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India’s big move into solar is already paying off ndia’s massive bet on solar power is paying off far earlier than anticipated. The price of solar power has plummeted in recent months to levels rivaling that of coal, positioning the renewable source as a viable mainstream option in a country where 300 million people live without electricity. Solar prices are ... Read More »

Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2016 The 1.2 billion people living without access to the power grid spend about $27 billion annually on lighting and mobile-phone charging with kerosene, candles, battery torches or other fossil-fuel powered stopgap technologies. Solar-powered portable lights and home kits offer a better service at lower cost. This report takes stock of what the emerging off-grid ... Read More »

Join over 15,000 solar professionals at SPI 2015 was an exciting year for the solar industry. See what happened at SPI and what to expect in 2016. [svpVideo v=1] Join over 15,000 solar professionals at SPI Read More »

Singapore feeds first solar power into retail grid to reduce emissions Singapore on Monday announced it had begun to feed solar power into its retail electric grid for the first time, as it seeks to reduce emissions and prepares to fully liberalize its electricity market. Singapore, one of the sunniest cities in the world, generates almost all its power from ... Read More »

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Climate change is real. It is happening right now.” [svpVideo v=1] Leonardo DiCaprio, “Climate change is real. It is happening right now.” Read More »

Energy 101: Solar PV [svpVideo v=1] Below is the text version for the Energy 101: Solar PV video. The video opens with “Energy 101: Solar PV.” This is followed by a timelapse shot of a city skyline as day turns to night. All right, we all know that the sun’s energy creates heat and light, but it can also be ... Read More »

Is the US undermining India’s solar power programme? Whatever happened to all the talk of international co-operation to tackle climate change that we heard during the climate conference in Paris just a few months ago? That is what many environmentalists are asking after the United States delivered a damaging blow to India’s ambitious solar power programme this week. In response ... Read More »

AP set to turn into solar energy hub aving set an ambitious target of adding a minimum total solar power capacity of 5,000 mw in the next five years, Andhra Pradesh is now turning into a major hub for solar energy manufacturing facilities in the country. Major players including Essel Infraprojects, Golden Concord Holdings, Trina Solar Science and Technology Energy ... Read More »

Aptel stays discoms’ plea for power tariff hike The tariff hike proposed by three power discoms has been stayed by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (Aptel). On Thursday, Aptel stayed the petition which the discoms submitted to Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC). The next hearing is on March 17. The Jaipur, Jodhpur and Ajmer discoms sought a 11- 18% hike ... Read More »

Death by pollution: Delhi’s fight for clean air The night before the biggest exam of his life, Sarthak Jain couldn’t breathe. His limbs were listless, his breathing labored. Jain’s parents, both trained doctors, recognized the signs of a severe asthma attack. They put the 18-year-old in the family car and raced to a nearby hospital. Doctors determined that Jain was ... Read More »