Solar power

Delhiites Can Now Earn Up To Rs 900 Every Month; Electricity Bills For Consumers With Rooftop System To Be 'Zero'

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. 

Jan 30, 2024, 09:36 AM IST

Nagpur Solar company Blast: 9 people killed, work to rescue trapped people continues

Blast at Solar company in Nagpur: There has been a blast at Solar Explosive Company in Nagpur. The blast happened at the time of packing in the cast booster plant of Solar Explosive Company.

Dec 17, 2023, 13:26 PM IST

Huge blast in Nagpur Solar Company, 9 people died

There has been a blast at Solar Explosive Company in Nagpur. The blast happened at the time of packing in the cast booster plant of Solar Explosive Company.

Dec 17, 2023, 12:02 PM IST

DNA: When the first Silicon Solar Cell came to the world in 1954

This segment of DNA brings you information related to today's history.

Apr 26, 2023, 01:54 AM IST

Maan Ki Baat: PM Modi highlights India’s 1st bio-village project, Tripura CM says THIS

Daspara is one of the first bio-villages developed in Tripura based on the bio-village 2.0 concept to achieve sustainable development goals. The construction of ten bio-village solar hamlets has begun.

 

Oct 30, 2022, 19:28 PM IST

One Sun, One World, One Grid: PM Narendra Modi’s mantra at climate meet

Citing the ‘Suryopanishad' during his address, Modi said that everything was born from the sun, it is the only source of energy and solar energy can take care of everyone.

Nov 02, 2021, 22:01 PM IST

PM Modi asks high-energy guzzlers to follow Kochi's solar-powered airport model

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.

Jun 09, 2019, 12:03 PM IST

Unique process to revolutionize solar power usage discovered

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

Sep 04, 2018, 11:23 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron pledges 700 million euros to International Solar Alliance

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

Mar 11, 2018, 23:49 PM IST

Solar-powered e-rickshaws promise to cut down India's vehicular emissions

Around 400 e-rickshaws in Jabalpur have been fitted with solar panel with the larger objective of such panels replacing the city's entire fleet of diesel-powered three-wheelers.

Nov 09, 2017, 12:07 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi visits solar research center in Silicon Valley

"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.

Sep 13, 2017, 13:33 PM IST

Tuirial power project to be commissioned in October: Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla

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

Aug 18, 2017, 16:49 PM IST

Wind, solar projects to lead to three lakh new jobs: Study

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.

Jun 21, 2017, 19:31 PM IST

Photosynthesis inspires scientists to convert sunlight-induced CO2 into solar fuel!

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

Apr 30, 2017, 09:52 AM IST

Rs 3/unit to be benchmark price for power in medium term:Goyal

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.

Apr 29, 2017, 20:41 PM IST

Solar cells that work in all weather conditions – Chinese scientists explore possibility

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.

Apr 02, 2017, 23:52 PM IST

New graphene based electrode to boost solar power

The "groundbreaking" prototype created by researchers from RMIT University in Australia could be the answer to the storage challenge still holding solar back as a total energy solution.

Apr 02, 2017, 16:20 PM IST

A solution to global water shortage? Solar-powered purifier developed!

Researchers believe that the device could help turn the issue of global water shortage around especially in developing areas and regions affected by natural disasters.

Jan 31, 2017, 21:37 PM IST

Government to set up Rs 1.5k crore payment security fund for solar projects

Government is in the process of setting up a Rs 1,500-crore fund to avoid delays in releasing viability gap funding (VGF) to solar power developers under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).

Aug 28, 2016, 11:11 AM IST

Solar Impulse 2 completes historic round-the-world trip: Incredible welcome for pilots in Abu Dhabi (Watch)

Solar Impulse 2 has completed a 40,000-km journey in 17 legs. It has taken more than 500 hours of flying over the Arabian Sea, India, Myanmar, China, the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the US, southern Europe and North Africa.

Jul 26, 2016, 10:13 AM IST