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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicSolar power

Topic: Solar power

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.

Gujarat is scripting biggest solar power revolution in India. Other states can catch up

Smooth policy execution, good DISCOMS, and buy-in from people are some factors that make Gujarat's rooftop solar panel policy a success, say experts. But some clouds remain.

Key to net-zero strategy, India’s solar power capacity grew by over 6,000 times in past 12 yrs

India’s progress with solar power can be attributed to a combination of policy interventions, favourable market conditions, and that India gets approximately 300 sunny days a year.

Indian scientists develop high-tech method to mimic photosynthesis, reduce energy loss

Scientists hope such research into highly-efficient energy transfer systems will providethe foundation for designing new light-harvesting materials.

Stone found in Sahara Desert is first proof of universe’s most energetic event, say researchers

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘One Sun, One World, One Grid’ — At COP 26, PM Modi calls for global solar power grid

PM Modi said a worldwide grid will enable us to provide clean energy everywhere at all times & increase the viability of solar projects.

India has installed 100 GW renewable energy capacity, inching closer to target, govt announces

The govt had set an initial target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity, including wind, solar, and hydro, by 2022. It later raised this target to 450 GW by 2030.

On India-US, Jaishankar has a tough balancing act. But he needs support from his own govt

India’s fundamentals are strong, but the challenge is to showcase it wisely. Not through raids on Twitter or talk of ‘toolkits’.

How Gujarat is building ‘world’s largest’ solar power park, close to its border with Pakistan

PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project in Kutch, expected to produce 30 gigawatts of electricity, in December 2020.

IIT-Madras develops autonomous solar vehicle to survey water bodies, provide real-time data

The institute is already in the process of commercialising & licensing the technology with the help of shipping ministry. The vehicle is expected to be operational in early 2021. 

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.