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Offshore Wind Could Generate 8% Of USA’s Electricity By 2050: NREL

The NREL has released a report on, “Expanded Modelling Scenarios”. which helps to understand the role of offshore wind in decarbonizing the United States. The report estimates that 20% of regional power needs could be served alongside the Atlantic coast to support offshore wind farms by 2050.  NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary […]

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Four Areas Where Solar Power Can, Is, and Ought To Make a Bigger Impact

“The real wealth of a nation is its people. The purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy and creative lives,” said noted economist and Noble Prize winner Mahbub-ul-Haq. I was reminded of this profound universal concept that underpins today’s ‘Human Development Index,’ which serves as the defining […]

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Advertising, Brand Ambassadors, And Celebrities Emerge As the ABC Of Solar Marketing

Advertising, Brand Ambassadors, And Celebrities Emerge As the ABC Of Solar Marketing As India’s domestic solar manufacturing ramps up from an estimated 38 GW currently to over 100 GW by 2026, firms have realised the limits of doing business as usual. Counting on large government-backed projects, with exports as the icing on the cake when […]

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Genex Lands Solar Plus Storage Deal of 337.5 MW with Fortescue

Genex Power, which develops projects for renewable energy generation and storage across Australia, will be developing a 2 GW multi-stage Bulli Creek solar and battery project in Queensland. The Australian firm has joined hands with the green energy arm of Fortescue Metals Group for the project for a period of 25 years. The Bulli Creek […]

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Shakti Pumps Bags First Solar Pump Order Under PM-KUSUM’s Component C

Shakti Pumps, one of the largest Indian solar pumping companies and a prominent player in the renewable energy sector, has announced the receipt of its inaugural commercial order under the PM-KUSUM scheme Component-C from Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited for the total worth of INR 149.71 Crs. The win is a significant milestone as the […]

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Rajasthan Notifies Renewable Energy Policy: Solar Keeps Wind In Shadow

This week has turned out to be an eventful when it comes to the renewable energy policy landscape with the two leading states in capacity additions- Gujarat and Rajasthan unveiling their Renewable Energy Policies. Ambitions  The policy newly unveiled policy strives for 90 GW of solar capacity in the state by decade-end. It also eyes […]

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ToD Tariff Mechanism: A Tool To Lower Electricity Bills While Managing Demand

In a revision to Electricity (Rights of consumers) Rules, 2020, the Government introduced two changes to the electricity tariff system in June 2023. These changes are introduction of Time of Day (ToD) Tariff, and rationalization of smart metering provisions. As per the tariff system introduced, tariff during high-solar hours of the day should be 10%-20% […]

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NHPC Issues Tender for EPC, O&M of 40 MW Solar Project in Odisha

NHPC has issued a tender and invited online bids through domestic competitive bidding in single stage-two part bidding basis (i.e.part-I:QR+technical-bid and part-II: financial bid) with e-reverse auction (e-RA) by NHPC Ltd.for “Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for development of 40 MW capacity solar power project and associated 220 KV transmission line for connectivity at […]

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