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Believing in India’s solar mission takes a leap of faith The sun’s energy is free, but the capital required to harness it must earn a fair return. Try telling that to the gung-ho bidders for India’s utility-scale solar power projects. Auction prices will fall below Rs4 per kilowatt-hour this year, Bloomberg News reports. The record low 2016 bid was Rs4.34. ... Read More »

Solar rooftop 50% cheaper than diesel generator sets Recommending the housing societies to replace the diesel generator sets with the rooftop solar power systems, a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds the clean energy option financially more attractive. The study said the cost of power generation from a diesel generator set, including the capital cost, is Rs ... Read More »

Solar rooftop 50% cheaper than diesel generator sets Recommending the housing societies to replace the diesel generator sets with the rooftop solar power systems, a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds the clean energy option financially more attractive. The study said the cost of power generation from a diesel generator set, including the capital cost, is Rs ... Read More »

Piyush Goyal to showcase world’s largest street light replacement programme on Monday Power, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal will on Monday unveil street light replacement programme running in south Delhi, which is hailed to be the world’s largest such programme. Under the programme, which is being implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), the South Delhi ... Read More »

Low-income families join solar revolution with help of California NGO If you were to make a list of the poorest areas in Los Angeles, somewhere on that list would be Bertha Dortch’s neighbourhood in Inglewood. The 68-year-old is on a fixed income, but she’s chosen to take in her great-granddaughter and two foster children. On hot days, she faces difficult choices ... Read More »

Renewable companies line up for solar rooftop projects In one of the largest tenders for the rooftop solar power projects, sector majors lined up to bid in a wide range of tariff – from Rs 3 per unit to Rs 6.9 per unit. The capital expenditure quoted by the companies is in nominal range of Rs 59,000 per kWp to ... Read More »

New Year begins with crude shock for consumers as all fuels become costlier The New Year started on a crude note for consumers as fuels across the board became costlier due to an uptick in global oil prices in the wake of a global production cut deal among major oil exporters, including Opec and Russia. State-run fuel retailers raised petrol ... Read More »

The Biggest Clean Energy Advances in 2016 lean energy made critical strides in 2016. The Paris Climate accords went into effect, the price of solar installations continued to drop, investments in renewable energy soared, offshore wind finally got under way in the United States, and scientists made a series of technical advances that promise to make sustainable energy increasingly efficient and ... Read More »

Accepting the Reality of Climate Change Is Good for Business The climate cause has lost an ally in the White House, but the private sector has ensured that the clean technology revolution is here to stay Yes, climate change is an existential threat—one that keeps me up at night. But talking of fire and brimstone only inflames those who either ... Read More »

Rs 1 lakh crore investment in solar power, green corridor on government’s energy radar for 2017 Green seems to be the catchword for the government heading into the next year as it gears up to achieve 175 gigawatt of clean energy by 2022 through auction of 1,000 MW of rooftop solar power, Rs 13,000 crore investment in solar parks and ... Read More »