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Tapping solar power, and showing the light too In an energy-deficient state, Karnataka has been trying to channel its resources towards raising the contribution of renewable sources. While wind energy, the first renewable energy generation effort, never received the attention it required, there’s a glimmer of hope through its new solar power policy that has been hailed across the country. ... Read More »

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited commissions 10 MW solar plant Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) managing director MKV Rama Rao said that the corporation has commissioned the first 10MW solar power plant at Panipat Thermal Power Station, Panipat. On the first day, the solar plant generated and supplied about 10,000 units of electricity to the grid. He said that ... Read More »

Ministry of Defense pushes for solar power The defence estates department of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to make off-grid solar power provisions mandatory for large buildings. These provisions are likely to carry incentives in the form of rebates and space exemptions. These rules could be applicable in the cantonment areas, implied by their inclusion in the recently-released ... Read More »

New Simulation Represents 100% Renewable Energy System Researchers at the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland have developed the first ever model depicting a 100% global renewable energy system. In a first of its kind-type simulation researchers from the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland have modeled a 100% global renewable energy system covering the entire planet, structured into 145 separate regions ... Read More »

Global climate talks move to Marrakesh: Here’s what they need to achieve Even though evidence on an ever-worsening global climate keeps pouring in with alarming frequency, the last 12 months have, in fact, been a relatively good year for global climate policy. Next week, the world’s countries meet in Marrakesh, Morocco, to follow up on the gains made at Paris ... Read More »

Global CO2 Concentration Passes Threshold of 400 ppm—And That’s Bad for the Climate Scientists say humans may need to take some carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to stop global warming The average level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere across the globe passed 400 parts per million (ppm) last year, a symbolic and worrying milestone in growth of manmade ... Read More »

India’s Rooftop Solar Power Capacity Crosses 1 Gigawatt Mark: Report India’s Rooftop Solar Power Capacity Crosses 1 Gigawatt Mark: Report All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: October 19, 2016 14:47 IST    by Taboola  Sponsored Links  Sponsored Simple Activities to Make Your 2-12 Year Old Kids Smart and Creative (Magic Crate) 15 Most Amazing Vintage Cars (Carophile) ... Read More »

Stanford University to go for solar rooftop energy With one of the largest campuses in the country, the private research university in northern California announced the Stanford Solar Generating Station project last year. US’ Stanford University is moving ahead with its goal that 50 per cent of its electricity will be powered by a new solar plant now in the ... Read More »

A cool opportunity to be climate-friendly The agreement adopted at Kigali, Rwanda, to limit and reduce the use of heat-trapping refrigerant gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is a big win for the global effort to address climate change. For its part, India showed flexibility to help secure an ambitious agreement while protecting its development space. Now, make this a grand commercial opportunity. ... Read More »

India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030 Taking the lead on tackling climate change, India on Thursday said it will eliminate the use of HFC-23, a greenhouse gas that harms the ozone layer, by 2030. The announcement came at a meeting of parties to the Montreal Protocol at Kigali in Rwanda where final negotiations are taking place to substantially ... Read More »