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Solar energy firms can be enablers of healthcare: Apollo Hospital Joint MD

Solar energy providers can play a crucial role as enablers of healthcare in areas where there is inadequate access to a grid-connected power, Apollo Hospital Enterprise's Sangita Reddy said

North India's energy systems can be moved to clean power by 2050: Report

The study found that north India's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced from 825 MtCO2eq in 2020 to zero by 2050

Sterling and Wilson Solar bags orders worth Rs 1,600 cr in Australia

Engineering firm Sterling and Wilson Solar on Sunday announced that it has bagged orders worth AUD 300 million (Rs 1,600 crore) for two large solar projects in Australia. Sterling and Wilson Solar Ltd has signed (along with its branch and Australian subsidiary) orders worth AUD 300 million in Australia, a company statement said. According to the statement, the company has bagged two large scale solar projects in the country and they will have an installed capacity of over 300 MW. The new projects have been secured from global independent power producer (IPP), the work for which is expected to commence immediately. Sterling and Wilson Solar, one of the leading solar EPC and O&M engineering procurement and construction as well as operations and maintenance players in the world, already has three projects of over 800 MW under construction in the region. Bikesh Ogra, Director and Global CEO, Sterling and Wilson Solar said in the statement,We are delighted to have won two major solar .

All you need to know about One World, One Sun, One Grid plan

The idea was first floated by PM Modi in 2018 during the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)

One Sun, One World, One Grid: What it is, why it's needed, what will it do?

Policy experts describe it as part of India's answer to China's 'One Belt One Road' project

Solar energy firms in SEZs pitch for equalisation levy on domestic supplies

The industry is pushing for an equalisation levy of 1-2 per cent on solar equipment supplied to the domestic market from SEZ units, whereas the BCD could be in the range of 15-20 per cent

UP govt to install solar panels on hotels, guest houses under Tourism Dept

Survey begins to install solar panels on 40 hotels of UP State Tourism Corporation

Focus back on growth with 800 Mw commissioned: Sembcorp Energy's Vipul Tuli

In an interview with Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai, Managing Director Vipul Tuli discusses the future of renewable power in India

Finance, transmission may trip India in race to meet renewables targets

India currently has 87.67 GW of renewable generation capacity installed, close to a quarter of its total installed capacity of 371 GW

Centre plans VGF support for solar manufacturing to cut China dependency

Silicon wafers and ingots are critical components that go into manufacturing solar cells and modules

ReNew Power to enter solar manufacturing with Rs 2,000 cr investment plan

Goldman Sachs-backed firm plans plant for 2 Gw of solar cells and modules, is in talks with several states to set up plant

Lonavala railway station on Mumbai-Pune route to now run on solar energy

In a statement issued on Tuesday, CR said energy harnessed from solar panels to the tune of 68,400 (kilowatt hour) Kwh annually will help Lonavala railway station save in power bills.

Cloud cover on the solar story with signs of a slowdown in the sector

The high-profile dedication of the Rewa solar park eclipses the reality of a slowdown in this sector

Minerals in our solar future

If India walks the talk toward greater self-sufficiency in the renewable energy industry, it could slow the march of China to global dominance in the full spectrum of the solar energy industry

India a 'good example' as solar auctions gain popularity, says UN chief

"Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans. Nations must commit to net-zero emissions by 2050 and submit more ambitious national climate plans before COP-26 next year," he said

PM to unveil Asia's largest solar plant in Madhya Pradesh on July 10: CM

A state government release also quoted that Chouhan has met Union minister of state for energy R K Singh at his residence in the national capital

Power Ministry joins 'Make in India' pitch, calls for curbs on imports

Customs duty on Chinese solar gears, low cost finance to those using Indian goods

Solar to eclipse thermal power by 2030 in India's overall energy mix

Calculations by CEA show that by FY30, non-fossil fuel (solar, wind, biomass, hydro and nuclear)-based installed capacity will be about 64 per cent of the total installed capacity

India's ultra mega solar parks offer $500-700 billion investment potential

Country now has a total capacity of 1 Gw across multiple ultra-mega solar parks, two of which are the largest commissioned in the world

The future of 'civic' technologies

Such technological intervention will have lasting benefits. It will ease bottlenecks that prevent access to credit and bring SMEs within a national infrastructure programme