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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When will power cuts end?
When will the power crisis end in Tamil Nadu? This year? Next year? You will end up scratching your head if you were to go by the sound bytes of people holding responsible positions in the government. Express does a reality check
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New nuclear reactor sites
CHENNAI: Nuclear power reactors of 700 MWe capacity each will come up at two new inland sites
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Haryana registers mini projects under national solar mission
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: Haryana has initiated the process of registration of developers of small-scale solar photo voltaic (SPV) rooftop power plants to be included under the national solar mission (NSM).
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Railways junk jatropha planting plan
PARUL CHANDRA NEW DELHI After what seems a failed experiment of Tughlaqian proportions that saw the Indian railways spending several lakhs on planting crores of jatropha trees along its railway tracks, the ministry appears to have junked jatropha for producing bio-fuel.
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Patratu blow to capital, districts
Ranchi, March 28: Technical snags forced a shutdown at Patratu Thermal Power Station in Ramgarh, plunging the capital and 11 districts into darkness today. The situation is unlikely to improve in the next four days.
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Govt's energy saving plan yet to take off
MUMBAI: The Centre's Bachat Lamp Yojana scheme, which was set to take off in January 2009, has failed to make any headway even after a year since its inception.
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The value of cooperatives in rural electrification
<p>The electricity sectors of many developing countries underwent substantial reforms during the 1980s and 1990s, driven by global agendas of privatization and liberalization. However, rural electrification offered little by way of market incentives for profit-seeking private companies and was often neglected. As a consequence, delivery models for rural electrification need to change.
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India, US to complete nuclear tieup: Roemer
WITH Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struggling to get the consent of Congress to move ahead with the civil nuclear liability bill
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Stop all hydropower projects on Ganga: VHP to Uttarakhand
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday demanded a complete halt to all hydroelectric project works on river Ganga in the BJP ruled Uttarakhand, saying alternative methods should be explored to generate power. The RSS affiliate also asked both the BJP and Congress to spell out their respective policies about the hydro-electric projects being constructed on the river.