FORCED CIRCULATION SOLAR DRYER FROM PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY The production of green turmeric has shown significant improvement in Punjab but for its use, it has to be processed, i.e., dried, polished, and grinded. As turmeric is an essential part of Indian cuisine, sustained growth in demand is expected for the Read more
The world’s largest 11.5 MWp single rooftop solar power project has been commissioned at Dera Beas, District Amritsar in two phases—7.52 MWp in April 2014 and 12 MWp in December 2015. This project is India largest in campus with a total capacity of 19.5 MWp. The project has been set Read more
The growing need of energy and increasing environmental concern is a challenge to the mankind, hence, other alternatives of conventional resources of energy have to be explored, said Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh after inaugurating workshop on ‘Promotion of Solar Technologies in Himachal Pradesh under Solar City Read more
India moved a step closer to positioning itself as an emerging global powerhouse in solar energy when the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, and the President of France Mr François Hollande, jointly laid the foundation stone of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Headquarters and inaugurated the interim Secretariat 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
Coming as it did a few months after the formal launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in January 2010, the mandate of The National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) was to provide the research, education, and training backdrop required for achieving the JNNSM targets. Given 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
TERI organized a three-day training programme (second in the series) on ‘Grid-connected Rooftop Solar PV Systems’ for channel partners, project developers, manufacturers, and new entrepreneurs from January 11–13, 2016 at TERI RETREAT, Gual Pahari, Gurgaon. The training programme was designed in such a way that it would enable the target 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