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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

Sweden on target to run entirely on renewable energy by 2040 Sweden is on target to run entirely on renewable energy within the next 25 years, a regulatory official has said. Last year, 57 per cent of Sweden’s power came from renewables such as hydropower and wind sources, with the remainder coming from nuclear power.

Rooftop solar plant to make 8 Metro stns self-sufficient GOING GREEN: This will be the biggest solar plant which will be installed on any of the government buildings JAIPUR: Going green in its second year of operations, Jaipur Metro has decided to set up rooftop solar panels at eight elevated stations on its 9.25-km-long corridor

Apple’s New Headquarters Looks Like A Spaceship and Its Covered With Solar Panels Two drone operators in Cupertino, California stalk Apple’s ‘spaceship’ campus every month and they happened to catch some progress surrounding the secret Apple headquarters. Mathew Roberts, a documentary filmmaker, takes people on tours surrounding Apple’s campus and they happened to come across

Banks, FInancial Institutions sanction Rs 1.08 lakh crore for renewables: Piyush Goyal Banks and financial institutions have sanctioned funding of Rs 1.08 lakh crore for renewableenergy capacities of 42.71 GW since February 2015, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today. Banks and financial institutions have committed total funding of Rs 3.82 lakh crore for 76.35 GW

Solar-Panel Roads to Be Built on Four Continents Next Year Electric avenues that can transmit the sun’s energy onto power grids may be coming to a city near you. A subsidiary of Bouygues SA has designed rugged solar panels, capable of withstand the weight of an 18-wheeler truck, that they’re now building into road surfaces.

Tesla powers a whole island with solar to show off its energy chops Tesla completed its $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity this week, and, to celebrate, the company has announced a major solar energy project: wiring up the whole island of Ta’u in American Samoa. Previously, the island ran on diesel generators, but over the

India Creates Opportunities For Social Solar Entrepreneurs Upendra Tripathy, recently retired Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India, sees tremendous opportunities for social entrepreneurs to play a role in expanding renewable energy there. Tripathy retired on October 31, 2016 from the top policy position in the Ministry. During his tenure, he