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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) unveiled the findings of its study report ‘Transitions in the Indian Energy Sector—Macro Level Analysis of Demand and Supply…
Read insight — Conference on ‘Energy Transitions—The Global Challenges & Opportunities’ organized by TERIThe United States solar market nearly doubled in 2016, topping out at 14,625 MW of new solar installed. According to the latest report from GreenTech…
Read insight — US Solar Smashes Records with 95 Per Cent GrowthAcademics at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have added a third element—carbon-dipped paper—that could turn into a highly efficient and…
Read insight — Academics Build Ultimate Solar-Powered Water PurifierThe first real-life study to provide data on the potential of powering medical implants with solar cells has been done by some Swiss researchers. The…
Read insight — Solar Energy Powers PacemakersResearchers from Stanford and Oxford using tin and other abundant elements have created novel forms of perovskite solar cells—a photovoltaic crystalline material that is thinner,…
Read insight — High-Efficiency Solar Cells CreatedSolar thermal could play a vital role as clean energy development as well as reduction in the production cost in industrial process heat, especially solar,…
Read insight — Solar Air Heaters: Large Solar Thermal Air Systems for Industrial and Agro ApplicationsThe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organized a two-day National Review Meeting with the State Government officials of Renewable Energy sector on January…
Read insight — NATIONAL REVIEW OF RE SECTORThayannankudi is a very old Muthuvan tribal settlement in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary along the side of River Chinnar in Idukki District, Kerala. There are…
Read insight — Micro Hydropower: An Alternative Way of Energy GenerationMobile App for Solar Rooftop Systems: ‘ARUN—Atal Rooftop Solar User Navigator’ was launched by Shri Rajeev Kapoor, Secretary, MNRE, on the occasion of the National…
Read insight — Mobile App for Solar Rooftop—‘ARUN’ LaunchedSolar 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…
Read insight — Solar Cabinet Dryers: An Initiative by SEED