Solar

Assam to implement 7 MW of rooftop solar projects on social and institutional buildings

Assam to implement 7 MW of rooftop solar projects on social and institutional buildings

The Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) has issued a tender for 7 MW of grid-connected solar rooftop projects for social and insti...
Indian Army Project Roshni Lights Up Remote Villages in J&K with Solar Lights

Indian Army Project Roshni Lights Up Remote Villages in J&K with Solar Lights

Under project Roshni, the Indian Army Bhaderwah-based counter-insurgency unit Rashtriya Rifles has installed solar lights in poor and remote villa...
India Growing Solar Power Programme Could Leave Behind a Trail of Waste

India Growing Solar Power Programme Could Leave Behind a Trail of Waste

Solar power may promise a bright future for India energy requirements, but behind the sheen is a growing mountain of waste. While the national gov...
Amid Water Scarcity, Solar Water Pumps Come to Rescue in Cyclone-Hit Odisha

Amid Water Scarcity, Solar Water Pumps Come to Rescue in Cyclone-Hit Odisha

The extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani that swept across Odisha last week has ravaged homes, uprooted electricity poles and trees, and damaged e...
Walmart Agrees to Power More Than 40 Stores With Solar Energy

Walmart Agrees to Power More Than 40 Stores With Solar Energy

Walmart Inc. reached a deal to power more than 40 stores in five states with solar energy as it works toward a goal of getting half its electricit...
Mahindra Susten, Mitsui to co-invest in distributed solar power projects

Mahindra Susten, Mitsui to co-invest in distributed solar power projects

Mahindra Susten on Monday announced entering into a partnership with Mitsui & Co of Japan to jointly develop and operate distributed solar pow...
Andhra University to go green with rooftop solar power

Andhra University to go green with rooftop solar power

The nine-decade-old Andhra University is hoping to make a drastic reduction in its carbon footprint by embracing rooftop solar power in a phased m...
Facebook is investing hundreds of millions in a gigantic new solar farm

Facebook is investing hundreds of millions in a gigantic new solar farm

On a huge piece of land in West Texas about five and a half times larger than Central Park, a massive new solar farm one of the largest in the U.S...
Maruti Suzuki to harness solar power for car manufacturing

Maruti Suzuki to harness solar power for car manufacturing

New Delhi: Indias largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday said that it has taken an important step to harness solar power to meet its energy ...
IIT-Hyderabad develops new process to improve solar cell efficiency

IIT-Hyderabad develops new process to improve solar cell efficiency

A novel process to improve the performance of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC) has been developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Techn...
By 2050, Solar and Wind will be the major power providers to the World

By 2050, Solar and Wind will be the major power providers to the World

Nearly half the worlds electricity will come from renewable energy by 2050 as costs of wind, solar and battery storage continue to plummet. That...
Sun helps Indian farmers to water their crops

Sun helps Indian farmers to water their crops

Hundreds of millions of people in India depend on farming for their livelihoods, but widespread droughts in recent years mean they often struggle ...