Scientists at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory, a premier agency of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are working on plastic cells to convert the sunlight into electricity, a top scientist said. “We are on the right track to convert energy from the sun and generate electricity” K...

Months after mulling over the idea of switching to solar energy, the Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) finally seems to have made up its mind. The civic body has geared up to light the city by using natural source of energy - solar power. And for this, the AMC had even...

Karnataka is getting very popular among Solar PV developers, as seen in how  Conergy AG has erected a 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Karnataka, the 2nd private solar PV plant with so large a capacity. Conergy's plant is for the local utility, KPCL, and the 13,000 solar...

Tata BP Solar, a 51 : 49 joint venture of BP Solar and Tata Power, announced that it has added a new production line of 32 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells at its plant in Bangalore. With the addition of the plant, the total cell manufacturing capacity of the...

SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment Materials International)/PV Group, the leading industry association serving the photovoltaic supply chain, organized a panel discussion to discuss its public policy principles on Feed-In Tariffs and their relevance to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). A SEMI/PV Group White Paper on Policy Principles and Recommended Global...

Photon Energy Systems' 3MW PV plant in India is being hailed as the largest capacity PV plant in the country. The new plant, which supplies energy for the agricultural pump-sets, does the same through Karnataka Power Corp, and it has been installed for the enhancement of rural power supply in...

An article from RenewableEnergyWorld says that Reliance Industries (RIL) in India has successfully implemented and commissioned a 1-megawatt (MW) solar plant on the roof of the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi. The Thyagaraj Stadium, developed by the Government of Delhi, is planned to be a model green stadium and will...

NTPC plans restructuring and this will involve setting up a domestic subsidiary for its coal mining operations and floating an overseas arm The restructuring would be executed after one year. “It will be required to be done. We are scouting for coal acquisitions. This is in preparation to that,” said...

An economic times article reveals that a UAE-based company, Mulk Holding, has announced an agreement with Bangalore-based Aditya Solar Power Industries to develop a 200 megawatt solar thermal project in the UAE. The holding company said one of its subsidiaries, Mulk Renewable Energy, will supply and install solar thermal power...

IIT Bombay, Applied Materials Inc to develop solar energy Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and Applied Materials, Inc (AMAT) today announced that they will broaden the scope of their ongoing research collaboration to develop new energy-related initiatives. As part of this collaboration, Applied Materials, world's largest supplier of equipment...