Solar Energy

India’s Poor Is a Potential $2.1 Billion Clean Tech Market

By Leon Kyae (http://www.triplepundit.com) India has huge economic potential while it exasperates those who fret about climate page. The world’s largest democracy has experienced an impressive economic surge the past decade—some economists even surmise that it will surpass China this century as the world’s largest economy. With that promise comes concern over what an industrialized India means for the world—especially by US politicians who oppose a shift in energy policy of any form. After all, India supposedly is not doing enough to do its part in reducing its greenhouse gas…

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Solar energy to become must for telecom towers

Oct 22, 2010NEW DELHI: The government will make it mandatory for mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy, hoping to cut pollution and tamp down a key driver of diesel consumption in the country. But this would raise construction costs by up to 50% for cellphone operators such as Bharti, Vodafone and Reliance Communications. “We are working on a new scheme that will support adoption of greener practices by telecos while rolling out their services for customers,” secretary with the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), Deepak…

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Hawaii Riding High On Solar Power

By Reginald Norris | October 22, 2010 People who visit Hawaii are typically struck by the same things that every other tourist is: crystal clear water, epic surf and lush landscapes. What many people fail to realize is that the tiny little state of Hawaii is one of the national leaders in solar energy. For starters, Hawaii is the largest state market for Solar water Heaters. In fact, prior to 2006, about half of the solar hot water heaters sold in the United States were installed in Hawaii. Furthermore, the…

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Govt to develop 60 solar energy cities during 11th plan

New Delhi: The government proposes to develop 60 solar-powered cities during the 11th Five Year Plan, “The government has been supporting research and development for reducing the cost of solar power to make it competitive to grid power in next 8-10 years through improvement in performance of existing solar devices,” new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah said. In a written reply, he said the government has recently launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission with an aim to create an enabling policy framework for reducing cost of solar electricity…

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