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Daimler’s Chennai plant to run on green power
German auto maker Daimler will power its truck and bus manufacturing factory using renewable energy from next year. The 400-acre manufacturing campus of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), Indian
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No land, Telangana can’t start work on big solar unit
The 1,000-MW solar power project required 5,000 acres and cost Rs 4,000 crore investment. Hyderabad: A 1,000-MW solar power project proposed to be built in the state two years ago has been stalled for
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Solar hybrid power plant moves ahead in Zambia
The managing director of Cleantech Invest portfolio company Nocart, Vesa Korhonen, confirmed this recently, Africa Business Communities reported. The firm secured a $200 million contract to develop
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Solar power: US gives India time till year-end to scrap local sourcing rules
New contracts signed after December 14, under JNNSM, have to be without domestic content requirement The United States has agreed to give India time till December 14 this year to remove the requirement
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Nigeria develops energy database to track unconnected homes
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo declares government's plans to provide renewable power supply to rural communities that are not connected to the national grid. Osinbajo made the announcement last week,
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Solar streetlights to demonstrate use of clean energy
The 16 KW solar street lighting project at Garobadha in South West Garo Hills inaugurated on Wednesday is aimed at demonstrating the use of new and renewable energy for the people. “The idea was to educate
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Finance Ministry Rejects Rs 20,000-crore plan for local solar equipment firms
The finance ministry has rejected an ambitious Rs 20,000-crore plan to prop up local solar equipment manufacturers with incentives and subsidies to help them withstand the flood of Chinese imports, said
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Wind, solar projects to lead to three lakh new jobs
More than 300,000 new workers can be employed in wind and solar jobs and more than one million total employment opportunities can be created in achieving India's ambitious clean energy goals to install
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Renewable energy no longer a niche to institutional investors
Institutional investors remain eager to put money to work on renewable energy projects even as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to revive their chief competitor: coal, financial executives said at
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Chennai Metro to draw solar power, save ₹1.5 crore a year
The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, a joint venture of the Central and Tamil Nadu governments, intends to install solar power plants at its stations and the Koyambedu maintenance depot to provide 6 MW of electricity.