Solar power News

Indian Railways has over 7,300 stations across India. The Indian Railways' power consumption is huge and thus the public transporter has been shifting towards solar power gradually. Ministry of Railways recently said that the Indian Railways has planned to progressively procure renewable energy through different power procurement modes for Round The Clock (RTC) power, which is hybrid solution for renewable power includes solar and wind etc. Most of the work of setting up of solar plants is undertaken by Railways through Power Purchase Agreement under developer mode. While thousands of railway stations now feature solar panels, do you know which station is first to become fully solar powered?

Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said India is becoming self-reliant in green energy.

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. 

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.

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. 

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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

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

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.

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

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

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.

"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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.