In this interesting article at Ecogeneration, Grant Behrendorff discusses the collaborative development and demonstration of an optimised model for remote village electrification using renewable energy in India. In India today, between 115,000 and 150,000 villages exist without access to electricity. Of these, many thousands are too remote for grid electricity...

August 21, 2009Will Indians start using solar-powered cell phones in a big way?The solar phone is expected to be a great success in Kenya.That's because electricity is nonexistent in many towns and villages in northwest Kenya. Landlines and other forms of communication are not as efficient, so millions in emerging...

For Zebrasolar, the Gujarat PV project involves an investment of 35 million euro on the part of Zebasolar PVT Limited India, a 85% subsidiary of Zebasolar Inc. USA. This plant will have an annual power production of 16.37 million kWh, and a franchised operation term of 25 years. This win,...

P2 Solar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a Punjab Government Agency to build a 25 MW Solar Power Station in the Indian State of Punjab. The company will submit the pre-feasibility report to the government agency. Once submitted, the report will be reviewed and the government agency...

Aug 2009The government plans to withdraw the accelerated depreciation benefit that’s given to wind and solar power projects, and replace it with a generation-based incentive.The change, if implemented, will affect companies like the Tulsi Tanti-controlled Suzlon Energy and Tata BP Solar, as they will not able to claim the depreciation...

August 20,2009 Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah today said that bringing down the RLS cost of solar power generation is his priority. According to him, "Prices would automatically go down after installation rate of solar projects go up, and my ministry is making efforts in this direction."...

Press release NANJING, China, Aug. 13 - ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), a Nanjing-based integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic ("PV") products (ingot, wafer, modules and tracking systems) and system integrator announced a 1MW high efficiency module supply transaction to a large system integrator for an Indian project. The project, developed...

The Ministry of Urban Development have requested the State/Union Territory Governments to consider issuing suitable directives to the local bodies under their control for modifying the building bye-laws with a view to make the installation of solar water heating systems mandatory in certain categories of buildings. In order to assist...

Developed by Cosmos Ignite, MightyLight is a solar-powered device which uses Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology rated to last for over 30 years if used for four hours daily. Combined with solar energy, it is designed to be a waterproof, shockproof and multiple-function lamp that can be used as a...

To expose youngsters to the world of renewable energy, the Sidho-Kanho Park will open its doors next month. And the highlight of the park is a hut running on solar energy.Spread across an area of nine acres, the solar energy park is coming up at an estimated cost of Rs...