Targets or diktats?
India: aim, hope high
Opting for renewables
Solar mission phase II: viability gap funding not the best way to subsidise solar photovoltaic plants, say analysts
It may lead to setting up of inefficient solar projects under National Solar Mission
As told to Parliament (February 8, 2022): India’s per capita expenditure on health has increased
All that was discussed in the House through the day
A headache called Bush
George W Bush's fixation for fossil fuels and nuclear power enrages environmentalists
Clean switch-over
Just talking renewable energy will not do
Huge difference between potential and utilisation of renewable energy
Guidelines proposed for power credits
Centre paves way for trade in energy certificates
Coal’s share in India’s power mix to decline to half by 2030, renewables to meet new demand: CEA
Solar is expected to lift the load in the future power mix, while projections for large hydropower and wind remain modest
Planning to install rooftop solar panels? How about some grass beneath it
Integrating green roofs and solar PV systems can enhance their functions and effectiveness through cooling and shading effects
Solar-powered aeroplane arrives in Ahmedabad
In the next leg of its journey, the plane is scheduled to stop in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh
Budgeting power
Four Rajasthan villages get microgrid solar power using an innovative pre-paid meter that detects theft
Sun lighting up the valley
Solar lighting systems have brightened up the gloomy winters of Himachal Pradesh's Mayad valley
Solar mission: Centre releases policy for 750 MW grid-connected projects
Policy provides for subsidy in the form of viability gap funding
Science & Technology - Briefs
Big response to solar power plan
Uttarakhand gets applications for 65 per cent of its target in 15 days of launching scheme
Solar mission phase II may reign in import of thinfilms
Earlier mandate of domestic content requirement only for crystalline silicon technology led to most developers importing cheaper thinfilm solar panels
Rooftop solar power scheme a big hit in Uttarakhand
Government receives applications for more than 65 per cent of its installation capacity target for the year within 15 days of start of programme
World’s biggest solar power project becomes operational in US
Ivanpah produces 392 MW power; avoids emissions of 400,000 tonnes of CO2
Prepaid cards for unlimited electricity
Action begins
Union Budget 2024-25: Boost for renewable energy, emphasis on EV infrastructure
MoEFCC and MNRE see hike in budgetary allocation; 10 million houses to be brought under rooftop solar scheme
Aditya successfully lifts off from Sriharikota to study the sun, space weather
The spacecraft will travel 1.5 million km to reach Lagrange point 1, a point in space where the gravitation pulls of Earth and the Sun are in …
Cabinet panel nod to over Rs 8,000 crore for solar projects
The funding for the CPSU scheme is a welcome relief for already operational domestic manufacturers who are battling a difficult market