Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) CMD Shri K S Popli was awarded the ‘SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management-Individual Leadership Category III (Other Profit Making PSEs)’. The award was presented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India to Shri Popli, Chairman Read more…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between NTPC, Andaman & Nicobar Administration & Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). NTPC will set up solar power projects of 50 MW capacity with battery energy storage system at different locations in Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The Read more…
Going green in its second year of operations, Jaipur Metro has decided to set up rooftop solar panels at eight elevated stations on its 9.25-km-long corridor between Mansarovar and Chandpole. The power generated by 2,500-kWp ‘rooftop solar power plant’ will be used to meet all the requirements at the stations Read more…
PSU energy firm Oil India has inaugurated a 40 kW solar power plant, which will supply electricity to an eco-tourism project in Dibrugarh district. Utpal Bora, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited, inaugurated a 40 kW solar power plant in Sasoni Merbeel Eco-Tourism Project, which has been provided by Read more…
TERI, in conjunction with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has developed a web portal for monitoring and compliance of Renewable Purchase obligation (RPO) in the country. In this context, TERI organized an interactive work session on demonstration of the web-based portal for stakeholders to accelerate grid-connected RE Read more…
Moving away from the usual carbonemitting process of using electricity generated from burning coal and gas, one of the popular temples in Mumbai has gone the solar way and reduced their monthly electricity bill by 30 per cent. The two century-old Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati temple at Prabhadevi has been saving Read more…
A 5 MWp grid interactive captive solar power plant has been commissioned by BHEL, Trichy, on its premises as part of its efforts to promote the use of clean and renewable energy sources and to achieve significant reduction in energy costs.The captive power plant, including photovoltaic modules, power conditioning units, Read more…
A capacity addition of 14.30 GW of renewable energy has been reported during the last two and half years under Grid Connected Renewable Power, which include 5.8 GW from Solar Power, 7.04 GW from Wind Power, 0.53 from Small Hydro Power, and 0.93 from Biopower. This was stated by Shri Read more…
For Safety and Longevity of PV System A significant amount of work goes into the complex process of designing and planning a photovoltaic (PV) power plant, whether on the rooftop of a building or ground-mounted on the field. This then translates into an efficient, working PV power plant in situ. Read more…
Solar dryers are devices that use solar energy to dry substances, especially food. Generally, direct solar cabinet driers are used to dry small quantities of food or vegetables in moderate drying temperatures (45–55°C) and airflow rates. Society for Energy, Environment and Development (SEED) was founded in 1987 by a few professionals with expertise in engineering, Read more…