Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Motivated by the savings made at the President

L. N. Revathy

Much of the 40-km drive from Coimbatore to Sirumugai beyond Mettupalayam can be tedious as the road is not broad enough to take the traffic.

Vehicle movement is particularly heavy because of the good number of industrial units on either side of Mettupalayam road.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Clinton Climate Initiative, a programme of the US-based William J. Clinton Foundation, for setting up solar parks in the State. Each solar park will serve as a concentrated zone of solar development and produce 3,000 to 5,000 MW power.

KOTTAYAM: Ever thought of solar cells doing the same function like that of plants?

New Delhi: Delhi Technological University (DTU) will don a fresh green look soon. After being upragded to a university in the middle of last year, DTU revisited its master plan and came up with innovative ways to improve the institute.

National and international experts have urged SAIL to explore the twin possibilities of adopting new energy efficient processes and non-conventional sources like wind and solar energy in steel plants.

K Subramanya

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: Lauding the major renewable energy initiative of Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, Russia on Tuesday expressed strong confidence that both New Delhi and Moscow had great potential for forging joint ventures and setting up manufacturing facilities for application of solar energy in the fields of industrial, military, civil and space sectors.

The BSES on Tuesday became the first utility to sign an agreement to source 50 MW of solar power, a day after the Prime Minister unveiled the solar mission. As per the deal, the BSES-Rajdhani and BSESYamuna each will procure 25 MW of solar power.

As many as 4,000 houses spread across 26 remote villages in six districts will emerge from darkness this February-end.