ISLAMABAD (May 01 2010): Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started homework to run streetlights on solar energy. CDA Spokesman Ramzan Sajjad told APP here Friday that assessment into this effect was taken in view of the shortage of electricity as well as government's energy conservation plan.

Chennai: With the diesel gensets powering 3 lakh telecom towers guzzling Rs 6,400 crore fossil fuel every year, the time has come to think about solar power replacing diesel gensets, said Farooq Abdullah, minister of new and renewable energy (MNRE).

The first-ever solar panel assembling plant in the country was launched in Savar yesterday to make solar panels available on the local market at a competitive price.

Solar panels, assembled at the plant, are expected to hit the market in a month.

The plant set up by local company Electro Solar Power Ltd (ESPL) is capable of assembling solar panels with a production capacity of 10-megawatt el

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The renewable energy sector, particularly solar energy, should now focus on technology and bringing down costs, said Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy.

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Washington: From solar-powered water purification systems in Afghanistan to a Navy jet fueled in part by biofuel, the US military is taking a lead role in shrinking the US carbon

The State government will collaborate with the British High Commission to take up green initiatives in the heritage city of Mysore.