Rent your rooftop and get solar power at a cheaper rate Give us your rooftop and we will give you cheap solar power – this is the model being used by many solar power companies to rake up their rooftop solar installation capacities. Industrial establishments, commercial buildings, malls and large gated communities are the target for these operators who would ... Read More »
‘US firms keen to participate in India’s solar programme’ Several American companies are looking at opportunities in India’s renewable energy sector and are keen to participate in the National Solar Mission, US Exim Banksaid on Friday. “We are working with a number of renewable energy companies in the US and they are looking to increase their business here,” said Fred ... Read More »
Germany’s SMA Solar says 2016 operating profit could quadruple * SMA sees 2016 EBIT at 80-120 mln eur vs 30-33 mln in 2015 * Sees 2016 sales at 950 mln to 1.05 bln eur vs 1.0 bln * Shares drop more than 10 percent (Adds shares, sales guidance) FRANKFURT, Jan 29 Germany’s largest solar power equipment maker, SMA Solar, said ... Read More »
US firms keen to invest in India’s renewable energy sector With India looking to enhance the share of renewable sources to 40% of its energy mix by 2030, up from 13% now, US businesses are making a beeline to capture a slice of the market. Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export Import Bank of the US said ... Read More »
What really happened at Vasan Healthcare? At half-past seven on the morning of 1 December 2015, two cars pulled up outside 199, St Mary’s Road, in Alwarpet, a South Chennai neighbourhood that still has a few bungalows in what is increasingly becoming a city of apartments. A man alighted from one of the cars and told the guard at 199, ... Read More »
Maharashtra approves solar energy policy, offers incentives for power generation Maharashtra Government on Monday approved an energy policy that seeks to provide sops for solar power generation and encourages public and private entities to tap this renewable source of electricity in a big way. State Cabinet cleared the solar off-grid policy which aims to save at least 500 megawatts (MW) ... Read More »
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing our workplaces, and we will need to adapt our skills The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing our workplaces, and we will need to adapt our skills The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing our workplaces, and we will need to adapt our skills. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing our workplaces, and we will need ... Read More »
UAE’s Enviromena sees sun shining for solar power in Mena region Enviromena Power Systems, builder of solar power plants, sees contracts rising tenfold in 2016 as countries from Oman to Morocco push ahead with renewable energy projects, its chief executive said on Thursday. Abu Dhabi-based Enviromena, set up in 2007 with local and international investors including venture capital firms, has ... Read More »
The 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Five years from now, over one-third of skills (35%) that are considered important in today’s workforce will have changed. By 2020, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have brought us advanced robotics and autonomous transport, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced materials, biotechnology and genomics. These developments will transform ... Read More »
Solar EPC prices plunge as global companies raise bar A significant drop in global commodity prices and fierce competition among domestic cash-strapped power project contractors have led to a steep fall in prices of solar EPC ( engineering, procurement and construction) contracts, benefiting power asset owners and consumers. EPC contractors are learnt to have quoted the lowest ever prices of ... Read More »
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