MoF approves scheme for floating solar battery storageIndia is set to boost renewable energy with a new ₹5,500 crore floating solar battery storage scheme. The finance ministry's expenditure fi...
19 May, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
India's knowledge repository 'systematically destroyed' by invaders: NITI Aayog memberIndia's ancient scientific knowledge was lost due to foreign invasions. NITI Aayog member Gobardhan Das highlighted this at Delhi Universit...
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Govt mulls incentives to boost floating solar panel installationIndia plans incentives for floating solar panels to spread renewable energy across the country. This aims to avoid concentration in a few s...
11 May, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
These large- and mid-cap stocks can give more than 25% return in 1 year, according to analystsThe spike in crude oil prices has again created trouble for the Nifty and Sensex, as it has done a number of times in the past two months. ...
01 May, 2026, 06.27 AM IST
For investors with long-term perspective: 5 mid-cap stocks from different sectors with upside potential of up to 30%Even before the US-Israel-Iran war began, there was a sort of readjustment taking place in the mid-cap segment – a kind of valuation readju...
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View: India's future use of renewable energy depends on innovationIndia aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2070, and renewable energy is key to achieving this goal. Solar energy accounts for a significa...
17 Jul, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
How floating solar panels are being used to power electric gridsIn nearly a dozen countries around the world, floating solar farms are providing a welcome alternative to ground-mounted modules, with the ...
07 Mar, 2023, 08.04 PM IST
NTPC commissions India's largest floating solar power projectThe project's reservoir spans 500 acres and was built with a cost of Rs. 423 crores through M/s BHEL's EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Co...
01 Jul, 2022, 03.22 PM IST
Floating Omkareshwar solar project to begin power generation by 2022-23: Hardeep Singh DangThe primary feasibility study of the project has been completed in collaboration with the World Bank. The project is likely to begin power ...
05 Jan, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
UP government clears state's first floating solar power plant on Rihand DamIt will be the first water surface floating solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh and biggest in the country.
10 Sep, 2019, 04.43 PM IST
MNRE ropes in Germany-based KfW Development Bank to fund two floating solar projects"The KfW-funded floating solar park would be a showcase project that would demonstrate the technical viability of large solar projects," sa...
28 Jun, 2016, 04.33 AM IST
Coal India to invest Rs 6,000 crore to set up solar power unitsCoal India (CIL) will invest Rs 6,000 crore to set up 1,000 MW of solar power generation capacity over the next five to six years, accordin...
09 Nov, 2015, 02.43 AM IST
- Floating solar panel more ‘powerful’ than land avatar
It has been found out that floating solar panels generate more power than land-based solar installations under the same condition.
03 May, 2015, 06.54 AM IST
Floating solar panel to come up at Rajarghat of Kolkata by NovemberThe country's first floating solar power panel will come up on a waterbody beside the Eco Park at Rajarhat New Town by November.
11 Aug, 2014, 09.41 AM IST
Kolkata firm to help NHPC set up floating 50-mw solar power plant in KeralaThe project has been fully funded by the ministry of new and renewable energy and is expected to generate around 12 kilo watt of power
20 Jun, 2014, 12.31 PM IST
EBTC proposes floating solar panel for MeghalayaInstallation of floating solar panels can contribute to the energy requirement especially in rural areas of Meghalaya, Suman Lahiri said.
28 May, 2013, 06.18 PM IST
Indian, French firms to set up solar power plantsAn Indian and a French company would soon undertake solar power projects in the country under which solar panels would be set up over water...
17 Feb, 2013, 10.49 AM IST