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ABB surpasses 2 gigawatt solar inverter milestone in India

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pABB has announced that it has consolidated its solar inverter leadership in India with 1 GW in new business doubling its installed base in just five months to support half of Indiarsquos 41 GW of total installed solar capacityp

pABB the leading power and automation...

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New nuclear power in UK would be the worlds most costly says report

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pNew nuclear power in the UK would be more expensive than in any other country according to a report from the International Energy Agency IEA and Nuclear Energy Agency NEAp

pThe study on nbspProjected Costs of Electricity Generation tries to compare different...

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India reaches 22 pc of renewable energy target

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pLatest figures published by the ministry of new and renewable energy MNRE India indicate that the country has attained about 22 percent of its 175gigawatt renewable energy target for 2022 by the end of Julyp

pThe figures show India currently has installed capacity of...

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Govt seeks corporate majors push for solar projects

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia has closed bids for a third of its target of tendering 15000 MW of solar projects this fiscal year a government official said and is expecting interest from investors such as SoftBank to lift the industryp

pThe tenders are part of Prime Minister Narendra...

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Indias wind energy potential estimated at 302 GW

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndiarsquos installable wind energy potential has been estimated to be 302 GW with towers of a height of 100 metresp

pThis has been estimated by the National Institute of Wind Energy and the new findings were released in the form of a wind atlas launched by the...

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Solar plant on SIPCOT campus generates green energy in bulk

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pA production unit in SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre at Perundurai that sources onethird of its power requirements from a captive solar plant is being cited by official circles as a model worthy of emulation by manufacturing industriesp

pOn an average the one MW solar...

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Work on wastetoenergy plant to commence next month

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pFinding a solution to the disposal of nearly 1000 tonnes of solid waste being generated in the city work on a wastetoenergy project is expected to be launched in Octoberp

pThe GVMC would enter into a 21year agreement and lease out 25 to 30 acres of land and supply 920...

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Subject Tags: policy , power , waste

Hero Future Energies commissions 10MW project in Karnataka

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndiabased independent power producer Hero Future Energies has commissioned a 10 megawatt solar power project spread on 50 acres in Chitradoorga Karnatakap

pThe commissioning of the project has taken the cumulative capacity of Hero Future Energies in Karnataka to 60...

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Proposed policy to push solar UMPPs of 3000 MW above

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion DIPP has proposed a policy replete with incentives for ultra mega solar power projects UMSPPs of 3000 MW and above According to official sources the sops could include capital and interest subsidies greater incentives for...

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Indias Modi Tells Coal Power Plants to Subsidize Solar

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pPrime Minister Narendra Modirsquos government has ordered some of Indiarsquos oldest coalfired power plants to help make solar farms more competitive by bundling together electricity from both technologies for sale to the gridp

pThe decision dated July 17 requires...

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