Karnataka government plans to launch an ambitious self-sustaining solar technology programme in 3,900 villages in 39 most backward blocks to cater to the energy needs of 50 lakh people.

State-owned Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL) this week invited bids from solar technology providers to design, finance, build, operate and maintain solar/hybrid power plants and collect [...]

Solar Power in India : Moving from Goals to Achievements by Powerline

Power Line, a magazine on Indian Power sector by Indian Infrastructure Publishing organized a two day conference Solar Power in India: Moving from Goals to Achievements in Delhi from 24th of this month. The conference was sponsored by Acme Telepower and Veeco Asia [...]

Bangalore will soon have a solar city within itself, said Mr. K. Jairaj, Principal Secretary, Energy Department. The plan is to install photovoltaic panels with a capacity of 2 kW to 5 kW on roofs of 10,000 houses in a chosen locality with support from the Centre. Dr. Farooq Abdulla, Minister for New and Renewable [...]

India is one among the global leaders in the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies and it is the only country in the world to have an exclusive ministry for renewable energy development said Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Hon’ble Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India in his Valedictory Address at the Green [...]

Wanting to further its ties with India, Norway is planning to increase its investment in the country in the area of renewable energy, including solar and hydropower.
Solar energy is one of the areas which Norway will be focusing on to further its relationship with India. We are working on a huge project. We are working [...]

VISITS SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE

New and renewable energy will increasingly play a larger role in meeting the development aspirations of a growing economy like India. This was stated by Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, while visiting Solar Energy Centre (SEC)at Gurgaon today. He said that the SEC should emerge as a [...]

Samsung India on Wednesday launched first solar-powered mobile phone in India. Samsung President and CEO J. S. Shin and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah launched the handset named Solar Guru in Noida.

Solar Guru (Guru E1107) allows users to charge the battery using solar energy, once the phone battery runs out [...]

With the announcement of Commonwealth Games Organizing committee 2010 to organize XIX Commonwealth as First ‘Green’ Commonwealth games, the committee decided to install Solar Water Heater in the commonwealth village. Kotak Urja P Ltd, Bangalore has been awarded with the contract to install Solar Water Heaters.

Kotak Urja will install 32 systems of 2500 litres each, [...]