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In February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested installation of solar panels over water bodies and rooftops while speaking at a renewable energy conference, RE-Invest 2015.…
Read insight — What you should know before going solarBefore the Paris climate summit, India had pledged to increase its share of non-fossil fuels to 40% of the total power generation capacity by 2032.…
Read insight — Solar power: truth versus hypeMumbai: The country’s capacity addition in generating solar power will fall by 40% to about 4-4.5 GW in FY19 from about 7.5 GW in FY18, credit…
Read insight — Solar capacity addition to fall by 40% to about 4-4.5 GW in FY19: ICRAIndia recently conducted two auctions for wind/solar hybrid projects. Both the auctions were under-subscribed, with bids totalling 1.56GW awarded to SB Energy, Adani Green Energy…
Read insight — Opinion | Renewable hybrid energy systems as a game changerNEW DELHI : American investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to buy the Indian solar power business of French energy firm Engie SA in a deal…
Read insight — US-based GIP in talks to buy Engie’s Indian solar power businessINTENT The intent of this criterion is to ensure that the projects are made energy-efficient by enhancing the envelope performance while also reducing energy consumption…
Read insight — GRIHA VERSION 2019 CRITERIA 7. ENERGY OPTIMIZATIONINTENT The intent of this criterion is to promote the use of renewable energy in the projects and, thereby, reduce the project’s dependency on fuels…
Read insight — GRIHA VERSION 2019 CRITERIA 8. RENEWABLE ENERGY UTILIZATIONINTENT The intent of this criterion is to ensure the use of materials with low GWP and ODP in building insulation, HVAC, refrigeration equipment, and…
Read insight — GRIHA VERSION 2019 CRITERIA 9. LOW ODP AND GWP MATERIALSINTENT The intent of this criterion is to ensure that visual comfort (daylighting and artificial lighting) is provided to the building occupants through an integration…
Read insight — GRIHA VERSION 2019 CRITERIA 10. VISUAL COMFORTINTENT The intent of this criterion is to ensure that occupants of the building are thermally and acoustically comfortable, which would subsequently benefit their health…
Read insight — GRIHA VERSION 2019 CRITERIA 11. THERMAL AND ACOUSTIC COMFORT