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5791.54 MU electricity generated by cumulative solar installations from April to September 2016: Piyush Goyal

New and Renewable Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday citing an information received from Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated that 5791.54 MU electricity is produced by cumulative solar installations in the country from April 2016 to September 2016. Quantum of electricity produced by cumulative solar installations in the country:- Year Energy generation […]

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Jharkhand To Sign PPAs For A Total Of 1.1 Gw Solar Projects By Third Week Of December: Report

Jharkhand is expected to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a total of 1.1 GW solar projects by the third week of December 2016. These solar PV projects were auctioned early this year but were stalled due to differences between DISCOMs and developers over the quoted tariff. A Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) official […]

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Azure Power Starts Construction of 100 MW NTPC Project in Andhra Pradesh

Azure Power has announced that it has started the construction of its 100MW solar power project in Andhra Pradesh. The Company has secured land and financing for this project.  The project was auctioned by NTPC, which is designated under National Solar Mission for a total capacity of 1000 MW of solar power projects at Kurnool […]

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Mangalore University With kWatt Solutions, SINE, IIT Organizing Seminar On Emerging Solar PV Technology

Mangalore University is organizing a seminar on ‘Emerging solar PV technology applications for academics’ on December 3rd with kWatt Solutions, SINE, IIT, Bombay and M/s Selco Solar Light Pvt Ltd reports TOI. The university is organizing seminar under National Solar Awareness (NaSA) campaign for Science departments of university, colleges and engineering colleges and administrators of […]

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Industry’s Aspirations on Solar Blueprint

Every year India faces severe electricity shortage, to meet the rapidly growing demand the country needs a massive addition in capacity. And to sustain the pace of economic growth with a commitment towards the reduction of greenhouse gases, India has to cut its dependency on fossil fuels for electrification. Therefore solar power installations in India […]

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MNRE & MASDAR in UAE are jointly organizing a conference and exhibition in UAE on RE opportunities in India

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) & Abu Dhabi government agency MASDAR in the UAE are jointly organizing a conference and exhibition that focuses on renewable energy opportunities in India. MNRE India delegation will be led by Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State for Coal, Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. In […]

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India to install solar powered street lights in Bangladesh

Indian government offered to install solar powered street lights in Bangladesh. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh made the proposal when he paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid at his ministry office. Energy Efficient Service Ltd (EESL) will set up street lights in Bangladesh […]

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Meyer Burger sells PV production equipment to a Russian company

Meyer Burger has bagged an order from one of the largest solar company in Russia, Hevel LLC for the supply of high-end PV production systems. Meyer Burger will be supplying the Moscow based solar company  with a variety of its technology, including systems for the qualification of crystalline solar wafers, for the coating and performance […]

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