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Surya Raitha Scheme of Karnataka – Solar Water Pumps Made Economically Feasible?
A recent article in the Hindu Business Line dwelt on how, in spite of its advantages, solar water pumps have hardly taken off in India. The article quoted a figure of about a measly 25,000 solar water pumps installed all over the country when there are some 20 million grid powered...
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Gujarat to be 4th largest state in rooftop solar projects by 2022
It is a bit difficult to figure out how Mercom CapitalGroup makes its estimates. I am not complaining. At the same time, I am not envying them. Getting estimates done for how much rooftop solar India will do in the next few years is as tricky as it can get. While grid...
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Electric Couple Get the Tata Boost: Hema & Bala Charging Ampere Ahead
Hemalatha and Baladhandayuthapani I have known Hema and Bala, founders of the pioneering electric two wheeler company Ampere Vehicles, for a while now. While Bala had helped us out by being an expert speaker at some of our renewable energy conferences, Hema had participated in some of our more focussed business networking events,...
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36 GW of Solar MoUs for Rajasthan from Adani, Reliance, IL&FS, Essel, SunEdison & Azure
Here is an interesting interview with Rajasthan Chief Secretary CS Rajan in The Financial Express in which he mentions that while the state had set itself a 25 GW target for solar within the next few years, they already have MoUs for 36 GW, from just 6 companies - Adani (10...
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My Visit to NCPRE – National Centre for PV Research & Education, IIT Bombay
I had been to NCPRE at IIT Bombay, about a month back. Had been intending to do this for almost a year, and finally did. It was an interesting two hour experience. Firstly, I must say I was quite impressed by the extent of interest taken for my visit by the...
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National Renewable Energy Act – Right First Steps
The central government is proposing a National Renewable Energy Act. The objective is to give a much bigger thrust to development of renewable energy in India. Details of the Act have been published and the government is seeking public feedback and comments on the same. The formal draft document seeking feedback...
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EAI Perspectives on MCET’s International Conference on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment @ Pollachi
SolarMango, a part of EAI, was invited to attend the International Conference on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment (RESE) at Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology (MCET), Pollachi, held between the 10th and 13th of August, 2015. We attended the event’s 2nd day, i.e. the 11th of August, which...
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Solar Thermal Getting Hotter – Oorja Energy, Hyderabad Offers Solar Heating & Cooling for Industrial & Commercial Sectors
I have known Madhusudhan Rao (Madhu) for a while, from 1998 to be precise. He even “claims” that I was his first boss while we were both at Sify - though fortunately for him I was his boss exactly for a day, as I was fired over some trouble I had with...
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Sigh of relief – No More Rooftop Solar Subsidy for Commercial, Industrial Sectors
In a long decision overdue, the MNRE has decided to remove the capital subsidies for commercial and industrial sectors. What a relief. This subsidy, which arrives late, if at all, had probably enriched more babus and their lackeys than those putting up rooftop solar. As a result, it was just a...
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We are Recruiting at EAI & Solar Mango – Solar Business Research, Online Community Managers
EAI and Solar Mango, a division of EAI and India's leading solar business research and consulting firm, is looking for people passionate about renewable energy, especially solar to join its team. We have requirements for two specific roles. These roles need to be filled up before end of Aug 2015. We look...
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