Ride like the wind with a car that runs on just thin air
London: Soon, your carbon footprint may vanish into thin air, literally. An American company has designed a
London: Soon, your carbon footprint may vanish into thin air, literally. An American company has designed a
To make solar cells more efficient, sprinkle them with silver
New Delhi: In times of depleting energy resources and increasing costs, JNU has a solution at hand. The administration has decided that all new buildings being constructed in the campus should have energy-saving mechanisms like rainwater harvesting and solar heaters.
Jan. 6: With the aim of promoting clean energy generation in the state, the Gujarat government here on Tuesday released the Solar Power Policy 2009, which offers a number of incentives to private players for setting up a energy generation plant using solar energy.
Jan. 6: With the aim of promoting clean energy generation in the state, the Gujarat government here on Tuesday released the Solar Power Policy 2009, which offers a number of incentives to private players for setting up a energy generation plant using solar energy.
Scheme called Shikshadeep, it will be given free of cost to girl students who top the exam
Harried girl students in rural Haryana will soon get special solar-powered table lamps to beat the increasingly commonplace power outages. The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency has initiated a new year scheme to help girl students in villages study using the Shikshadeep
The main objective of the modified component of the scheme is to promote the widespread construction of energy efficient solar/ green buildings in the country through a combination of financial and promotional incentives, and other support measures so as to save a substantial amount of electricity and other fossil fuels apart from having peak load shavings in cities and towns.
<p>Blessed with gigantic oil deposits, Abu Dhabi has the world's highest per capita consumption of energy. Now, a green metropolis is being built there, eventually to become a center for regenerative forms of energy. Is this going to work? A report from the construction site.</p>
<p>This monograph by Delhi's chief secretary Rakesh Mehta aimed at reducing Delhi's carbon footprint has identified a set of 65 action points that each department of the administration would have to follow in the next three years.</p>
The power sector is all set to transform namma silicon city into a solar city by encouraging people to rely on solar energy.
The main component that converts photons into electricity in a solar PV is the layer of silicon semiconductors. In 2007, the solar PV industry along with the semiconductor industry consumed some 38,000 tonnes of poly-silicon. This grew to 58,000 tonnes in 2007. Increasing demand has led to price jump of more than 100 per cent from US $20 per kg in 2001 to US $50 in 2006. The future of PV
Despite several schemes, both centrally and state sponsored, to promote solar water heaters sales have been low. A major reason has been a lack of trust on the quality of device supplied by the government appointed manufacturers. Under a central subsidy scheme of the MNRE a soft loan is made available at the rate of two per cent for domestic users, three per cent for institutional users and five
Solar photovoltaics is the fastest growing area in the energy sector. Of the us $71 billion invested in renewables worldwide in 2007, 30 per cent was in solar pv. According to market analysts, between 2007 and 2011, this industry is poised to grow at a whopping 73 per cent. By March 2007, India had 120 mw of installed pv capacity. However, less than 2.5 mw is generated by grid-connected
Solar lanterns were promoted specially for use in rural un-electrified villages. Costing Rs 2,000- 5,000 for a 7-11 watt power lamp, it requires little maintenance. A solar lantern is made of three main components
India has had mixed results with its solar programme. The government is now gearing up to launch several mega schemes to harness this abundant source. The solar mission aims to do exactly that. Industry has also shown interest in tapping this energy source of the future. Technology and financing, though, remain question marks. How can India realize its solar dream? Picture thousands of solar
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi December 13, 2008, 0:40 IST India's science and development is in a poor way and needs a guiding light.
Rajesh B. Nair PUDUCHERRY: Solar power never fails. That
TIRUCHI: Tiruchi district, with a little more than 50 per cent of its population in rural areas, has only 245 solar streetlights and 50 solar homelights in the villages. To achieve even this level of penetration of solar-powered gadgets, it took five years (2002-2007).
Environment: Abu Dhabi has embarked upon an ambitious plan to build a zero-emission clean-tech centre in the desert. Will it work?