In the next two years, Bhutan plans to harness 300 megawatts of solar energy, Minister for Economic Affairs Lokhnath Sharma has told The Third Pole. Currently, the country’s installed renewables capacity (excluding hydropower) is about 9 MW.
The government has identified seven sites ac...}
Guthichaur rural municipality in Jumla district has started producing electricity through solar energy.
Guthichaur rural municipality chairperson Hari Bahadur Bhandari shared that electricity is being produced at Murali Gaun in ward no 2. Bhandari said, "Around 2,000...}
The number of investors in the solar energy project has significantly increased in recent years.
It may be noted that the promotion of the solar and energy mix falls on the priority of the government in its bid to seek and promote sources of alternative energy.
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New Delhi: India added 2,105 megawatts (MW) of grid-connected solar power generation capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, as the first wave of COVID-19 subsided and construction pace picked up gradually. This took the total installed capacity to 44,241 MW by 31 March 2021, according...}
Nepalgunj: A solar pump has been added to the canal of Sikta Irrigation Project in order to discharge the service of water in the places of higher altitude.The solar pump, which was added at a cost of Rs. 300,000, will allow water of the canal to reach around 400 hectares of arable land in Kach...}
The rooftop solar system with net-metering facility has now become attractive. An evaluation by the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) evidences that the cost of power generation stands at Tk 2.0 per unit considering 20 years of payback period for a 50 KW capacity unit. T...}