University of British Columbia researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that converts light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from such a device, and worked as efficiently in dim light as in bright light. This innovation Read more…
Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam UtthaanvMahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme Being an agrarian economy, India supports nearly 50% of its population through agricultural activities. The major hindrance in the agricultural sector is erratic power supply and too much reliance on polluting diesel-powered pumps. Approximately, around 30 million agricultural pumps are installed in India. Read more…
Residents of a Navi Mumbaibased cooperative housing society recently installed a 31 kilowatt-power (kWp) rooftop solar power system in a bid to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) by one tonne every month. According to the society members, the reduction in their annual carbon footprints is equivalent to planting 500 Read more…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the implementation of Phase-III of the off-grid and decentralized Solar PV (photovoltaic) Application Programme to achieve additional 118 MWp off-grid solar PV capacity by 2020. Phase-III of Off-grid and Decentralized Solar Read more…
The government will come out with a single bid for setting up 25 GW of solar capacity in Ladakh, Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Shri R K Singh has said, and asserted that renewable energy is a must for sustainable development. He also said that India will achieve Read more…
India is all set to comfortably achieve 100 GW of solar energy capacity by 2022 and has already installed solar capacity of 23.12 GW till July 2018. The data regarding generation of power from various renewable energy projects is consolidated by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). “The Ministry of New Read more…
State-run power sector financier Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has announced its commitment of USD 1 million to International Solar Alliance (ISA). “In view of the World Environment Day 2018, REC contributed USD 1 million to the ISA becoming a corpus contributor,” an REC statement said. REC Chairman and Managing Director Read more…
The Gujarat government has launched a solar power scheme for farmers— Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) enabling them to generate electricity for their captive consumption as well as sell the surplus power to the grid and earn an extra buck. Announcing the pilot project of the scheme in Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Read more…
India can surpass the target of attaining 100 GW solar energy by 2022, provided it replaces all traditional water pumps by solar water pumps, said a study. According to the report, these grid-connected, net-metered solar pumps will also play an important role in providing secondary income to farmers, while giving Read more…
On December 6, 2018, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a three-day long Khadi Exposition 2018, in Lucknow. At the event Navneet Sehgal, Principal Secretary, Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) and Atul Bagai, UN Environment Country Head, India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under the Read more…