Mridul Chadha, Author at CleanTechnica

About Mridul Chadha

Mridul Chadha currently works as Head-News & Data at Climate Connect Limited, a market research and analytics firm in the renewable energy and carbon markets domain. He earned his Master’s in Technology degree from The Energy & Resources Institute in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering. Mridul has a keen interest in renewable energy sector in India and emerging carbon markets like China and Australia.

Lincolnshire Adopts New Target To Reduce Carbon Emissions By 22% By 2018

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

UK’s Lincolnshire county council has set an ambitious target to reduce its energy costs and carbon emissions over the next five years. The council has already achieved a reduction of 9% in its carbon emissions and now plans to cut the emissions further, by 22% by 2018. The council hopes to save up to £7 million every year by 2018. The council adopted the Carbon Management Plan in 2006–07 through which it had aimed to … Read More

Delhi Students To Generate Power From Wind Produced By Metro Rail

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

At Train of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation at one of the stations (Credit: WillaMissionary | Public Domain)

Students of one of India’s most reputed universities are planning to harness high speed winds generated by Delhi’s metro trains. A team of ten students of Delhi University is planning to strategically install a small wind turbine on the Delhi metro network to generate electricity. Delhi Metro carries about 2 million people everyday across its 196-kilometre network, which has142 stations. When all planned phases of the Delhi metro are executed, it would become the world’s fourth largest metro network … Read More

South Indian City Of Anantapur To Go Solar And Save $1 Million Every Year

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

The municipal corporation of Anantapur in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is set to become the first municipality in the country to set up a solar power project to power its water pumping operations and street lights. The impressive plan includes installation of 5 MW of a solar PV project in the city. The project will be connected to the state’s power grid and will power the water pumping and street lights of … Read More

National Solar Energy Centre Launched in UK, Will Promote Building Integrated Solar PV

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

Solar Industry Must Focus On China And India

The BRE National Energy Centre (NSC) for solar PV has been recently launched in United Kingdom to deliver the government’s goal of 20 GW of installed solar capacity by 2020. The BRE National Solar Energy Centre is expected to be commissioned in April this year, situated in St Austell, Cornwall, and aims to strengthen innovation, cost reduction, and confidence in the renewable energy market place. Over the last three months, BRE has been working to develop … Read More

Panasonic Commissions 500KW Solar Power Plant At University Of Colorado Boulder

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

Ground-mounted solar panel installation at the University of Colorado Boulder. (Credit: Panasonic Corporation of North America)

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America has executed a 500kW solar PV plant for the University of Colorado Boulder. The system was developed and built by Panasonic with local support from Lighthouse Solar. Financing was provided by a subsidiary of Renewable Social Benefits Fund, which works with Panasonic to finance distributed generation solar projects in the US and US territories. The power plant will help the university meet its targets of increasing the use renewable energy … Read More

New Cost-Efficient Method To Assess Renewable Energy Potential Of Waste

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

Image: Ari Herzog | Some rights reserved

A new approach has been developed by Cranfield University for calculating the renewable energy potential of waste products prior to incineration process. The new method is expected to cut down time and money for the energy and waste industries. Under the UK Government’s Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) scheme, electricity suppliers are required to demonstrate the biomass content or fraction of mixed fuels, and incentives are offered to electricity suppliers for sourcing an increasing proportion of the … Read More

Middle East And North Africa To Reach 3.5 GW Of Solar Power Capacity By 2015

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

CleanTechnica Director Zachary Shahan (me) at the Shams 1 CSP power plant in Abu Dhabi -- not a small CSP power plant. Photo Credit: Marika Krakowiak / CleanTechnica

According to a recent report published by GTM Reserach the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will be installing nearly 3.5 GW of solar capacity by 2015. The study was conducted in collaboration with the Emirates Solar Industry Association (ESIA). The study also forecasts that the solar market in the MENA region could represent 8% of total demand globally by 2015. The GTM Research report states that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are expected to have … Read More

South Gloucestershire To Save And Reduce Carbon Emissions By Switching Off Street Lights

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Mridul Chadha

South Gloucestershire is set to expand a program to switch off street lights between midnight and 5 am in order to cut costs on energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. The council has already implemented the program for approximately 6,000 of the total 29,500 street lights and has already saved over $145,000. The program will be expanded to 20,000 street lights by October this year, which will increase savings to $400,000 and save about 2,000 tonnes … Read More

Off-Grid Solar Power Projects For Myanmar