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Rooftop solar power generation scheme will help India reach solar mission target by 2022, says GlobalData

July 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

Following the recent announcement that the state government of Gujarat in India plans to launch a rooftop solar power generation scheme for slum areas, Mohit Prasad, Project Manager at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on what this means for solar PV installations in India: “GlobalData forecasts solar PV installation in […]

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VNIT turns fully green, solar power to save Rs76L per yr, cut emission

July 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

Nagpur: City’s premier institute Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) will now be generating 1MW power using rooftop solar panels installed on 14 buildings on its Bajaj Nagar-based over 200 acre lush green campus. After Amravati University, VNIT is the second educational campus from Vidarbha and first from Nagpur to implement the renewable energy project […]

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BBMB focus on roof top solar power generation on its non-residential structures

June 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

All these solar rooftop power plants are SCADA compliant for data transmission and monitoring purposes. CHANDIGARH: Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) in its overall plan to produce green energy has taken-up installation of grid connected rooftop solar PV projects on the roofs of its non-residential buildings offices, Ground Mounted and Floating Solar PV Plants. This […]

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Hartek Solar installs 10-kWp rooftop solar plant at orphanage for girls in Kharar

June 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Kharar: Catering to the day-to-day requirements of more than 100 orphaned and homeless girls, Hartek Solar Pvt Ltd, the rooftop solar division of the Mohali-based Hartek Group, has installed a 10-kWp rooftop solar plant at the Jyoti Sarup Kanya Asra Society-run shelter home in Kharar. The project will enable the orphanage, which operates out of […]

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Mumbai school goes solar with 103kW rooftop project

June 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Suntuity Renewable Energy India, a part of U.S.-based Suntuity Group, has announced commissioning of a 103kW solar rooftop project at Blossom High School in South Mumbai. The rooftop solar energy system will offset the school’s electricity by approximately 96% and is expected to pay back in three-and-a-half to four years. The modules used are manufactured […]

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Solar Plant at Police Academy in MP

June 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Bhopal: As part of ceaseless endeavours vis-a-vis promoting renewable energy, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath will lay the foundation stone on Friday for a 650- kW Rooftop Solar Energy Plant at the Central Police Training Academy that shall be supplied electricity at Rs 1.38 per unit, it was officially learnt. The facility is being […]

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After almost 42 years, this tribal colony in Karnataka is finally getting electricity

June 25, 2019 Anand Gupta

Being surrounded by forest, drawing power lines here was prohibited and so the Malekudiya tribal colony near Mangaluru had an unreliable supply of electricity. For Laxman, a member of Malekudiya tribe in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, either kerosene lamps or a small hydropower contraption met his family and community’s electricity requirements. “But during the summer, […]

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Noida Metro To Power All 21 Stations Using Solar Power; Will Save Over 50 Per Cent In Electricity Costs

June 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) is presently engaged in the process of installing rooftop solar panels at all of its 21 stations, looking to substitute the purchase of much costlier power from the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL), reports Rail Analysis. Presently, the power purchased from UPPCL costs the NMRC Rs 6.81 per […]

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Tweak clause for rooftop solar plants, directs government

June 20, 2019 Anand Gupta

GHAZIABAD: All government and semi-government offices having an area of more than 1000 sq m will soon have to install solar photovoltaic power plant on their rooftops. This is likely be made mandatory from this month by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) as per the order of the state government, officials said. “The state government […]

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Pune firm develops solar-powered irrigation system

June 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

To solve water crisis for farmers throughout the varied climate conditions in India, Pune-based company Khethworks has developed solar-powered irrigation system. The irrigation system is intended to make farmers independent of seasonal rains or expensive fuel along with reducing carbon dioxide emissions and improving food security by developing solar pumps. “We enable year-round irrigation, cultivation […]

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