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India Adds 500 MW Solar Power Capacity In 6 Months

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 16, 2015

The rate at which solar power plants in India are coming online seems attractive enough for investors to continue to pour in money into the sector.

According to the latest figures shared by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), more than 500 MW solar power...

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Subject Tags: India , industry news , power

Indian Government Estimates 4.3 GW Solar Power Installation In 2015-16

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 16, 2015

The Indian government has posted the most optimistic estimates of solar power capacity addition for the financial year 2015–16. The Indian government expects the states to take the lead in capacity addition probably for the first time since the launch of the National Solar...

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Subject Tags: India , industry news , power

Inox Wind bags 3rd project from Tata Power Renewable Energy

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 16, 2015

Inox Wind, a wind energy solutions provider, has bagged an order for a 50 MW wind power project at Lahori, Madhya Pradesh, from Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL).

The order is TPREL’s third project with Inox Wind after two previous orders of 172 MW.

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Majority of India's 13 GW solar projects to wrap up by early 2017

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2015

India currently has 13 GW of solar projects in progress, most of which are to be hooked to the grid by end-2016 or the start of 2017, according to estimates by consultancy firm Bridge To India.

The calculations include both photovoltaic (PV) schemes with secured power...

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Subject Tags: industry news , power

Aditya Birla Nuvo to develop solar plants with Abraaj Group

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2015

Diversified company Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL) would roll out renewable energy platform focused on developing utility-scale solar power plants in India in association with Abraaj Group.

The group had earlier announced to foray in the solar power business through...

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Tenders to lease sea blocks for wind farms early next year

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2015

The Government will float tenders early next year to lease out sea blocks to companies for setting up wind farm projects along the 7,600-km coastline.

“Tenders will be floated in three months time to invite companies for setting up offshore wind farms,” New and...

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Subject Tags: policy , power

Digital Windfarms Promise 20 Percent Productivity Gain

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2015

Few people embody the backyard inventor better than Charles Brush. In 1887, he built behind his mansion in Cleveland, Ohio, a 4-ton wind generator with 144 blades and a comet-like tail, and used it to power a set of batteries in his basement. Although by today’s standards the...

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Subject Tags: Clean Technology , power

Rural Energy Access in India: A Comprehensive Report

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2015

Rural energy poverty is increasingly recognized as a major obstacle to sustainable economic development. The United Nations Sustainable Energy for All initiative has played an important role in the international policy effort, and, to the delight of many social scientists,...

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Subject Tags: India , industry news , power

GE Hitachi, DTE Energy collaborate for ESBWR development

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2015

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and DTE Energy have announced collaboration to explore advancing the detailed design of the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR).

In May, DTE Energy received the first-ever ESBWR-based combined construction and operating...

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Innovative Solar Systems to launch 376 MW solar projects in the U.S

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2015

Innovative Solar Systems (ISS), a developer of large scale solar farms in the U.S., has announced 376 MW of utility scale solar farm projects in various southern states.

The shovel ready projects vary in size from 5MW, 20MW, 35MW and 50MW and will afford owners of...

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