solar energy industry Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 16 May 2011 20:20:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 India to Invest $37 Bln for 17,000 MW Green Energy Capacity by 2017 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-clean-energy-20110516/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-clean-energy-20110516/#respond Mon, 16 May 2011 20:20:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18644 India currently relies heavily on coal for its mass consumption of energy. Even though the country's renewable energy capacity represents 11% of the global installed power capacity, for India it is not enough. The ministry for New and Renewable Energy has recently announced an investment of $37 billion in green energy generation, which should add up another 17,000 MW in the next 6 years.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-clean-energy-20110516/feed/ 0 18644 President Obama Allocates $2 Billion for Solar Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/president-obama-allocates-2-billion-solar-energy-20100704/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/president-obama-allocates-2-billion-solar-energy-20100704/#respond Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:07:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8330 The money promised by Obama will come from government stimulus funds designed to boost the economy during the recession. According to the president, about 5,000 new jobs will be created due to these investments.

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