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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 »

Arunabha Ghosh: Building the International Solar Alliance The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an exciting and bold initiative. Launched on the first day of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, it set the stage for India’s proactive and forward-looking leadership on climate change and the transition to a less carbon-intensive growth trajectory. It demonstrated that India was not shy of ... Read More »

Indian Railways trials solar-powered trains to help cut pollution Indian Railways is soon going to materialise its ambitious plan of harnessing solar energy to run trains. The prototype of the solar power-enabled coach is undergoing trials, and soon the entire train will be fitted with solar panels, officials said. They said that while solar power will significantly bring down diesel ... Read More »

Solar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable Renewables just finished another record-breaking year, with more money invested ($329 billion) and more capacity added (121 gigawatts) than ever before, according to new data released Thursday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Oil, coal and natural gas bottomed out over the last 18 months, with bargain prices not seen ... Read More »

Green light for Rs. 5,000 crore sop for rooftop solar power The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved an increase in the budget for implementation of grid-connected solar rooftop systems to Rs.5,000 crore from Rs.600 crore up to the financial year 2019-2020. This will support installation of 4,200 MW solar rooftop systems in the country in next five ... Read More »

Cheap batteries will give utilities electric shock Power suppliers have long enjoyed a natural monopoly. But the arrival of budget batteries coupled with cheaper solar power will allow a growing number of consumers to pull the plug on  old-fashioned electricity networks in 2016 and beyond. Solar panel prices have already plummeted, and batteries look set to follow in the near ... Read More »