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Nigeria signs MoU with GE for five solar power plants
The Nigerian Northern States Governors´ Forum has signed an MoU with GE for the construction of five solar power plants. Five states including Borno, Kebbi, Nassarawa, Niger and Taraba will soon benefit from the solar power plants, with 100 MW capacity each.
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DEWA inaugurates 400/132kV sub-station at solar park
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated the 400/132 kV sub-station at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The AED 275 million sub-station has a conversion capacity of 1,515 MVA.
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Azure Power(s) DMRC with rooftop solar
Azure Power announced the successful installation and operation of its rooftop solar power plant for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at the Sultanpur facility. This is the first phase of a 14 MW allocation by DMRC to Azure Power, one of the largest by DMRC to a solar power developer.
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Viviana Mall is first to have largest solar plant at single site
Viviana Mall, leading retail mall in Mumbai metropolitan region announced the inauguration of 900 kVA rooftop solar power plant at the mall. With this initiative it will become the first mall to generate 91,000 W/month through solar energy.
Viviana Mall, Sanjay More, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Ashwin Sheth, Sheth Corp, Viviana Mall, Solar Power, Solar Plant, Solar Energy, Electricity, Sanjay More, Thane, Power Generation, Green
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Sonthalia Group to set up 600 MW solar park
Sonthalia Group is likely to set up a dual 600 MW solar power park and Special Economic Zone over a 1,250 hectare barren land in Odisha on a long-term lease for 35 years. The Kolkata-based company will invest a total of Rs.400 crore on the project which will consist of a 220/440 kV pooling station for evacuation of power from the solar park.
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Sukhbir Badal opens Punjab´s largest solar power plant
Punjab´s largest solar power plant of 100 MW, was inaugurated by the state´s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Set up by Adani Green Energy Ltd at an investment of around Rs.640 crore, Badal said the plant would prove to be a game changer not only for 232 farmers who have given their land on lease for the project but would also act as a catalyst for others to follow.
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1st Solar Today Awards 2016
The very first Solar Today Awards 2016 was successfully held at the InterSolar Exhibition in Mumbai on October 21, 2016, in the presence of the industry´s best and brightest.
Solar Today Awards 2016, Intersolar Exhibition, G Adhiseshu, Solar Power Corporation Private Ltd; Pratap Padode, Sumit Banerjee, ASAPP Info Global Group, Prafulla Pathak, Preetam Dsouza, Shirish S Garud, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Vinay Rustagi, Utility Scale Solar, Module Manufacturer, Inverter Manufacturer, Rooftop Solar
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The Solar Boom Marches On
Thomas Edison had in 1931 during a conversation with Henry Ford mentioned, ´I´d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!
I hope we don´t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.´ It appears that Government of India (GoI) is following the same spirit while implementing the largest renewable capacity expansion program in the world
Henry Ford, Sun, Solar Energy, Oil, Coal, Goi, US Congress, EPC, JNNSM, National Solar Mission, International Solar Alliance, Tropics Of Cancer, Capricorn, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, INDC
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