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I got an interesting email today on how the government incentives for solar power through the National Solar Mission might end up benefitting the non Indian companies much more than the Indian companies. The gist of the email was as follows: As demand for the solar cells goes up, these...

As you might know, the document for the first part of the National Solar Mission was released on 16 Jun – the guidelines contained in these were for off-grid and decentralized applications and power plants. I was finally able to locate the full guidelines for the Off-grid and Decentralized Solar...

The first Edition Of Green Energy World Expo’2010 in October will run from the 14-16th in the Chennai Trade Centre. It is designed to act as a catalyst to facilitate a strong platform for information sharing and buying and selling of market innovations which the environment industry has to offer...

A CSP meeting to be arranged by CSP Today, claims to show how to deliver a profitable, productive and commercially successful large scale CSP business The topics covered will be: Regulatory update – how to navigate the intricacies of both central & state level regulation on tariffs, capacity building and...

Passengers at Leh airport, one of the world’s highest airfields at 10,682-feet above sea level, will soon be basking in the warmth of solar airconditioning. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is going to install solar panels on the roof of the new terminal that will be used to generate...

The central government has cleared a Rs. 8.39 crore project in a bid to light up all the streets, government offices, a few hotels and motor stands and some other important places of this capital city, and also the 251 remote hamlets of Tripura – with solar energy. Science, Technology...

The Indian government is expected to grant approval to the development of 3 solar power projects with a total capacity of 20 megawatts (MW) around the middle of June, according to Astonfield Renewable Resources. Astonfield is the largest multi-modality renewable energy company in South Asia, with a portfolio of nearly...

Business Standard reports that the renewable energy sector in Orissa is likely to get a boost with many private entrepreneurs showing interest to set up solar power units in the state. The state level technical committee (STC), headed by the secretary, science and technology (S&T) department of the Orissa government,...

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...