Africa Solar Outlook 2025
Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s
Energy
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Ministry opposes mandatory blending, price hike for ethanol
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 25, 2010, 1:21 IST The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Marginal rise likely in petrol, diesel prices from April 1
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: As the country prepares to switch over to the Euro IV standard fuel regime from April 1, 2010, petrol prices in Delhi and Mumbai and 12 other metro cities are likely to be increased by Rs.0.41 a litre and diesel by Rs.0.26 a litre from the same day, Petroleum Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Wednesday.
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Curb power consumption
KOCHI: With the onset of summer, consumption of power has gone up significantly. At the same time the supply has come down. If power consumption i s not controlled, it will surely lead to a crisis.
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Delhi may kick off direct subsidy plan
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 26, 2010, 0:28 IST Petroleum ministry mulls scheme to open bank accounts for targeted recipients. Delhi may become the first state to move to direct cash pay-outs of subsidies on kerosene sold through the public distribution system (PDS).
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GMR Energy to raise Rs 1,600 crore
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 26, 2010, 0:38 IST GMR Energy will soon raise over Rs 1,600 crore from a group of private equity players led by Singapore-based Temasek Holdings and banks to fund its expansion. The company is a subsidiary of the G M Rao-led GMR Infrastructure that has interests in highways, airports, agri-business and urban infrastructure.
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China surges ahead of U.S. in clean energy race
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China spent almost twice as much as the United States on clean energy investments last year, and is now set to take the lead as the world's premier green energy power, according to a report released on Thursday.
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Maharashtra govt may not be able to meet 2012 power target
Mumbai: The government has been claiming a load-shedding free Maharashtra by 2012, but the provision in the budget indicates otherwise. Three of its major power generation plants, with consolidated generation of more than 4,000mw, are expected to be commissioned not before 2014-15, the budget document states.
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Tripura Building Rules to make solar energy mandatory
Agartala: The Tripura government has planned to make
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Tripura building rules to make solar energymandatory
AGARTALA, March 28: The Tripura government has planned to make solar energy tapping provision mandatory in Building Rules for reducing dependency on conventional sources.