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IREDA inks MoU with CIPET for Solarization of CIPET campuses

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), to provide its techno-financial expertise for solarization of CIPET campuses. The two organisations are under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, respectively. […]

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PM-KUSUM Scheme to include solar energy generation in the farm sector

MNRE expands the scope of PM-KUSUM Scheme to enable greater solar energy generation in the farm sector; Solar power plants can be installed on pastureland and marshy land of farmers besides barren, fallow and agricultural land;
Size of solar plant has been reduced to enable participation of small farmers; CFA allowed for solar pumps to be set up and used by Water User Associations (WUAs)/Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)/Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACSs) or for cluster based irrigation system; Separate bids to be invited for solar pumps with Universal Solar Pump Controller (USPC); USPC pumps to also get subsidy […]

Technology

CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest Solar Tree

CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur. Prof.(Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, while elaborating about the technology stated that, “The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp. It has the annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power”.

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Solar Energy to power 960 Railway Stations

Indian Railway Solarises more than 960 Stations; Orders placed for 198 MW solar rooftop capacity for 550 stations which are under execution; Indian Railways is set to produce solar energy for meeting all it’s energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030; Use of solar power will accelerate the Railways’ mission to achieve the goal of becoming ‘Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway’ […]