Solar Powered Houses

Asserting that the Ram temple ceremony in Ayodhya strengthened his resolve to have rooftop solar systems at people's houses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the launch of a scheme under which one crore homes will have this power sour

Some 50,000 homes in South Australia will receive solar panels and Tesla batteries, the state government announced Sunday, in a landmark plan to turn houses into a giant, interconnected power plant.

With a huge canopy and an array of bamboo trees and climbers, 71-year-old Suresh’s home in Chennai’s Kilpauk area stands out. At his home, which is solar-powered, he grows his own food on the terrace garden, has a water harvesting system and a bio-gas unit, making it completely self-sustained and eco-friendly. A graduate from IIT-Madras and IIM...

A CSIR laboratory in West Bengal has designed a 'solar power tree' that takes up only four square feet of space and produces about three kilowatts (kW) of power - enough to power about five households.

"The challenge was to come up with a design so as to generate more solar power in less land space."

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched a series of initiatives under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department totaling over Rs 1200 crore.

Close to midnight on Thursday, there was unusual bustle at the North Block on Raisina Hill, which houses the Finance Ministry.

The Non-conventional Energy Sources Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) plans to provide total solar power to newly constructed villages under the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government, its project director M Ramamohan said. In Andhra Pradesh, street lighting in 47 villages have been equipped with...

Fishermen in 15 hamlets in the coastal area between Kalpakkam and Marakkanam would have the benefit of a new Light House powered by solar units, which would be able to light up an area of 20 to 30 nautical miles, from next year.

Asserting that the Ram temple ceremony in Ayodhya strengthened his resolve to have rooftop solar systems at people's houses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the launch of a scheme under which one crore homes will have this power sour

Some 50,000 homes in South Australia will receive solar panels and Tesla batteries, the state government announced Sunday, in a landmark plan to turn houses into a giant, interconnected power plant.

With a huge canopy and an array of bamboo trees and climbers, 71-year-old Suresh’s home in Chennai’s Kilpauk area stands out. At his home, which is solar-powered, he grows his own food on the terrace garden, has a water harvesting system and a bio-gas unit, making it completely self-sustained and eco-friendly. A graduate from IIT-Madras and IIM...

A CSIR laboratory in West Bengal has designed a 'solar power tree' that takes up only four square feet of space and produces about three kilowatts (kW) of power - enough to power about five households.

"The challenge was to come up with a design so as to generate more solar power in less land space."

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched a series of initiatives under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department totaling over Rs 1200 crore.

Close to midnight on Thursday, there was unusual bustle at the North Block on Raisina Hill, which houses the Finance Ministry.

The Non-conventional Energy Sources Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) plans to provide total solar power to newly constructed villages under the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government, its project director M Ramamohan said. In Andhra Pradesh, street lighting in 47 villages have been equipped with...

Fishermen in 15 hamlets in the coastal area between Kalpakkam and Marakkanam would have the benefit of a new Light House powered by solar units, which would be able to light up an area of 20 to 30 nautical miles, from next year.