Solar energy as an education subject normally involves physical science and engineering, but sometimes depending on the student category, also economics and social science. It is necessary to introduce solar energy concept from the very early stage of education. For primary level, the courses demonstrate the principle of solar energy Read more
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken several steps to fructify Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of clean energy. The largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world is being taken up by India. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in Read more
Solar water disinfection has been explored and many types of small and big gadgets have been developed. It is the UV-A ray component that kills bacteria of different types. Although glass is considered to be impervious to the UV rays, but it was confirmed that ordinary soda-lime–silica type (window or Read more
Under the National Solar Mission, there is a need for the skill development in the field of Solar PV to cater to the huge demand of trained and skilled persons to install, operate and maintain the SPV system. The programme is aimed to enhance the skills of the field technicians Read more
The renewable energy venture of one of the leading companies in India has commissioned approximately 1 MW rooftop solar projects for Delhi Technical University (DTU), Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT), Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTU), and Shaheed Sukhdev Singh College with (Indraprastha Power Generation Co. Ltd.). Read more
To increase power generation potential of low-capacity wind mills, the government will provide additional interest rate rebate of 0.25 per cent for wind turbine generators of up to 1 MW. The government has come up with the policy to promote optimum utilization of wind energy resources as a large number Read more
A capacity addition of 14.30 GW of renewable energy has been reported during the last two and half years under Grid Connected Renewable Power, which include 5.8 GW from Solar Power, 7.04 GW from Wind Power, 0.53 from Small Hydro Power, and 0.93 from Biopower. This was stated by Shri Read more
TERI, in conjunction with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has developed a web portal for monitoring and compliance of Renewable Purchase obligation (RPO) in the country. In this context, TERI organized an interactive work session on demonstration of the web-based portal for stakeholders to accelerate grid-connected RE Read more
In India, paddy is cultivated in about 43.95 million hectares producing about 106.54 million tonnes of rice and approximately 160 million tonnes of straw with a ratio of 1:1.5 for rice grain produced to straw produced. Punjab produced 11.27 million tonnes of rice, which is 10.6 per cent of all Read more
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, and Mines said that International Solar Alliance (ISA) can act as a medium to spread lessons on energy security which can help achieve universal energy access target set up in SDGs before 2030. He was speaking Read more