Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Ltd (SSAEL) has won grant from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the US State Department for Remote Monitoring of Solar Pumps. The United States Ambassador Mr Richard R Verma and Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE, announced Hyderabad-based Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Limited Read more…
India, a country with an everincreasing population (over 1.2 billion as per Census 2015) and need for energy is faced with the enormous challenge to produce energy with efficient utilization of available resources. In this context, the state of Gujarat came up with an innovative and cost-effective solution to utilize Read more…
This is due to the ongoing disruption in supply chain for sourcing of modules/cells and uncertainty over the timelines for normalcy in manufacturing operations in China for solar OEMs. New Delhi: Ratings agency Icra on Monday said the outbreak of deadly coronavirus poses concern for domestic solar developers and original Read more…
Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) is the only rural institute in Southern India practicing the three dimensional approach in higher education, i.e., Teaching, Research and Extension. The Rural Energy Centre at GRI was established in 1998 to solve the rural energy crisis. In the first decade, the Centre focussed on creating Read more…
At present, there are about 1,400 rooftop solar installed in Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts falling under the jurisdiction of the DGVCL. The per day solar energy generation is pegged at 5MW. Surat: The Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (DGVCL) has set the target of generating 25 mega watt Read more…
Access to energy in the mountains of India has remained an issue for many years, however with off-grid renewable energy solutions becoming an option for electrification through the last decade, many homes in the mountainous regions are now benefiting from the small hydro programme of the Ministry of New and Read more…
India’s grid-connected rooftop solar power market is witnessing a surge in activity. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently approved the budget, allocating Rs 5,000 crore as subsidy support to select consumer segments till 2019–20. Also, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Read more…
India is the second largest producer of horticultural commodities in the world wherein 88.977 million metric tonnes of fruits and 162.887 million metric tonnes of vegetables were produced during the year 2013–14 (Indian Horticultural database 2014). A large variety of fruits are grown in India, of which mainly banana (33.4%), Read more…
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) under its Management Development Programmes (MDPs) organized a one-day training programme (second in the series) on ‘Grid-connected Rooftop Solar PV Systems’ for Banks and Financial Institutions/Investment Firms on January 22, 2016 at TERI, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The training programme was designed in Read more…
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Ms Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Environment, Energy and the Sea, in charge of International Relations on Climate and President of COP21 co-chaired a Ministerial Side Event on International Solar Alliance (ISA) at Read more…