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SunEdison Continues Electrification of Indian Villages With Solar Power

Mike Sandru — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:32:45 +0000

Starting an electrification program named “Eradication of Darkness” can be called a number of things, from pretentious to daring, but it’s exactly what SunEdison – a global leader in solar power – has decided to do for the Indian communities. Since almost half of the world’s people who rely on sunlight as their unique source […]

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India Plans Increasing Solar Power Capacity During The Next Few Years

Mike Sandru — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:26:54 +0000

India seems to aim higher and think bigger in terms of its solar energy: from a set goal of 20 GW, the National Solar Mission grew its prospects to 33.4 GW all around the country, according to a report by Bridge to India. The first step is to have 14.15 GW by 2018. By then, […]

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India Plans to Generate 1,000 MW of Solar Power by 2013

Mircea Sandru — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:28:08 +0000

Among the most important solar power harnessing nations like Spain, Japan or Germany, India decided to produce 1,000 MW of solar power by 2013. Farooq Abdullah, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, announced that India will generate 500 MW of the power through solar photovoltaic cells and 500 MW will be solar thermal. “This is […]

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