MARGAO: Solar powered illumination will soon become a reality in the Commercial Capital.
Work on erection of solar panels has begun around the Margao Municipal building as part of the joint project between the Margao civic body and the Goa Energy Development Agency.

At least 1,000 solar rickshaws will be deployed to ferry over 7,000 athletes and their delegates during the Commonwealth Games later this year.

Applauding the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission 2022 initiative launched by India to unleash 20,000 MW of power during the next decade, US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has expressed its strong desire to be associated with the Indian Government, industry and academia to research and develop clean energy green technology in the post-Copenhagen scenario.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide a rebate under Section 80 of the Income Tax Act to individuals investing in the renewable energy sector and restore increased financial assistance on solar pumps for the agricultural sector.

K Subramanya

A Nehru s India moves ahead implementing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, one of the key questions that have emerged is the pan-India dissemination and uptake of solar energy at a commercial scale.

Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward.

Recommendations of the Committee set up for promotion of manufacturing in solar energy in India.

Preeti Parashar

Chandigarh: The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has accepted proposals by Haryana for transferring four solar photovoltaic power projects to the national solar mission.

ANANTAPUR, Feb. 3: The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIIDC) has decided to set up a solar city, at Kadiri in Anantapur district, with an outlay of Rs 3,000 crore in 5,000 acres.
The APIIDC managing director, Mr B.P. Acharya, had announced setting up of a solar city at Kadiri, in October last year.

S. Sundar

Installs a 10 kw solar power plant to mitigate power shortage

Alternative: Solar power plant at Balaganapathy Mills, Malli village, in Srivilliputtur.

SRIVILLIPUTTUR: Peak hour restriction on usage of power for industrial units and two-hour load shedding has made a private spinning unit near here to experiment with solar power energy.

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