As part of India’s largest Solar Power-based Island Electrification Project in India, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned two Grid-Interactive Solar Power Plants of 100 KWp each in Lakshadweep. With this, the company has commissioned a total of eleven Solar Power Plants in the Lakshadweep islands, adding over 1 MW of Solar Power [...]

Two Indian energy schemes have been finalized for Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009. In total, the global projects stand to be awarded more than 350,000 pounds, to be used for scheme improvement and expansion. The winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales in London on June 11.
The [...]

In a bid to reduce the price of photovoltaic solar cells, the Green Energy Corporation, in collaboration with the West Bengal Science and Technology Council, will set up a Nano solar cell laboratory. The laboratory will come up at Calcutta University campus in Salt Lake.
The corporation has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) [...]

The REN21 Renewables Global Status Report released in May 2009 shows that the fundamental transition of the world’s energy markets continues.

This fourth edition of REN21’s renewable energy report comes in the midst of an historic and global economic crisis, said Mohamed El-Ashry, chairman of REN21. Although the future is unclear, he said, there is much [...]

State Scheduled Tribes Welfare Directorate had issued orders to install 214 units of solar streetlights in 79 colonies of Kodagu, Mysore and Udupi districts of Karnataka.
M/s Tata BP Solar India Limited, Electronics City, Bangalore has completed the project of installing solar streetlights all the colonies. However, due to some litigation problem 10 units have [...]