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Telangana Looks To Power Over 5200 Schools With Solar Rooftop

The Telangana Government is striving to relieve government-run schools from the financial burden of electricity bills. The government will be introducing more solar power plants on the rooftops of its schools of different capacities. The plan involves installing solar power plants in a total of 5,267 schools, which includes 4,600 government and local body high […]

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Avg Wholesale Electricity Prices in India in H1 2023 80% Higher than 2019 Levels: IEA

IEA’s latest report entitled, ‘Electricity Market Report Update; Outlook for 2023 and 2024’ has shed light on the following findings- India has installed significant solar generation capacities in recent years, which helps meet daytime peak demand for cooling. However, evening peaks when the sun does not shine but temperatures remain very high pose a significant […]

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Tata Power Plans to Add 2.5 GW of Solar Power In FY24

Tata Power, an electricity generation company, has planned to add 2.5 Gigawatt (GW) of solar energy in FY24, the company’s top management said in its latest investors call. The company recently submitted the call details to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in its self-disclosure. The decision comes after an unexpected consumption increase of only 1.5% […]

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Solar Pumps, Refrigerators To The Rescue In Benin, West Africa

In the Kalalé District of Benin, West Africa, basic health services are hard to come by. Historically, a lack of electrical infrastructure in this region has meant no power to pump clean water or refrigerate vaccines. That has now changed due to a recently completed project by the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), with funding from the Millennium Challenge […]

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Solar’s Slow Rise In Sun Drenched Pakistan

Extensive load shedding and high and rising electricity costs are a few of the reasons for consumers to seek a switch to solar power in Pakistan. With industry pointing out that the nation pays some of the highest electricity tariffs in South Asia, it is indeed a wonder why solar has not established a stronger […]

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IRA Has Turbo Charged American Solar Manufacturing-SEIA

The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA), an Industry Association Body of US has released a Solar Market Outlook Report. It is interesting to see how the SEIA, till recently an advocate of solar developers and cheap imports from China, has changed tack to celebrate the impending manufacturing boom in the US. The report, more a […]

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Electrify America’s 75 MW Solar Farm Gets the Ball Rolling

Electrify America, the open network of DC fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs) in the US has kickstarted operations of its 75 MW solar renewable energy generation project referred to as Electrify America Solar Glow 1, located in San Bernardino County, CA. The Electrify America Solar Glow 1 extends to over a square mile and […]

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Solar Aided In Electrification of 4.1 L Households Under ‘Saubhagya’: Govt 

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh, in his recent reply before the Lok Sabha, said that around 1.64 percent (4.1 lakh) of the rural and urban household-level electrification works undertaken under the Saubhagya scheme was done with the help of solar energy.  “As reported by the States/UTs, a total of 2.86 crore […]

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