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New Year begins with crude shock for consumers as all fuels become costlier The New Year started on a crude note for consumers as fuels across the board became costlier due to an uptick in global oil prices in the wake of a global production cut deal among major oil exporters, including Opec and Russia. […]

Accepting the Reality of Climate Change Is Good for Business The climate cause has lost an ally in the White House, but the private sector has ensured that the clean technology revolution is here to stay Yes, climate change is an existential threat—one that keeps me up at night. But talking of fire and brimstone

Rs 1 lakh crore investment in solar power, green corridor on government’s energy radar for 2017 Green seems to be the catchword for the government heading into the next year as it gears up to achieve 175 gigawatt of clean energy by 2022 through auction of 1,000 MW of rooftop solar power, Rs 13,000 crore

Third-Party rooftop solar units cost 40 per cent cheaper than discoms Rooftop solar units installed on industrial and corporate establishments by third parties are offering power 30-40% cheaper than the rates offered by the state’s power distribution companies. This gap is expected to widen further as thermal power companies would need to increase tariffs to

Emerging nations have taken the lead on renewable energy, in 2 charts Historically speaking, wealthier, developed nations, particularly the US and Europe, have led the world on renewable energy, investing the most capital and building the most capacity. Last year, that changed. In 2015, for the first time, countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation

South pacific island shifts entirely to solar power South pacific island shifts entirely to solar power

Kendriya Vidyalayas to go green with rooftop solar power systems The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is going to generate electricity through the rooftop solar photovoltaic system. A pilot project will be launched at viable Kendriya Vidyalayas across NCR with more than 40 KWp capacity, and in such schools in the northeastern states. According to a

SECI floats tender for grid-linked 1GW rooftop solar As part of efforts to achieve the Centre’s target of 40 GW rooftop solar by 2022, Solar Energy Corp (SECI) has floated a tender of 1000 MW power for development of grid-connected rooftop solar capacity by utilising buildings of central ministries/departments. “This would be the largest rooftop