Delhi Govt Issues Tender For 500 EV Charging Points at 100 Locations Updated On Sat, Feb 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy After Delhi Chief Minister launched the ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign, Delhi power minister Sateynder Jain released a tender to set up 500 electric vehicles (EV) charging points at 100 different locations, on Friday. In a press conference, minister Jain said, “Delhi government has floated nation’s biggest tender for EV (electric vehicle) charging today, with provision for […] Read more
AAP Launches ‘Switch Delhi’ Campaign, Promoting EV Adoption to Curb Pollution Updated On Thu, Feb 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy Delhi government, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has launched the ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign today, as an awareness program to promote public to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) in the state. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to people to buy such vehicles to combat pollution in the city and said, his government will hire only electric vehicles for […] Read more
Delhi CM Kejriwal Calls For Mass Movement for Solar, But Reality Stays Slow and Low Updated On Fri, Oct 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy When the Delhi government announced its first ever solar policy in 2015, the target was 1000 MW by 2020, and 2000 MW by 2025. Call it inexperience, lack of focus, or a rapidly changing policy environment, but the state is nowhere close to, or even on the path to, those ambitious numbers. The Delhi government […] Read more
Time To Consider An EV In Delhi. 2020 Policy Announced by CM Kejriwal Updated On Fri, Aug 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Delhi government launched its new electric vehicle policy on Friday aimed at curbing pollution in the national capital, amongst the world’s most polluted cities, and also to create jobs and boost the local economy. For the past few years, Delhi has been facing a recurring problem with air pollution during winter with thick smog […] Read more
Covid Side Effects- Diesel in Delhi Pricier Than Mumbai For First Time Ever Updated On Tue, May 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Coronavirus has achieved something almost nothing could in the past few decades. Brought the price of diesel in Delhi above the ruling price in Mumbai. After a steep increase in VAT 9 (Value Added Tax) by the state government in Delhi today, both petrol and diesel prices in the city state are up by […] Read more
Solar Power and Agriculture: Can There Be a Happy Coexistence? Updated On Fri, Nov 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy News yesterday that cranberry farmers in Massachusetts, US, are trying out solar installations on their farms to get some extra income has put the focus back on one of the biggest critiques of solar power. That there simply isn’t enough land that meets the requirements of sunlight, proximity to the transmission grid, and a ready […] Read more
Dwarka Gets Delhi’s Largest Residential Rooftop Solar Plant Updated On Mon, Aug 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy The four societies which together house around 2000 residents and has 450 flats in Dwarka, will be the first ever project in on a large scale after IP Extension’s Milan Colony to have its own solar power plant. Delhi’s first large scale residential rooftop solar power plant has been sanctioned for four societies in Dwarka sub city. […] Read more
Delhi Govt to Run 1,000 Electric Buses to Curb Air Pollution Updated On Wed, Jul 11th, 2018 by Saurenergy Further, the move is in-line with the Delhi government’s 2018-19 Green Budget aimed at fighting against air pollution, as it had planned to reduce 20.9 lakh metric tonne CO2 and PM 2.5 by 503 MT. Cabinet approves hiring of consultant to run 1000 electric buses in Delhi. A big step in modernizing Delhi’s transport sector […] Read more
Delhi Govt comes up with ‘Green Budget’ to Focus on EVs, Solar Energy Updated On Fri, Mar 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The AAP government presented a Rs 53,000 crore budget for 2018-19 fiscal, and is the first ‘Green budget’ of the government aimed at effective containment of pollution in the city. In a first, the budget presented by the AAP government in the Delhi Assembly has given thrust on “green” initiatives by laying emphasis on environment, […] Read more
