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We Care Solar and Arrow Electronics Win 2019 Edison Award For Solar Suitcase

The Edison Awards, named after Thomas Alva Edison, recognises and honours the world’s best innovators and innovations. Arrow Electronics and nonprofit We Care Solar have won a 2019 Edison Award for We Care Solar Suitcase 3.0, a portable and durable power system that provides sustainable energy for around-the-clock, effective obstetric care in remote and off-grid maternal health facilities around […]

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Delhi Metro Plans to Run All Operations on Solar Energy by 2021

The corporation will start getting 99 MW solar energy from the 750 MW Solar Power Park in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh from May 2019. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) which currently meets nearly 60 percent of its electricity needs from solar energy, plans to drive up that number to meet all its energy needs from clean […]

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SDMC Shifts Focus to Solar Energy and EV Charging Points

To encourage the public transition to use electric vehicles, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has set a target to develop at least 50 public charging stations by the end of this financial year. Speaking at the fourth Asia Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation — Resilient Cities Asia Pacific 2019, SDMC commissioner Puneet […]

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Mumbai Housing Complex Goes Solar, To Reduce Electricity Bill by 70%

This would be the equivalent of reducing 140 diesel cars a month and around 1,700 such cars a year from Mumbai’s roads. In what is, perhaps, the largest renewable energy project in the city, a housing society in the Mumbai suburbs is looking at cutting its electricity bill by 70% by generating 700-kW solar energy […]

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UP Village Sets Precedent With 100% Solar Power Use

A village in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district is presenting itself as a model for renewable energy usage with complete dependence on solar power for all its needs. The solar-powered village in Chakanwala Panchayat named ‘Mandironwala Bhuddi’ has no electricity poles but is completely lit up using solar power. Solar panels have been installed at every house in the village as part […]

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Solar Waste Management and Manufacturing Standards Policy Needed: Report

The government needs to bring out a policy on solar module waste management and standards for use of material for manufacturing, according to consultancy Bridge To India.  “There is an urgent need to formulate appropriate quality standards for use of environmentally sustainable materials in manufacturing of modules. This will help in minimising potentially hazardous end-of-life […]

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Scatec Solar Brings First Part of 400 MW Solar Plant in Egypt Online

Norway-based Scatec Solar has announced that it has grid-connected and reached commercial operation for 65 MW of its 400 MW Benban project in Egypt. The Benban solar power plant is Scatec Solar’s largest project under construction, and the company is the largest contributor to the 1.5 GW Benban site – the world’s largest solar park. […]

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New Research Center Established to Develop Efficient & Flexible Solar Cells

New organic materials for creating advanced, flexible, light-weight solar cells and electronics for military and civilian use in remote areas away from power grids will be the focus of a new research center directed by Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering and materials science and engineering at Penn State. The Center for Self-Assembled Organic Electronics […]

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