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India’s Karnataka clears roadblock for 910MW of solar projects

By : sustainabilityo..., May 20, 2016

The Indian state of Karnataka has issued letters of approval (LOAs) for 910MW of solar projects that were allotted in its dispersed 1.2GW solar auction in March.

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Subject Tags: solar energy

Tata Power bags 100 MW solar projects in Karnataka

By : sustainabilityo..., May 20, 2016

Tata PowerBSE Company's subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy, has won two solar grid connected photovoltaic projects of 50 mw each in Pavagada Solar Park in the Tumkur district of Karnataka...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

Milestone in solar cell efficiency by UNSW engineers

By : sustainabilityo..., May 19, 2016

A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales has pushed sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency to 34.5% – establishing a new world record for...

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Subject Tags: innovation , solar energy

Portugal runs for four days straight on renewable energy alone

By : sustainabilityo..., May 19, 2016

Portugal kept its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days last week in a clean energy milestone revealed by data analysis of national energy network figures....

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Going green: Punjab gets world's biggest rooftop solar plant

By : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2016

Touted to be the biggest one of its kind in the world, the 11.5 MW rooftop solar energy plant was inaugurated on Tuesday by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at the Radha Soami sect...

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Installed solar capacity touches 7,000 MW by April

By : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2016

The fate of almost 1,000 megawatt of solar power capacity in India’s solar programme hangs in balance even after a month and a half since US-based SunEdison declared bankruptcy....

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Subject Tags: solar energy

Renew Power and Hareon complete 72MW PV project in India’s Andhra Pradesh

By : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2016

A joint venture between India-based developer Renew Power and China’s cell and module manufacturer Hareon Solar Technology has commissioned a 72MW project in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

India's first solar-powered train set for trial

By : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2016

In a bid to harness solar energy, the Indian Railways is all set to conduct trial of its first solar panel-powered train in Rajasthan's Jodhpur city.

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Solar manufacturing industry still waiting to take off

By : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2016

Data released by the government suggests that the average size of Indian solar cell and module manufacturing unit is just about 86 MW and 69 MW respectively per annum.

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Telangana govt not to acquire land for solar power developers

By : sustainabilityo..., May 16, 2016

The Telangana government has ruled out any intervention in the purchase of land by developers for solar power projects.

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Subject Tags: solar energy