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13 Nov 2024

India Surpasses 200 GW In Renewable Energy Capacity: Centre

The country’s total renewable energy installed capacity surged by an impressive 24.2 GW (13.5 per cent) in just one year, reaching 203.18 GW in October 2024, up from 178.98 GW in October 2023.

09 Jul 2024

Kaka Group’s Social Initiative: 500 kWh Solar Power For Sustainable Operations

In a landmark move that has caught the attention of the business and environmental news sectors worldwide, Kaka Group has installed a 500 kWh solar power system across all its companies. This ambitious initiative, led by Chairman Y.K. Roy, highlights the group's dedication to sustainable practices and renewable energy.

Delhi Solar Policy 2024

30 Jan 2024

Delhiites Can Now Earn Up To Rs 900 Every Month; Electricity Bills To Be Zero

Under the Delhi Solar Policy 2024, people opting for the scheme will also have the chance to earn an additional income ranging between Rs 700-900 per month, CM Kejriwal has said.

Nagpur Solar Company Blast

17 Dec 2023

Nagpur Solar company Blast: 9 people killed, work to rescue trapped people continues

17 Dec 2023

Huge blast in Nagpur Solar Company, 9 people died

25 Apr 2023

DNA: When the first Silicon Solar Cell came to the world in 1954

This segment of DNA brings you information related to today's history.

30 Oct 2022

PM Modi highlights India’s 1st bio-village project, Tripura CM says THIS

Tripura CM thanked PM Modi for highlighting the bio-village project in Maan Ki Baat Sixty-four families residing at Daspara meet their energy requirement from solar power The Bio-Technology department has extended help to the villagers, who were solely dependent on agriculture and fishery

03 Nov 2021

One Sun, One World, One Grid: PM Modi’s mantra at climate meet

PM Modi emphasised on giving boost to solar power He coined 'One Sun, One World, One Grid' mantra at climate meet

09 Jun 2019

PM Modi asks high-energy guzzlers to copy Kochi's solar-powered airport model

Impressed by the fully solar-powered operations at the Cochin International Airport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said it should be an inspiring model for energy guzzlers and suggested that stadiums can tap the natural resource for achieving power neutrality.

04 Sep 2018

Unique process to revolutionize solar power usage discovered

This is first of its kind model to use hydrogenase and photosystem II for creating semi-artificial photosynthesis supported entirely by solar power.

Emmanuel Macron

11 Mar 2018

France's Macron pledges 700 million euros to International Solar Alliance

France had already committed $300 million euros to the initiative when it co-founded with India a global solar alliance in 2015.

09 Nov 2017

Solar-powered e-rickshaws promise to cut down India's vehicular emissions

India adds 750,000 rickshaws to its roads each year. Rickshaws consume 34 million barrels of fuel and emit 12 million tonnes of CO2 annually. Solar-powered e-rickshaws promise to bring down running cost and halt damage to the environment.

13 Sep 2017

Rahul Gandhi visits solar research center in Silicon Valley

"Idea (behind visiting the center) was to really understand implications (of solar power) in India," senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda, who accompanied Gandhi, said after his visit to Sun Power's research center in the Silicon Valley.

18 Aug 2017

Tuirial power project to be commissioned in October: Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla

He claimed the Congress would make a record by returning to power for the third consecutive term by winning the assembly election next year.

21 Jun 2017

Wind, solar projects to lead to three lakh new jobs: Study

More than 300,000 new workers can be employed in wind and solar jobs and more than one million total employment opportunities can be created in achieving India`s ambitious clean energy goals to install 160 GW of renewable power by 2022, a study said on Wednesday.

30 Apr 2017

Photosynthesis inspires scientists to convert sunlight-induced CO2 into solar fuel!

Even though, previously, researchers had successfully managed to implement similar operations, they couldn't be realized due to unavailability of proper resources.

Power benchmark price

29 Apr 2017

Rs 3/unit to be benchmark price for power in medium term:Goyal

The government is looking at Rs 3 per unit as the benchmark price for power from all energy sources like thermal, solar and wind in the medium term.

02 Apr 2017

Solar cells that work in all weather conditions – Chinese scientists explore possibility

The work of Tang and Yang was recently published in an academic journal published by the American Chemistry Society, ACS Nano, and the publication Nano Energy.

02 Apr 2017

New graphene based electrode to boost solar power

The "groundbreaking" prototype created by researchers from RMIT University in Australia could be the answer to the storage challenge still holding solar back as a total energy solution.

31 Jan 2017

A solution to global water shortage? Solar-powered purifier developed!

Researchers believe that the device could help turn the issue of global water shortage around especially in developing areas and regions affected by natural disasters.

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