Solar Power for Traction Requirement
By Solar Times Bureau At this stage, Indian Railways proposes to harness 500 Mega Watt (MW) land based solar power for Traction purpose. Out of which two pilot projects of…
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Tata Power expands rooftop solar service to 90 cities in India
By Solar Times Bureau Preparing for a #future ready India, Tata Power, the country’s largest integrated utility is making a big push for a stronger adoption of clean energy by…
GAIL offers to buy stake in ACME Solar
By Solar Times Bureau GAIL is coining due diligence to take stake in ACME Solar’s Solar plant. The talks are on and the stake could be between 49-74% in ACME…
National target of installing 1,00,000 MW grid set
By Staff Reporter The Government of India has set a national target of installing 1,00,000 MW grid connected solar power capacity in the country by December, 2022. As on 31.10.2019,…
Status of Rural Electrification (RE) under DDUGJY
By Solar Times Bureau Government of India has launched the scheme “Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana” for rural electrification. The erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) scheme for village…
Tata Central Archives becomes India’s first business archive, to be certified with the IGBC platinum rating
By Solar Times Bureau Pune, December 12th, 2016: The Tata Central Archives (TCA), the corporate business archive of the Tata group, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Platinum Rating under Indian…
STFI and IGCC jointly to implement three-year support project for solar process heat “Solar Payback” in India
By Solar Times Bureau The Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) and the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) have teamed up for the international ‘Solar Payback’ project, which aims to…
Cabinet approves enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects
By Solar Times Bureau The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW…
meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe
By Solar Times Bureau Swiss-based solar supplier provides 216 kWp sun2live energy generating system as an off-grid solution to a Zimbabwean company. Many companies in Africa are struggling with electricity…
President’s Estate to Generate 670 KW Solar Energy through rooftop Solar Panels
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the first phase of a Solarization Project in the President’s Estate tomorrow (February 10, 2017) under which 670 KW of solar…