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India’s Solar Mission : Ministry ready with a draft

Earlier this month, SolarIndiaOnline reported about Solar Mission plans to install 20,000MW capacity by 2020 in the story “Renewable is not an alternative anymore”.Ministry has finalized the draft for the National Solar Mission. After the first initiative of installing generation capacity of 50MW through Solar, the ministry has now gone all the way, to make Solar a valuable option for Indian Power Industry. SolarIndiaOnline.com earlier this month announced about the plan of ministry to install solar generation capacity of 20,000MW by 2020. According to draft agreement by Ministry, the plans are to install solar generation capacity of … Continue Reading

Proposal to introduce solar invertors

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/07/stories/2009040754270400.htmThe Delhi Government’s power department is mulling over a proposal to introduce solar panels for recharging batteries used to run appliances of everyday use during power cuts and outages. The proposal comes at a time when the department has been stressing the need to use more green energy and reduce dependence on non-renewable energy.An official of the power department said the concept is similar to that of a solar water heater. “Solar panels are used to draw the energy of the sun to run appliances just like an inverter does. While an inverter uses energy … Continue Reading