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  Facebook's solar-powered internet drone crash-landed due to wind

  December 17, 2016 17:31 IST

  Social networking mammoth Facebook’s solar-powered internet drone Aquila crashed during its inaugural test flight in Yuma, according to a report on Saturday. Aquila has been designed to beam internet to remote parts of the world.

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  Adani Group unveils world’s largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu

  September 21, 2016 17:08 IST

  Entailing an investment of Rs 4,550 crore, Adani Green Energy, part of the Adani Group, today unveiled the world’s largest 648-mw solar power plant in Tamil Nadu. The solar power plant, producing 648 mw at

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  World Bank to provide Rs 6800 crores for solar projects in India

  June 30, 2016 17:36 IST

  New Delhi: The World Bank on Thursday signed an agreement with India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) to provide US $1 billion (Rs 68,00 crore) for expansion of solar power capacity in India. The pact,

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  Turning Delhi into a solar city, AAP govt targets 1 Giga Watt power by 2020

  India | June 07, 2016 10:57 IST

  New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has announced the implementation of its solar policy with an aim to make Delhi a solar city with installation of 1 GW solar power capacity by 2020.

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  Solar Mission: Setback for India as WTO rules against local sourcing

  February 25, 2016 19:57 IST

  Washington: A dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against India in a matter of alleged discrimination against US solar exports as part of its National Solar Mission.The WTO panel has

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  Pakistan parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power

  World | February 23, 2016 16:07 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan parliament on Tuesday became the first in the world to completely run on solar power, a venture supported by China with $55 million funding.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a simple ceremony switched on

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  Funky solar cars race across Australia (Watch video)

  Mouthful | October 21, 2015 13:54 IST

  One of the most prestigious solar car races is underway in Australia featuring futuristic cars that look like they are straight out of a science fiction movie.Will cars like these reach the market someday? Well,

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  Modi stresses India's commitment for 175 GW clean energy goal

  September 28, 2015 8:01 IST

  San Jose: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a roundtable on renewable energy with top energy CEOs and experts during which he emphasised India's commitment to realize the vision of 175 GigaWatts of clean

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  World's largest solar power station to come up in MP

  India | August 23, 2015 12:26 IST

  Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh will house world's largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station in Rewa district, state's energy minister Rajendra Shukla said today.  “Global tenders for commissioning the solar power station in an area over

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  Nagpur Metro Rail may use solar power

  India | May 17, 2015 18:40 IST

  Nagpur:  The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (NMRCL) may use solar power in a big way to run the service and wants to tie-up with German government for technological and financial support, a senior official

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  Cabinet approves 15,000 MW solar projects by NTPC

  India | February 26, 2015 7:35 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of 15,000 MW of grid connected solar power projects through the state-run generator NTPC under the National Solar Mission."Successful completion of additional 15,000 MW

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  World desirous of Modi's bold leadership for clean energy: Ban Ki-moon

  Politics | January 12, 2015 8:21 IST

  Vadodara:  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the need for transforming global energy systems to reduce threat of climate change even as he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “bold leadership” initiative to bring

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  Odisha to supply solar power to tribal schools

  India | January 11, 2015 14:13 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Schools and hostels being run by Odisha's Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes development department will soon be given solar power-based electricity supply.Realising the difficulty in ensuring an uninterrupted electricity supply to schools and hostels

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  Govt aims 100 MW solar power generation by 2016

  Politics | January 07, 2015 8:39 IST

  New Delhi: The Urban Development Ministry on Tuesday said it aims to generate 100 MW of solar power with solar panels installed on rooftops of over 600 buildings in 18 states.According to a memorandum of

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  Wipro, HCL in race for Rs 1,500 cr India Posts devices project

  October 13, 2013 19:43 IST

  NEW DELHI: IT companies Wipro and HCL Infosystems are in race for supplying 1.3 lakh handheld devices to post offices under a project that is estimated to cost Rs 1,500 crore.“Wipro and HCL Infosystems have

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  Delhi Metro to tap solar power for its energy needs

  India | September 17, 2013 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi Metro would soon be partially fulfilling its power requirements with solar energy, officials said Tuesday.The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Solar Energy