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As Bangladesh’s Textile Sector Makes Green Switch, Lessons For India’s Export Giants Too

Bangladesh has been a laggard when it comes to Grid-scale solar adaptation, historically. The country, which also imports power from India, faces a challenge when it comes to energy, with a reliance on natural gas besides thermal power from India. However, there have been clear signs of acceleration in its solar installation drive recently. At […]

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Dubai Opens 5th Phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

Dubai has inaugurated the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world’s largest single-site solar park with a planned capacity of 5GW by 2030, as part of its renewable energy push. The fifth phase of the solar park was completed ahead of the scheduled opening date of December 2023, despite […]

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Errant EV Players Might Face More Trouble For Flouting FAME-II

The Ministry of Heavy Industries is now mulling stringent actions against alleged errant two-wheeler Electric Vehicle (EV) players in India for falsely claiming subsidies under the Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II. The ministry is the nodal agency for disbursing FAME-II funds to EV players. As per reports, the ministry has planned to […]

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Odisha Most Prone To The Adverse Impacts Of Net Zero Ambitions: Report

A latest report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) claimed that Odisha is the country’s most vulnerable state regarding the adverse impacts of India’s net-zero ambitious net-zero plans. The international think-tank, in their ‘vulnerability assessment report,’ studied the risks faced by India’s coal-bearing states.  It comes with the anticipated phasing out of coal and an increase in […]

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Yokohama Rubber’s First Truck/Bus Tire to be Used as OE on EV

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that it has begun supplying its RY01C tires to Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation for use as original equipment (OE) on its new model eCanter all-electric light-duty truck, which went on sale in Japan. The eCanter was first launched in 2017 as Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty […]

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European Clean Energy Developer TagEnergy Raises €570 MillionTo Drive Growth

Clean energy developer and investor TagEnergy announced today a major capital injection, the closing of a dual currency (AU$ and €) green bond totalling a maximum of €570,000,000 (equivalent) with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and GIC as investors. The fund raise comes at possibly the best time ever for European RE developers, with a market that […]

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Solis Makes its Presence Felt at Intersolar Europe by Unveiling PV Energy Storage Solutions

On June 14-16, 2023, Intersolar Europe, a global photovoltaic event, was kicked off in Munich, Germany. Solis, a manufacturer of energy storage and photovoltaic inverters, used the platform to showcase a new generation of photovoltaic energy storage solutions on the spot. Here is a list of innovations unveiled by Solis on the occasion- Photovoltaic Energy […]

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Balancing Energy & Aquaculture in Bangladesh: First Floating Solar Power Plant Connects to National Grid

Bangladesh has connected its first floating commercial solar power plant to the national grid. The farm is located in Chapainawabganj District, about 302 km northwest of the country capital Dhaka. The Joules Nawab Floating Solar Plant project consists of solar panels aggregating to a capacity of 2.3 MW mounted on specially designed floating platforms in […]

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