Students have designed two types of light weight, eco-friendly and low-cost cars.
French oil and energy group Total has agreed to a $2.5 billion deal that includes buying a 20 per cent minority stake in Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) from Adani Group, as it builds up its presence in the renewable energy sector. The deal involves Paris-based Total getting a board seat in the largest solar energy developer in the world, as well as a 50 per cent stake in a 2.35 gigawatts portfolio of operating solar assets, the two firms said in statements. Total had in 2018, agreed to buy a 37.4 per cent stake in Adani Gas Ltd - the city gas distribution firm of the Adani Group, and a 50 per cent stake in the billionaire Gautam Adani-run ports-to-energy conglomerate's under-construction Dhamra LNG project in Odisha.
On the world map, India lags far behind other countries as far as generating solar power is concerned though the country has made significant progress in wind energy generation.
Sources in the state energy department told PTI that the three plants of 50 mw each would be set up in Osmanabad and Parbhani.
The India-US Commercial Dialogue is an institutional arrangement between the two countries to promote trade and remove obstacles.
He said government's objective is to generate 20000 MW solar power by 2020.
Banks, so far, were not keen in financing solar power projects.
eKOCool is a chest cooler that operates exclusively through solar energy, and has a capacity to store two crates (48 no) of 300 ml Coca-Cola glass bottles.
Hans Tholstrup and Larry Perkins were the first solar car racers to successfully travel from Perth to Sydney in 1983 in a solar car.
Tejpreet Chopra, former chief executive of GE India, and Rahul Sankhe, business development director of SunEdison Energy India Private Ltd, criticised certain aspects of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission that ambitiously targets 20,000 MW of solar energy in India by 2022 in three phases.
Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled since the start of the 21st century due to rising temperatures, losing over a vertical foot and half of ice each year and potentially threatening water supply for hundreds of millions of people in countries, including India, according to a study published in 2019.
The solar rooftop system will generate 7,200 kilowatts per system per year, and it will be used for powering internal lights, fans, and other electrical systems of the coach.
India's goal of self-reliance has been paramount in the policy and practice of the country. The COVID-19 crisis gave us lessons on how to speed up efforts in that direction, he said.
Under these regulations, it will be mandatory for new buildings to use green technologies for recycling dry waste and drainage water, vermiculture for treatment of wet waste, solar energy and above all rainwater harvesting.
Reliance Industries on Wednesday said it has commissioned the country's first one-megawatt solar plant to power a stadium to be used in the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
Santosh Pradhan, 38, who runs a bunch of engineering and mechanical units and has almost two decades of experience in manufacturing engineering tools, has registered 20 patents with the government of India about his technology.
Foreign investment firms, especially private equity, are jittery about the Indian market as uncertainty continues to shroud the energy sector.
NTPC has vowed to raise the amount of energy it generates from renewable resources
The mission stipulates the target under three phases for various solar application segments including Utility Grid Solar power.
Solar energy-based small and community level reverse osmosis unit has been developed for producing safe drinking water, Saly T Panicker of the Desalination Division of BARC said.
Azure Power, an independent solar power producer, is in the process to set up 15 Mw solar photovoltaic power project in Gujarat.
They neither had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of his blockbusters nor the popular TV shows anchored by the superstar. Yet, actor Shah Rukh Khan has a large fan following in a remote village in Orissa's Kendrapara district.The remote village now has light after daybreak, courtesy the generosity of King Khan.Ahirajpur village under Rajnagar Tehsil has come under the purview of a solar energy harnessing project funded by Khan.
The government has proposed that all Special Economic Zones should meet at least 25 per cent of their lighting needs through solar energy, a move that will go a long way in making SEZs green, even as consensus eludes climate change talks in Copenhagen.
Electronics major Samsung launched the world's first solar-powered mobile phone, priced at Rs 2,799 in the Indian market.
Reliance Industries Ltd's focus on the next hypergrowth opportunities in clean tech and its path to decarbonisation has the potential to spur re-rating, raises clarity on investment cycles and reduces investor worry, brokerages said. RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani at the company's 'Green AGM' on Thursday committed Rs 75,000 crore over the next three years to set up an integrated Green Energy Giga Complex across 5,000 acres in Jamnagar, Gujarat which will contain four giga factories. The complex, which would be one of the world's largest renewable manufacturing facilities, would have an integrated solar photovoltaic module factory, an energy storage battery factory, electrolyser manufacturing for hydrogen production, and manufacturing of fuel cells so that hydrogen can be used in transportation.
A raft of new incentives in the financial rescue package will reap immediate benefits for renewable energy providers.
'The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the area of the targeted Chandrayaan-2 Vikram landing site on October 14 but did not observe any evidence of the lander'
JSW Energy, the group company of Jindal South West headed by Sajjan Jindal, will launch its initial public offer within two months to raise Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) to fund 3,000 Mw of power projects under construction. It aims to become a major power producer with about 11,400 Mw of generation by 2015, besides venturing into power transmission and distribution business and investments in renewables like solar energy.
Fifty-six-year-old Piccard, who completed the first non-stop flight around the world in an air balloon in 1999, said he and his team were hopeful of getting permission for landing in the two Indian cities.
The initiative, which was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2003 in collaboration with Indian banks, was aimed at providing loans to rural households for setting up solar energy systems. Besides, the 'Billion Tree Campaign' launched in 2006 and the 'Environmental Management of Iraqi Marshlands' leading to partial restoration of the largest wetland ecosystem in West Asia were among other UNEP projects which won the awards.
The government is finalising the national action plan on climate change and would release this in June, said Shyam Saran, Prime Minister's special envoy for climate change. The action plan would focus on key issues like improving energy efficiency, harnessing solar energy, studying the melting and cracking of icebergs on the Himalayas and understanding the dynamics of coastal and island territories.The plan would contain mechanisms for implementation of various policies.
The company has set a target of adding at least 1,000 MW of power through renewable energy sources by the end of the next plan period (2012-17), sources said.
Modi urged the Swiss business leaders to explore the investment opportunities in India.
The precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands has yet to be determined.
With the Centre issuing the guidelines of the new semiconductor policy, companies are firming up their investment plans in India to set up plants.
Despite its aggressive renewable energy policies, Europe's economy is getting more not less dependent on oil. Cars are the reason.
A 'governance quiz' has been organised on the mygov.in portal to find out how well people know about the government's initiatives aimed at improving governance.
Rapid urbanisation must take into account environmental issues and make use of technology to provide better amenities in cities, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Friday.
A Bangalore-based firm devises a finance system to help rural households access solar energy.
Reliance's big-bang entry across the solar ecosystem will cut dependence on Chinese imports drastically. And Ambani's repeated emphasis that RIL's new energy foray will be 'a truly global business' points that his group is playing not just for a share of the Indian pie but to be the OEM in the larger 5,000 GW global market by 2030, points out Shailesh Dobhal.
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