Powering homes using clean energy is becoming easier thanks to a growing number of innovative technologies and initiatives. Some government programmes help homeowners with the financial burden of equipping their residences with energy-generating solar panels, and Elon Musk’s Tesla has developed roofing tiles that double as solar panels to give Read more…
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced that it has commissioned the country’s second largest rooftop solar PV power plant at GAIL’s Petrochemical complex at Pata in Uttar Pradesh. The 5.76 MWp solar plant would generate about 7,930,000 units of electricity per annum for GAIL’s captive use. The Read more…
As part of their initiative to promote clean energy, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL), one of Delhi’s two electricity distribution companies (Discoms) along with GIZ, USAID, and TERI launched the country’s first solar rooftop consumer aggregation programme ‘BRPL Solar City Initiative’ for residential buildings. The programme is designed to maximize Read more…
The Government of India has embarked upon an ambitious journey on the green energy front with scaling up of target of installing renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by the year 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power, and 5 GW from Read more…
Transforming Agriculture in a Remote Village of the Sundarbans The Gosaba Island situated in the Sunderbans region of West Bengal in India is surrounded by tidal rivers connected with the Bay of Bengal, bringing water of high salinity (more than 30 dS/m), which is not suitable for irrigation in agriculture. Read more…
Australia can help solve its water crisis by optimizing use of water-friendly solar energy, a new report concludes. Because solar power generation consumes minimal to zero water, it beats waterhungry coal-fired power production in terms of conserving an increasingly precious natural resource. That’s the verdict of the World Resources Institute (WRI). Its new report Read more…
In 2017, Asia accounted for nearly two-thirds of the worldwide increase in renewable energy generating capacity, according to a report published in April 2018 by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). IRENA, an intergovernmental organization based in Abu Dhabi, reported that the global renewable energy capacity in 2017 was 2,179 Read more…
With 2.3 million solar panels—covering the equivalent of 2,200 football fields in the arid northern state of Coahuila— the Villanueva power plant, built by the Italian energy company Enel, is part of Mexico’s push to generate 43% of its electricity from clean sources by 2024. Arrayed across the sand in seemingly endless Read more…
Costa Rica’s new president has announced a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonized country in the world. Carlos Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist, made the announcement to a crowd of thousands during his inauguration. “Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica Read more…
The Karnataka government inaugurated the first phase of a 2,000 MW solar park in the drought-prone Pavagada region of Tumkur district on March 1, 2018. The first phase of the `16,500 crore park called ‘Shakti Sthala’ will generate 600 MW, while the balance 1,400 MW is expected to be commissioned Read more…