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This actor has turned producer – of power   Actor-director Sreenivasan has thus far been known to Mollywood fans for his films; they’ll now also know him as a power generator. Six months ago, Sreenivasan installed a 10 KW solar unit at his home in Kandanad, Kochi. Ranged over 1,500 sqft, the panels were not only designed to meet all ... Read More »

Beyond the Grid: Solar Power for Everyone “In a nation where 99 percent of the population has access to electricity through the expansion of an expensive central grid power system, is there room for renewable energy growth?” Owning a solar-powered handheld game in the 1980s was a dream for many Thai children. On hot tropical Saturdays in Bangkok, I remember ... Read More »

The power-full people you don’t know about As solar panels get cheaper, more people are embracing the sun. Some of them are not only reducing their electricity bills, they’re even selling the surplus to the state. Sunday Times meets the new power producers. When money drops onto your roof Dhundi is home to the world’s first solar irrigation cooperative, where ... Read More »

India gets Power Ministry boost for solar and renewables State discoms will have to mandatorily draw at least 2.75% of their total power consumption from solar plants in the current fiscal, according to the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) norms laid down by the power ministry. States will have to increase the share of solar power to 4.75% in 2017-18 and ... Read More »

Now is the Time for an Energy Revolution in India Now is the time for an energy revolution in India.” In the 21st century, we know that with power comes progress. We know that electricity can increase household per capita income by 39 percent. Businesses are able to operate at higher levels of productivity. Farmers can run irrigation systems and ... Read More »

Power cuts in India: Solar can be the solution Despite the power ministry’s claims that 26 states out of 32 in the union have zero power deficit, rural india has been experience substantial power cuts, some spanning more than an hour, serveral times during a month. For serverval months the power ministry’ website vidyutpravah. in has been reporting zero power ... Read More »

Historic solar flight marks first round-the-world journey The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) journey that began more than a year ago. Since its March 2015 take off, the Swiss-engineered Solar Impulse 2 has made ... Read More »

CITD becomes the first MSME institute to go solar Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) goes solar with Hyderabad-based Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) installing a 50 KWP roof-top solar energy power plant that generates close to 250 units per day. The plant is the first to be installed in all of the 300 institutes and centres ... Read More »

Solar Impulse 2 departs Egypt on final leg of fuel-free global trip Solar Impulse 2, an aircraft powered by solar energy, has left Egypt on the final leg of the first ever global fuel-free journey. Its flight to the United Arab Emirates was delayed due to a heat wave in Saudi Arabia. The single-seat plane took off from Cairo at ... Read More »

Aquila: Facebook’s solar-powered net drone takes flight SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had completed a successful test flight of a solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet. Aquila, Facebook’s lightweight, high-altitude aircraft, flew at a few thousand feet for 96 minutes in Yuma, Arizona, Chief Executive Mark ... Read More »