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...

Karnataka is getting very popular among Solar PV developers, as seen in how  Conergy AG has erected a 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Karnataka, the 2nd private solar PV plant with so large a capacity. Conergy's plant is for the local utility, KPCL, and the 13,000 solar...

Tata BP Solar, a 51 : 49 joint venture of BP Solar and Tata Power, announced that it has added a new production line of 32 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells at its plant in Bangalore. With the addition of the plant, the total cell manufacturing capacity of the...

SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment Materials International)/PV Group, the leading industry association serving the photovoltaic supply chain, organized a panel discussion to discuss its public policy principles on Feed-In Tariffs and their relevance to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). A SEMI/PV Group White Paper on Policy Principles and Recommended Global...

Photon Energy Systems' 3MW PV plant in India is being hailed as the largest capacity PV plant in the country. The new plant, which supplies energy for the agricultural pump-sets, does the same through Karnataka Power Corp, and it has been installed for the enhancement of rural power supply in...

An article from RenewableEnergyWorld says that Reliance Industries (RIL) in India has successfully implemented and commissioned a 1-megawatt (MW) solar plant on the roof of the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi. The Thyagaraj Stadium, developed by the Government of Delhi, is planned to be a model green stadium and will...