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Solar Energy in Industries There is a vast potential for use of solar energy devices / systems in industries for process heat and other thermal applications. Presently, energy for these applications is being met mainly through fuel oil which is not only import dependent but is also creating huge GHG emissions in atmosphere resulting threat […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Surat to become solar city Surat is on its way to becoming a solar city. We talk to proud surtis about this sustainability initiative Surat to become solar city