CHANDIGARH: The UT administration is all set to introduce the Renewable Energy Service Company Model (Resco) model in the city to tap solar energy on private residential houses. Under the model, the UT will rope in private companies to install solar plants atop houses. In return, the building owner will Read more…
PATNA: With a view to minimizing the use of conventional sources of energy, Patna University (PU) will soon install solar panels on the rooftops of all the buildings on its campus. This was announced by vice-chancellor (VC) Rash Bihari Prasad Singh while initiating a discussion on the ‘Utility of Solar Read more…
Close to $2.1 billion in cumulative disclosed corporate-level investment was deployed into off-grid energy access markets between 2010 and 2019, Wood Mackenzie has estimated. Off-grid refers to power generated and consumed locally either on a standalone basis or through a mini-grid. Wood Mackenzie estimates 420 million people now use standalone Read more…
To conserve land and protect farmland and wildlife habitat by encouraging development in areas with existing infrastructure LEED has introduced a provision of awarding 1-6 credit points. The intent of this credit is to promote walkability, and transportation efficiency and reduce vehicle distance traveled and to improve public health by Read more…
Indian green power firms can no longer take for granted that the tariffs at which they won projects in auctions will actually be adopted, Ranjit Gupta CEO of solar developer Azure Power told ET, citing it as a challenge for the sector. The New York-listed firm was a pioneer in Read more…
NEW DELHI: The country’s rooftop solar energy capacity stands at 1,922 mega watt (MW) and so far over Rs 1,874 crore has been released as central financial assistance towards installation of capacities in the sector, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Till March 13, 2020, rooftop solar power plants of an Read more…
Majority of the infrastructure projects impose bad impacts on environment. Due to rapid urbanization in the country, the energy consumption is more than 60% in residential real estate projects. Green Building is the only solution which works towards achieving the sustainability. India has about 750+ LEED Certified projects as of Read more…
NEW DELHI: GAIL has entered exclusive discussions to buy a stake in privately owned solar power generator ACME Solar holdings, according to four people aware of the matter. The state-owned company formerly known as Gas Authority of India is said to be carrying out due diligence on solar power plants Read more…
Kolkata: The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has postponed implementation of real-time power trading by three months to June 1 following requests from the industry. It was scheduled to start from April 1. Real-time power trading involves selling and buying power at the exchanges for same-day delivery. Trading on electronic Read more…
New Delhi: Covid-19 is expected to deliver a big blow to the power sector as distribution companies have stopped payments to power producers as state electricity departments are not taking coercive actions to recover bills from consumers. This has put a question mark on recovery of payments from the current Read more…