Solar Power

According to recent US-China research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on October 19, prices of solar and coal power in China might become equal by 2023. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, may be approaching a turning point in its shift to renewable energy. China will have the capability to build solar electricity across the country at the same cost as coal in two years.

The National Thermal Power Corporation is all set to commission India's largest floating solar power plant at Ramagundam in May 2021. The Rs 423-crore floating project of 100 MW capacity will be spread over 450 acres on the water surface of Sri Ram Sagar Project reservoir. NTPC's Executive Director (southern region) CV Anand said the floating plants are economical as the terrestrial photo-voltaic plants require more cost than the floating… read-more

Hailing from Chennai, 14-year-old Vinisha Umashankar has won the Sweden’s esteemed ‘Children's Climate Prize’. The grade 9 student designed a movable ironing cart equipped with solar panels. Winning one of largest awards for young innovators, Vinisha will get a prize of Rs 8.64 lakh, a diploma and a certificate. She landed into this invention by seeing the ironing carts in her locality where coal was being used in the carts.

International Energy Agency predicted a 7% decline in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Citing COVID-19, the IEA anticipated a drop of 5% in energy demands in 2020, the largest slump in past century. However, it alarmed that carbon emissions may bounce back as there are no significant policy changes by nations towards sustainability. Fatih Birol, IEA executive, believes annual investment in green-energy need to surge… read-more

India has extended $100 million Line of Credit to Sri Lanka for installing three solar power projects in the country. The credit limit will include funding of rooftop systems for 20,000 households and 1,000 government buildings, and a floating solar plant. The projects were announced in March 2018 during the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi. The proposal aims at increasing solar and renewable energy share in total energy generation… read-more