The Maharashtra government is set to launch a new scheme to help farmers earn extra income by selling surplus electricity produced from their solar pump sets. Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister of Maharashtra announced on Friday that if this initiative is implemented farmers can send the extra power generated by their solar pumps to the electricity grid…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reaffirmed India’s commitment to achieving green development and net-zero targets. He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the fourth RE Invest Global Renewable Energy Meet. Prime Minister Modi also dedicated to the nation the PM Suryaghar Muft Bijali Yojana at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar today. The Prime Minister said that, despite being a developing country,…
As the sun blazed over the Indian village of Modhera, Shindhi Shabnam Haagi filled bottle after bottle with water from the solar-powered electric purifier in her house. The thirty-three year old’s family of 10, including her three young children, would need cold water that evening when they break their Ramadan fast, she said. Until two years ago, Ms Haagi would not have…