Sun shining on solar sector, KPMG report shows how
Today, using solar power on a sustained basis may cost you a bomb. But things are changing. Depleting resources may bring about the transition faster than you think.
View ArticleModi exalts Gujarat, slams center at Pravasi meet
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today suggested that states ruled by Opposition parties do not have its "blessings" and said whatever his state has achieved on the development front was on its own...
View ArticleKalam proposes ‘nano energy packs’ from space
Kalam said space-based solar power has many advantages than those on surface.
View ArticleBihar CM Nitish kumar plans to go green!
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has opted to go green. Solar energy will now light up his official residence-cum-office.
View ArticleCan solar power save India? Not unless it learns from coal
India's 'coal mess' makes solar power attractive and an obvious choice. But will solar power be able to solve India's energy problems?
View ArticleWill foreign investment in clean energy become a reality?
India will set up an investment promotion cell to attract investments in the renewable energy sector and focus on research and development in off-shore wind, CSP solar, wind forecasting, storage...
View ArticleSolar energy attracts Rs 24,000 cr investments in Apr-June
The solar energy sector attracted a total funding of $ 4.3 billion (over Rs 24,000 crore) through 66 deals, including two Indian transactions—Reliance Power and Azure Power.
View ArticleIndian firms making solar facilities in Rajasthan get US loans
The Export-Import Bank of US (Ex-Im Bank) has authorised loans totalling $57.3 million to two Indian firms to finance the export of American solar panels and ancillary services to India.
View ArticleGame changer: Why Meerwada in MP doesn’t face blackouts
Meerwada in Madhya Pradesh struck lucky when US solar firm SunEdison picked it to test out business models and covered the hefty initial expense of installing hi-tech solar panels in the heart of the...
View ArticlePower crisis and grid collapse: Is it time to think different, small and local?
After two days of grid collapses is it time to be backing hitherto ignored ideas like non-conventional sources of energy and smaller power plants?
View ArticleThe Kudankulam farce shows how both sides can be wrong
We have always been an argumentative lot. Then we lost the patience for listening to the other side of the argument.
View ArticleScientists use solar enegery to create electricity, fuels
The new technology mimics photosynthesis by combining sunlight and water in such a way that promises storable fuels.
View ArticleChhattisgarh signs MoUs worth over Rs 1.22 lakh crore
Chhattisgarh inked nearly 300 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) worth over Rs 1.22 lakh crore in non-core sector like solar energy at the end of the two-day Global Investors Meet
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India’s clean energy at the cost of biodiversity?
Biodiversity conservationists say that solar, wind and hydel power projects sound the death knell for many animal species.
View ArticleIndia to build world’s largest solar power plant in Rajasthan
The government will set up the world's largest solar power project, having a total generation capacity of 4,000 MW, in Rajasthan.
View ArticleADB to lend India $500 million for renewable energy project
The Asian Development Bank will provide a $500 million loan to build a transmission system for solar and wind energy in western India, the bank said on Friday, a day after it announced a $400 million...
View ArticleMadhya Pradesh to light up Naxal-hit villages with solar energy
Madhya Pradesh government has approved an ambitious plan to provide electricity in 44 Naxal-hit villages of the state with the help of solar energy.
View ArticleIndia to double renewable power capacity by 2017
India will add nearly 30,000 MW of power generation capacity from renewable energy sources - doubling it from the current size - in the next 4 years
View ArticleUS Energy Secretary to visit India in March after Khobragade row
The Energy Secretary is expected to have talks on wide range of energy issues in particular those related to export of US shale gas to India, new and renewable sources of energy like solar and wind.
View ArticleCheap hydrogen fuel to run your cars a possibility
In this new method, researchers combined cheap, oxide-based materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using solar energy.
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