With LEED’s focus on sustainability and environmental performance, water efficiency has always been important in LEED rating systems. A primary goal of LEED v4 is to “Protect and Restore Water Resources.” The credit for outdoor water use reduction weighs about 1-3 points This credit is applicable for New Construction (1–2 Read more…
Astronomers have discovered 139 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)—minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, also describes a new approach for finding similar types of objects, and could aid future searches for the hypothetical Planet Nine and other Read more…
SHIMLA: A solar capture power station of 50 kV costing Rs 1.3 crore will soon be installed with liberal funding from the Ministry of Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy at Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). A solar capture power station of 50 kV costing Rs 1.3 crore will soon be installed with Read more…
CHANDIGARH:The UT Administration is going ahead with its ambitious plan of making Chandigarh a solar city, setting June 30 as the deadline for mandatory installations of solar rooftop systems. The UT Administration is going ahead with its ambitious plan of making Chandigarh a solar city, setting June 30 as the Read more…
Upkar Singh Sandhu, chairman, PEDA, said the state would produce 500 MW of power through solar projects by the end of the year. Fatehgarh Sahib: Upkar Singh Sandhu, chairman, PEDA, said the state would produce 500 MW of power through solar projects by the end of the year. He introduced Read more…
UNITED NATIONS: The UN is very appreciative of India’s gift of solar panels to it, a spokesperson for the Secretary General has said, amid suggestions that their energy can be used to run escalators in the world body’s headquarters. The UN is very appreciative of India’s gift of solar panels Read more…
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has signed a pact with Raftaar Professional Engineering Company, Ludhiana, for the licensing of evacuated tube collector solar dryer technology. The technology has been jointly developed by VS Hans, head, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering (DREE), PAU, and experts RS Gill and Manpreet Singh from the Read more…
NEW DELHI:The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today signed three power purchase agreements and unique co-ordination scheduling agreement for 25 years period with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, a joint venture of Solar Energy Corporation of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh, Solar Power Developers (Mahindra, ACME Solar and Solenergi) Read more…
Moving away from polluting coal, billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday laid out a blueprint to make his group the world’s largest solar power company by 2025 and the biggest renewable energy firm by 2030 through aggressive capacity addition push in these areas. The $15-billion Adani Group — a sprawling conglomerate Read more…
With 30-MW initial capacity, HPGCL plans to generate 90-MW electricity The tender of the first solar power plant to be set up in the city has been released. With the initial capacity of 30 MW, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) plans to generate a total of 90 MW of Read more…