 2022 turning out to be more difficult, the Government of India has started looking at other unconventional options to expand the solar power capacity base in the country. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has agreed to a […]

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First Solar wraps up 130 MW of solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

US-based solar power projects developer, First Solar’s local subsidiary- the First Solar Power India has announced the commercial operation of 80 MW and 50 MW solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Both the plants are part of the 260 MW project portfolio owned by First Solar in India. Sujoy Ghosh, First Solar’s Country […]

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India plans to launch an extensive research programme on solar power

Anil Madhav Dave, Environment Minister stated that the Government of India is planning to start an extensive research on the use of solar power to bring about a “revolution” in this field. Mr. Dave told the Parliament that during the Paris Climate summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech said that there were […]

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Canadian Solar Signs PPA For 63MWP Solar Power Plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Canadian Solar has announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with the Federal Electricity Commission for the 63MWp solar power plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This solar power project was awarded in April 2016 under the Mexico’s First Long Term Electricity Auction. Electricity generated from the plant will be sold to the CFE […]

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MNRE complains CERC against solar power shut off by Discoms

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has lodge a complaint against discoms to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) stating that some discoms are not fully evacuating the solar power available to them, resulting in losses for solar developers. Discoms have been arbitrarily shutting off power from solar projects, for varying lengths of time, […]

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Manipur Legislative Assembly to get Solar Power

Thokchom Lokeshwar, Manipur’s Legislative Assembly Speaker has inspected the Assembly complex to install a 500 KW solar power plant within the premises. The installed solar plant will cater to the power requirements of Manipur Legislative Assembly, especially at the time when there is power outage due to extreme weather conditions. Accompany Mr. Lokeshwar, Additional Chief […]

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AGL to harness solar power from 1000 batteries to provide back-up electricity during peak demand

Australia’s energy giant, AGL has planned to install solar batteries on around 1000 homes across Adelaide, with an objective to develop a ‘virtual power plant’ to provide back-up electricity to houses and the state’s energy grid during times of high energy demand. The installation of solar batteries on 1000 homes is expected to be the […]

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