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Nagpur Solar Company Blast

17 Dec 2023

Nagpur Solar company Blast: 9 people killed, work to rescue trapped people continues

17 Dec 2023

Huge blast in Nagpur Solar Company, 9 people died

25 Apr 2023

DNA: When the first Silicon Solar Cell came to the world in 1954

This segment of DNA brings you information related to today's history.

12 Dec 2022

Google celebrates life of Maria Telkes with a special Doodle

Maria Telkes, who is remembered as "The Sun Queen", created a solar oven design that's still used today.

Electric highways

12 Sep 2022

India to SOON have e-highways, solar energy to charge EVs: Nitin Gadkari

Govt working on developing electric highways: Nitin Gadkari These highways will be powered by solar energy Highways will facilitate charging of heavy duty vehicles

09 Jul 2022

China dominates Europe, US and Japan in solar panel supply chain: Report

The IEA warned global solar PV manufacturing capacity has increasingly moved from Europe, Japan and the United States to China The report highlighted how government policies in China have shaped the global supply, demand and price of solar PV

23 Jun 2022

Namaste India : Bilal Ahmed of Srinagar builds a solar car

The car industry is moving towards the use of electric energy instead of relying on fossil fuels. Work is also going on to prepare solar cars. Bilal Ahmed, a resident of Srinagar, has made a solar car. It took him 11 years to make it.

19 Jan 2021

My building partly runs on solar energy: Climate Warrior Bhumi Pednekar

The versatile actress also has built a small sustainable garden with her mother on the private terrace of their home. Bhumi has also recently teamed up with global advocacy platform Count Us In as their India ambassador. She also runs an online and offline advocacy initiative called Climate Warrior.

09 Sep 2020

Technology holds key to scale up solar energy's use: PM Modi

PM Modi on Tuesday in a message said that technology holds the key to scale up the use of solar energy at the inaugural session of First World Solar Technology Summit. The message was read out by International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly President and Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh. The message said that technological achievements have already brought about a significant reduction in the price of solar power.

24 Jun 2020

Electric equipment imported from China to be tested for malware

The decision falls in line with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat' vision, that aims to promote domestic manufacturing and reduce import content in large infrastructure projects.

18 Jun 2019

Pune firm develops solar-powered irrigation system

The irrigation system is intended to make farmers independent of seasonal rains or expensive fuel along with reducing carbon dioxide emissions and improving food security by developing solar pumps.

PM Narendra Modi

02 Oct 2018

Sun will replace oil wells in future: PM Modi outlines vision for solar energy

"We have a dream One World, One Sun One Grid."

04 Sep 2018

Unique process to revolutionize solar power usage discovered

This is first of its kind model to use hydrogenase and photosystem II for creating semi-artificial photosynthesis supported entirely by solar power.

Emmanuel Macron

11 Mar 2018

France's Macron pledges 700 million euros to International Solar Alliance

France had already committed $300 million euros to the initiative when it co-founded with India a global solar alliance in 2015.

09 Jan 2018

India rejects US solar claim at WTO, explores new defence

India has rejected US legal claim on its solar power policies India has strongly rebuffed the US at WTO India is now exploring possible new protection of its own solar industry

09 Nov 2017

Solar-powered e-rickshaws promise to cut down India's vehicular emissions

India adds 750,000 rickshaws to its roads each year. Rickshaws consume 34 million barrels of fuel and emit 12 million tonnes of CO2 annually. Solar-powered e-rickshaws promise to bring down running cost and halt damage to the environment.

19 Sep 2017

New type of washable solar cell developed

The finding could open the way for wearable solar cells, which will provide power to devices such as health monitors incorporated into clothing, researchers said.

09 Jul 2017

World's first panda-shaped solar farm built in China

The panda-shaped power plant, a project backed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will help get young people to engage with sustainable development.

Water pollutants

01 Jul 2017

New material removes water pollutants using solar energy

By heating the reaction mixture at high pressures inside a sealed container, the composite is synthesised by growing ultra-thin "nanowires" of tungsten oxide on the surface of tiny particles of tantalum nitride.

30 Apr 2017

Photosynthesis inspires scientists to convert sunlight-induced CO2 into solar fuel!

Even though, previously, researchers had successfully managed to implement similar operations, they couldn't be realized due to unavailability of proper resources.

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