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…
CHANDIGARH: Acting on a proposal of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to install solar power plants on the rooftop of all community centres and waterworks in the city. Recently, Santosh Kumar, Director, Science and Technology Department, and CEO, CREST, Read more…
CHANDIGARH: With the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy revising the solar power generation target of the UT from 30 to 100 MW by the end of 2022, the UT Administration has decided to install solar plants alongside Patiala Ki Rao, a seasonal rivulet. The Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Read more…
AMBALA: The Corps Commander of 2 Corps, Lt Gen Alok Kler, inaugurated the Army’s 1 MW solar power plant under the aegis of Headquarters 2 Corps near Top Khana Bazaar in Ambala Cantonment on Monday. The plant was planned under the “go green” initiative of the Indian Army. Garrison Engineer, Read more…
The state government is focusing on generation of solar energy to address chronic power shortage but solar power plants in Dhandhlan, Kaloi and Badsha villages of Jhajjar district that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had announced two years ago are yet to be established. Though one of the villages has Read more…
KURUKSHETRA: After the successful trial of the water efficient technology in paddy cultivation, the Command Area Development Authority (CADA) has now taken another task to test the effectiveness of drip irrigation using solar powered irrigation system (SPIS) in wheat crop. After the successful trial of the water efficient technology in Read more…
CHANDIGARH: Solar power plants will now be installed along the canals of the state with solar panels covering them. Solar power plants will now be installed along the canals of the state with solar panels covering them. Solar plants will be installed on Sidhwan and Ghaggar branch canals. Each plant Read more…
SHIMLA:Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) on Thursday issued consent lettersto 150 applicants who want to install small rooftop solar plants. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) on Thursday issued consent letters to 150 applicants who want to install small rooftop solar plants. They will get 70 per cent Read more…