AMRITSAR: With an aim to provide clean energy to its institutes, the Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) has commissioned a new project to install solar power plants at its constituent schools and colleges. To begin with, six sites have been identified for the installation of solar plants, namely Khalsa College Read more…
BATHINDA: The state’s largest solar plant (33.5 MW), spread over 140 acres, was inaugurated by Union Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Badal and Minister for New and Renewable Energy Bikram Majithia at Jaga Ram Tirth village today. The project has been commissioned by Welspun Renewables, the country’s largest solar energy Read more…
Hundreds of tenants who agreed to have solar panels fitted to their homes have said they were signed up to 25-year contracts without their knowledge. Solarplicity Energy offered customers in Stoke-on-Trent, in conjunction with the city council, free panels and reduced electricity and gas bills. But tenants said the firm, Read more…
Energy firm Aggreko is shifting towards solar and battery power in its supply of temporary generation to foreign markets and major sporting events. The company has built up a world-leading role in supply of diesel generators to power developing countries. It is also involved in heavy mining and the oil Read more…
A planned 80-hectare solar farm in Dorset would be a “blot on the landscape” and “destroy” wildlife, campaigners claim. Power producer Voltalia has proposed the scheme for Higher Stockbridge Farm in Longburton, near Sherborne. The majority of those who commented on the application object to the 35 megawatt farm, including the CPRE. Read more…
Africa is both the world’s least electrified continent and the most vulnerable to climate change. And as the continent with the world’s fastest growing population, the decisions that African politicians make to boost power supplies could have an impact both locally and globally. The conundrum is how to meet the Read more…
NORZAGARAY, PHILIPPINES: In battling the timber poachers who roam the thick Sierra Madre forests near his home, Larry Garaes has found a new ally: solar panels. With solar chargers, the radios he and other forest rangers rely on no longer run out of power on multi-day operations in the mountains, Read more…
KOLKATA: An international team of a journalist and a filmmaker will set sail down the Ganga in a solar-powered boat to bolster public trust in clean energy using environment-friendly transport. An international team of a journalist and a filmmaker will set sail down the Ganga in a solar-powered boat to Read more…
KARNAL: A state government’s project to promote rooftop solar power system has not caught the fancy of city residents. Scores of people have purchased solar panels and other equipment at a high cost. But only a few of them have installed the panels in their houses. In September 2014, the Read more…
MANDI/KULLU: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said power would be provided through solar energy in the Spiti valley in the next four years. On his visit to the valley, local residents accorded a traditional welcome to the minister. The minister also attended a fair at Kye Read more…