Taking a step further towards realising the dream of having 40 GW of installed rooftop solar capacity in India by 2022, the cabinet approved the phase-II of ‘Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme’ on 19 February 2019. A total central financial support of Rs 11,814 crore including capacity building and service Read more…
BENGALURU: Solar rooftop developers are increasingly choosing to supply power to customers through open access – locating the solar plant elsewhere – rather than set it up on the premises of their clients. The common feature is that in both cases the power is supplied through the grid directly, without Read more…
Credit rating agency ICRA on Wednesday said it expects Union Budget for FY21 to continue focus on measures for power distribution network strengthening and renewables. The agency said it expects higher budgetary allocation to strengthen power distribution infrastructure to enable improvement in operating efficiencies of state-owned distribution utilities. Measures to Read more…
Vijayawada: In a first, Kadiyam station in Rajahmundry earned the rare distinction of being the first energy neutral station in the South Central Railway Zone by meeting all its electrical demands through solar energy. This has been accomplished by the installation of a 10KWp ON-Grid Solar power plant on the Read more…
NEW DELHI: Net Metering has caught the interest of educational institutes across the national capital with leading schools putting up solar panels on their roof tops for self consumption.Net Metering involves setting up roof top solar panels and producing power for self consumption while the surplus can be sold to Read more…
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has called upon state and central governments to adopt sustainable construction technologies to construct new government buildings such as offices, schools, anganwadis, panchayat buildings and model Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) houses across the country. “Construction of government buildings using Read more…
Construction of real estate space continues to grow at unprecedented rate, with urbanization of developing India. With the government’s reform agenda in full steam, there is no doubt that buildings and infrastructure shall continue to dominate urban and peri- urban space in the coming days. Buildings have significant energy and Read more…
I am often intrigued by promotional campaigns of several upcoming developments being advertised as green buildings, the common claims being “Green podium landscape”, “rain water harvesting”, “solar powered outdoor lights” to support the statement. It would be interesting to note that lush green lawns take about 4 times more water Read more…
We have just come to the end of the 11th five year plan period in India which was the period of “inclusive development”; the 12th five year plan is poised to attain more inclusive development that is faster and sustainable. Sustainability is pretty much embedded in all our development agenda Read more…
Can glazed buildings be energy efficient? What is the optimum percentage of glazed surface that a building should have? In the dialogue of energy efficiency in buildings, glazed buildings are always believed to be energy inefficient and glass is considered as the single largest contributor to increase in energy consumption. Read more…