I n one of the most ambitious rural electrification projects in Africa that has tapped the use of solar energy, the Kenyan government has completed connecting some 4,100 primary schools to power using solar PV systems. The schools have been Read more…
Suryamitra Skill Development Programme is a flagship programme under the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. This Programme is a comprehensive skill development programme which produces skilled manpower to serve solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants, SPV rooftop, act as Read more…
In a first, scientists have integrated a solar cell and a nanogenerator that can convert wind energy into electricity in a single device that may power the ‘Internet of Things’. The ‘Internet of Things’ could make cities ‘smarter’ by connecting Read more…
S olarEdge has bagged Intersolar Award in the Photovoltaics category for its HD-Wave technology inverter. SolarEdge’s HD-Wave inverter technology is a novel power conversion topology that significantly decreases inverter size and weight while achieving record efficiency. By employing distributed switching Read more…
A ‘solar cooker’ is a device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurize food or drink. Many solar cookers currently in use are relatively inexpensive, lowtech devices, although some are as powerful or as expensive as traditional Read more…
A CSIR laboratory in West Bengal has designed a ‘solar power tree’ that takes up only four sq. ft of space and produces about three kW of power, enough to power about five households. Dr Sibnath Maity, chief scientist at Read more…
Conventional box type solar cookers cannot follow the sun properly except during solar noon. Moreover, use of single reflector is not so suitable to boost up the energy collection. Box type cookers with multiple reflectors generally known as solar ovens Read more…
To save energy consumption, all 17 railway stations on the world heritage Kalka–Shimla rail track will soon have the solar lighting system. The solar power can also be used to light up coaches, helping in saving power and making all Read more…
Key industry and policymakers congregated at Asia’s Largest Energy Trade Expo, Renewable Energy India (REI) 2016 on September 7–9, 2016 at Greater Noida. The expo was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Shri Upendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Read more…
The Government of India is working on doubling the power generation target from solar energy parks to 40,000 MW in the backdrop of slow offtake of rooftop solar and problems being faced by some project developers. The Ministry of New Read more…
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