The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Of the reported 25 lakh homes worldwide that use solar home systems today, about" 3.6 lakh are in India, second only to China which has four lakh solar home system users. The market for solar photo voltaics (PV) continues to find its relevance in such decentralized off-grid applications because despite …
The Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) Saligao, will be holding the Major State Level Workshop on Accelerated Promotion of Solar water Heating Systems in Domestic, Industrial and Commercial Sectors by Sensitization of Banks/Financial Institutions and other State holders at 10 am on May 21, 2008 which will be inaugurated by …
A City-based engineer Prabhakar Wawge, has come up with a solar water heating system, which can be used in multistoried building without using terrace area. It can be used as a wall integrated solar water heating system and does not require any pumping mechanism for circulation. Wawge got the patent …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today exhorted the residents to make rational use of water and electricity .The use of recycled water for gardening would go a long way in saving drinking water. The water-harvesting scheme would be introduced in 205 schools and an amount of Rs.40 crore has been …
South Africa has launched a pilot project to introduce solar water heaters. With an objective to exploit one of its abundant resources, sunshine, the project aims to create awareness and introduce solar water heaters in households in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces. South Africa receives about 2,500 hours …
Emphasising the need to increase awareness on benefits of solar energy appliances as they provide recurring relief in electricity bills and recover their cost in a few years, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday exhorted manufacturers of solar appliances to aggressively advertise their products to encourage customers to go …
You can save money, electricity and get piping hot water for your home with a solar water heater. In 2006, New Delhi made it mandatory for homes, institutions and offices to install solar water heaters, replacing water geysers that run on electricity. Almost all big cities of Maharashtra had, by …
It is estimated that by 2015 roughly 20-30 per cent of the Chinese population will be using the sun to heat their domestic water. The country has built a huge manufacturing base for these systems and its suppliers even offer 10-15-year guarantees on them. Chinese solar water heater exports are …
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geyser manufacturers could soon be out of business in Haryana. As a part of its energy conservation effort, the state government has made the use of solar water heating system (swhs) mandatory in private functional buildings such as hospitals and hotels. A regulation that makes the installation of swhs compulsory …
Palahi, a sleepy village in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, has set an example in the use of non-conventional sources of energy. All the gurudwaras, private hospitals, nursing homes and a large number of households have solar water heaters, according to Gurmit Singh of the Community Polytechnic. Palahi and four …
Engineers at the US,based National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a photovoltaic solar water heater that does away with the plumbing, replacing it with a wire that carries the electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels on the roof down to the hot water heater. Since solar thermal water …
