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Few takers for solar power tender of railways, bid deadline extended | JP Simon International

New Delhi: Solar power project developers have given a lukewarm response to a tender for setting up 1 gigawatt of solar power plants on railways’ land, as there is 14 GW of surplus capacity available with government agency SECI, sources said. Three sources in...

CII seeks imposition of basic custom duty on solar power equipment | JP Simon International

New Delhi: Industry body CII has urged the Ministry of Finance in its memorandum submitted on Monday to impose the basic custom duty (BCD) on solar equipment as announced in the last general budget, stressing that the delay in implementation is impacting investments. The CII...

Innovator Who Inspired ‘3 Idiots’ Develops Solar Heated Tent For Army. | JP Simon International

Published on March 2, 2021, RSM Published on March 2, 2021, RSM Sonam Wangchuk, who has many environment friendly innovations to his name, said the solar heated military tent, besides saving on use of fossil fuel and its ill effects on environment, increases...

India’s biggest floating solar power plant with 100 MW capacity to be set up in Telangana by May | JP Simon International

Updated Mar 15, 2021 | 8:00 RSM Updated Mar 15, 2021 | 8:00 RSM Hyderabad: Telangana is all set to host India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 MW. The project expected to be opened in May, is being...

Coal India signs first 100 MW solar power purchase agreement | JP Simon International

RSM | April 27, 2021 | PNB RSM | April 27, 2021 | PNB State-owned CIL on Friday said it has entered into its first ever power purchase pact with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) for sale of 100 mw solar power. The...

Places of religious importance in UP to have solar power | JP Simon International

Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma has said that these cities would get around 670 MW solar energy from solar panels to be installed on rooftops of the houses Lucknow: Cities having religious significance, including Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, will have clean and...