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Indian Govt lines up $2.5bn (Rs.16 crores) for Solar Roof top projects The government has lined up almost $2.5 billion (about Rs 16,800 crore) for providing low cost finance to achieve the target of installing 40 GW grid-connected solar rooftop systems. “The ministry is in negotiations with the KfW Development Bank to secure soft loans of 1 billion euro. They ... Read More »

Rajasthan leads India’s solar power ambitions At the December 2015 Paris Climate negotiations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s commitment to 100 Gigawatts of solar energy connected to the grid by 2022.  Commentators have questioned this ambitious target given the fact that India’s current solar capacity is approximately 5 GW and India’s commitment is equal to half of the total ... Read More »

India’s Adani Identifies 650 MW Of Australian Large-Scale Solar Projects India energy group Adani has identified 650 MW of large-scale solar projects in Australia it wants to develop as it seeks to become one of the biggest renewable energy developers in the country, even though it insists it still wants to push ahead with the controversial Carmichael mega coal mine. Adani, ... Read More »

MNRE blames banks for slow progress of solar agri pumps adoption The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has blamed banks’ insistence for collateral security for the poor adoption of solar water pumps in the country. India has about 20 million agricultural pumps that work on electricity (supplied free) and another 7 million that run on diesel. The government of India ... Read More »

A quarter of deaths caused by environmental degradation, says UN A new United Nations report warns that pollution and global warming are causing millions more deaths than conflicts. The UN’s environment agency has called for an urgent roll-back on harmful substances and fossil fuels. In its report “Healthy Environment, Health People,” the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the World Health ... Read More »

China’s Solar Prices Can Fall 38%, Become Competitive With Coal Declining costs in China’s solar industry could allow the government to reduce prices offered to photovoltaic developers by more than a third by 2020 and see plants powered by the sun become competitive with coal within a decade. “It’s possible” to allow prices to be cut to 0.5 yuan (U.S. ... Read More »

The Latest: Solar-powered plane lands in Ohio The Latest on the most recent leg of a solar-powered airplane that has been circling the globe since March (all times local): A solar-powered airplane has landed in Dayton, Ohio, on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 landed in Dayton, Ohio, late Saturday after taking off from ... Read More »

Maximum temperatures recorded in some Indian cities ☀Lucknow 47 degrees ☀Delhi 47 degrees ☀Agra 45 degrees ☀Nagpur 49 degrees ☀Kota 48 degrees ☀Hyderabad 45 degrees ☀Pune 42 degrees ☀Ahmedabad 46 degrees ☀ Mumbai 42 degrees ☀ Nashik 40 degrees ☀Bangalore 40 degrees ☀ Chennai 45 degrees ☀Rajkot 45 degrees Next years these cities will cross 50 degrees. Even AC or ... Read More »

Electricity sector is the  largest contributor of greenhouse gases The Electricity sector involves the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions from the sector, but smaller amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are also emitted. These gases are released during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as ... Read More »

Making India’s solar story shine Finally, the energy pendulum has launched itself to swing in the direction of renewables.A record amount of solar power was supplied to the world’s grids in 2015, pushing RE capacity to grow by 152 GW. Interestingly, this was the highest surge ever recorded, primarily driven by huge capacity installations in Asia. The numbers are indeed ... Read More »