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Solar companies protest Tamil Nadu’s move to not pay for excess power

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 15, 2017

Solar developers are up in arms over Tamil Nadu’s decision not to pay for power they produce by achieving higher efficiencies, which they claim has already cost them over Rs 100 crore....

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India plans 20GW solar tender, eyes domestic manufacturing boost

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2017

India plans to invite bids for setting up 20 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity—the world’s largest solar tender—at one go, in an attempt to spur domestic manufacturing of solar power...

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Subject Tags: power sector , solar power

Solar power firms in Karnataka make a beeline ahead of March open access deadline

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2017

With the March 2018 deadline for solar power projects in Karnataka to be able to be exempted from open access charges, ground level activities have picked up frantic pace to meet the deadline...

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More work needed to widen renewables, solar: UNIDO official

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2017

Lauding India's renewables and solar photovoltaic (PV) programmes, UNIDO's India representative Rene van Berkel on Wednesday said more work is needed to bring everybody under the ambit of these...

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Coimbatore goes green, to set up two solar power plants of 1 MW each

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 8, 2017

The city corporation plans to tap solar energy to bring down its electricity bills by setting up two plants of one megawatt capacity each at Ukkadam and Kavundampalayam.

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Call for 10MW of floating solar at India’s Lakshadweep Islands

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 7, 2017

The Lakshadweep Energy Development Authority (LEDA) has invited an Expression of Interest (EoI) for the development of floating solar plants on a set of the Indian islands.

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NLC to set up solar plants on railway land

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2017

NLC India has been tasked with covering vacant land of the Railways with solar power generation set-ups.

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Maharashtra launches project to connect farmlands with solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2017

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday laid foundation stone for a pilot project under which farmlands in the state could get upto 12 hours uninterrupted power tapping solar...

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Delhi metro to cover pedestrian bridges, install solar panels to generate power

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2017

Delhi Metro will install solar panels on the roof of pedestrian overbridges to generate clean and cheaper energy for use at stations.

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Government buildings in Goa to be solar powered by next year

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2017

Government buildings in Goa will adopt solar energy as a means to generate power by way of setting up rooftop solar plants by this financial year.

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Subject Tags: solar power