| Dow Corning to tap silicon markets in solar energy segment | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Dow Corning, a joint venture of Dow Chemical Company and Corning, specialising in silicon products, is hopeful of increasing its revenues from India by supplying silicon-related products for photovoltaic module makers and solar farms in the country. |
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| Badal urges Abdullah to enhance subsidy for solar water pumping system | 21-SEP-09 |
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| The Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal today urged Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy to enhance the central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small and marginal farmers. |
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| Gadhia Solar develops world’s first 100 tonne solar AC | 27-AUG-09 |
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| After installing world's largest solar steam cooking systems at Shri Saibaba Sansthan at Shirdi and creating solar crematorium, South Gujarat-based Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt Ltd has developed world's first and largest solar air conditioning (AC) system. The 100 tonne AC has already been installed and soon it will be made operational. |
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| Betting on the sun | 21-AUG-09 |
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| The government’s proposal to roll out a plan by the year-end to raise solar power generation capacity to 20,000 mega watts (MW) by 2020 is laudable but could be a case of vaulting ambition, and therefore not very realistic. The Prime Minister’s council on climate change has approved the setting up of a national solar mission for this purpose. If this goal is to be met, it would mean generating 10 per cent of the country’s total power by tapping sunlight. Such a massive production capacity would be sufficient to meet the electricity needs of three of the country’s biggest cities. There is no doubt that the country needs more power, and producing it from clean sources is the way to go when environmental pollution and global warming have become major issues. But the record of tapping solar energy does not inspire much confidence. No more than 500 MW of solar power production capacity has yet been installed. |
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| Solar energy need of time, says Pachauri | 20-AUG-09 |
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| To promote emission-free energy generation, eminent environmentalist R K Pachauri has advocated that states like Rajasthan utilise their abundant solar resources instead of digging for fossil fuel that adds to global warming. |
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| PM's Council deliberates on Rs 91,684 cr solar energy plan | 03-AUG-09 |
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| Firming up a national strategy to fight global warming, the Prime Minister's council on climate change today discussed an ambitious Rs 91,684 crore mega-plan proposing to make India a global leader in solar power in the next few decades. |
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| Betting on the sun | 10-JUL-09 |
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| That a sun-soaked country like India should invest in solar energy is a no-brainer. That it should build green, energy-efficient buildings while conserving scarce water resources is also an obvious thing to do. It should also invest in afforestation and practise sustainable agriculture. These are some of the initiatives that form the National Action Plan on Climate Change, or NAPCC. What is called an action plan is in fact a wish-list of desirable objectives; still, it is a smart way to focus energies on doing what officials term as “no-regret” measures while putting the country on a higher moral ground at the climate change negotiating table. |
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| Gulf region will export solar energy: IRENA | 06-JUL-09 |
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| The UAE and Gulf region are in a position to harness and eventually export solar energy, a top official of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has said. |
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| Kinfra proposes solar energy park in Palakkad | 04-JUN-09 |
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| The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has proposed to set up a solar energy park in Palakkad district under the Central Financial Assistance scheme. |
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