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PM Modi Presses upon Upgrading Farmers’ Income with Solar Power Scheme

The solar power scheme aims at enhancing farmer’s living through boosting their income levels by allowing them to sell additional power to the grid through solar plants set up on their barren lands. During the Independence Day Speech, PM Narendra Modi has laid special emphasis on the application of the solar energy generation and announced […]

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MNRE Tweaks ‘storage’ in Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy

The ministry has emphasized on the use of pumped hydro, compressed air and flywheel technology for the power storage purposes. Widening the scope of power storage in its Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy, MNRE has removed the word ‘battery’ from certain clauses in order to encourage use of other means of power storage devices. Further, the ministry […]

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India Will Easily Attain 100 GW Solar Energy Target BY 2022: MNRE Minister  

National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) has benchmarked the country’s solar capacity at 748 GW backing the solar energy target. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, it was assured that India, with all comforts, will attain the 100 GW solar energy target by 2022 and has already installed solar energy capacity of 23.12 GW […]

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ADB to Provide $45.4 Mn to Spur Off-Grid SPV Pumping for Irrigation in Bangladesh

ADB grant will help in replacing diesel systems with solar powered irrigation to enhance energy security, reduce local pollution, and mitigate climate change. The project is also expected to result in a reduction of 17,261 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.   The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide USD 20 million loan to Bangladesh […]

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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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NMC, PGCIL to Set up Floating Solar Power Plant on Gorewada Lake

Water treatment plant (WTP) that is adjacent to the lake will be the first beneficiary of the power generated from the panels. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has decided to set up a floating solar power plant on Gorewada Lake to fulfill its electricity needs. This project is […]

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Haryana Sr Secondary Schools to Get Rooftop Solar Power Plants

In order to promote solar energy, solar photovoltaic power plants are being installed atop various other buildings also, he further said. In a new order by the Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Banwari Lal, said that solar power plants would be installed on the rooftops of all senior secondary schools in Haryana. In […]

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Andhra Government to Solarise Agricultural Connections

The numbers of agriculture connections across the state are 17.20 lakh and the state government has agreed recently to allot Rs 6,030.17 crore this year as a subsidy for them. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, the state government is planning to solorise agriculture connections coming up in the state by using a new scheme […]

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REC Pledges $1 Million Contribution Towards International Solar Alliance

In presence of the Power Minister R K Singh, REC’s Director (Technical) S K Gupta and other senior officials from the two organizations, the REC Chairman and Managing Director P V Ramesh handed over the cheque to Interim Director General of ISA Upendra Tripathy. Rural Electrification Corporation, (REC) a state-run power sector financier has announced […]

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