Residents of Gujarat state in India will be able to sell electricity from their solar panels back to the grid system in several weeks. Gujarat is India’s leading solar power provider, so allowing net metering there is a big development. It has been estimated that the introduction of net metering … [continued]
Terra Motors has a new green transportation option for India, the Kiwami electric bike. The Kiwami electric bike introduces another fresh alternative for youth, motorcycle lovers, and the planet-loving consumers who want green transportation. http://youtu.be/mmDZmgKZeRE Terra Motors Corporation is a leading manufacturer of two- and three-wheelers in Japan. The coming … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Jeff Spross. The Indian government is aiming to swap out 26 million fossil-fuel-powered groundwater pumps for solar-powered ones, Bloomberg reports. The pumps are used by farmers throughout the country to pull in water for irrigation, and currently rely on diesel generators or India’s fossil-fuel-reliant electrical grid … [continued]
35,467 megawatts of new wind energy capacity were installed globally in 2013, up 12.5% from 2012, led primarily by China as the US and European industries stalled over policy uncertainty.
Originally published on Solar Love. India’s national solar mission (JNNSM) recently saw its second phase of project bidding close. The auction was for 750 MW worth of projects, but the competing bids totaled 2,170 MW. In total, there were 68 bids from 58 developers for 122 projects. The maximum capacity … [continued]
The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises of India, which comprises six companies, announced yesterday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct a 4,000 MW ultra-mega solar power project (UMSPP). This project is expected to take seven years to complete, according to the MoU, and the … [continued]
Originally published on ClimateProgress. By Ari Phillips India added just over 1 gigawatt of solar energy to its electrical grid last year, a major milestone that nearly doubles the country’s cumulative solar energy capacity to 2.18 gigawatts. After a slow start to the year, solar installation picked up rapidly — a good sign that … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Emma Fitzpatrick When the world thinks of countries that could go 100 per cent renewable, the immediate thoughts go to islands with solar and storage, hydro and geothermal rich countries such as Iceland, or even wind and wave-rich countries like Scotland. One of the last … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Leading investment house Deutsche Bank has dramatically lifted its demand forecasts for the global solar industry – predicting that 46 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV will be installed across the world in 2014, before jumping by another 25 per cent to 56GW in 2015. It notes … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainability Outlook. As we all bid adieu to a year in which turbulence was the only stable (and ‘sustainable’) phenomenon, we foresee the following 7 key sustainability headlines holding center stage in the year ahead: 1) Water efficiency takes prominence: With direct parallels to the Bureau of … [continued]
