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Friday, October 3, 2025
TopicSolar power

Topic: Solar power

What’s behind Pakistan’s solar energy push—China is just one factor

While the grassroots solar boom has transformed Pakistan’s energy landscape, it has outpaced policy and infrastructure.

SECI’s overly cautious procurement rules will deter investors from India’s renewable projects

The conditions in the tenders of the Solar Energy Corporation of India are a reflection of the larger policy obsession in India to uncover the ultimate beneficial owner behind every investment.

Solar glow in remote border village, as Indian Army illuminates Simari near LoC in Kashmir

Army dedicates initiative to Colonel Santosh Mahadik, a Shaurya Chakra recipient who was killed in Kashmir in 2015. His mother will inaugurate the project on 14 April.

MIT engineers develop solar-powered system to make salty groundwater drinkable, without using batteries

Desalination has become important as groundwater is getting saltier. An electrodialysis system created by the scientists earlier this year needed costly batteries to adjust to sunlight.

Only 2.56% of 10,000 MW decentralised solar power target achieved under PM-KUSUM in 5 years

Centre introduced PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan in 2019 to make agriculture sector energy efficient. Only 6 states have even installed decentralised solar power plants.

India now 3rd-largest solar power generator, 17 times higher capacity than in 2015, says Ember report

Global Electricity Review 2024, published in energy think tank Ember's annual report, says that for 1st time in world, renewable energy is accounting for 30% of total energy generation.

PM Modi speaks at India Energy Week in Goa, outlines government’s focus on ‘alternate fuels’

Inaugurating the event, PM Modi asserted that India's solar installed capacity has increased by 20 times over the decade and ethanol blending increased from 1.5per cent to above 12 per cent.

Centre considers ways to use SVAMITVA data to help villages realise their solar power potential

Panchayati raj ministry's assessing 3 villages using SVAMITVA data, which prepares geo-referenced maps of villages. It's also exploring ways to monetise data for other development projects.

Maharashtra farmers to get solar-powered agricultural feeders for ‘uninterrupted day-time power supply’

A pet project of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, it was approved by the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led state cabinet on Wednesday.

Sustainable transition to green energy is a challenge the world faces. Chile has a playbook

The country’s energy transition strategy has evolved in recent years due to a combination of broad-based political support and innovative green technologies.

On Camera

6 reasons Trump’s Gaza plan won’t work—even if Hamas accepts it

On paper, the 21-point plan looks balanced—Palestinian governance, international oversight, reconstruction pledges. But in reality, it is a non-negotiable diktat.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.