To create more capacity for solar power generation in the state, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has floated a tender for the purchase of 500MW of solar power through competitive bidding. The solar power will be procured from grid-connected solar photovoltaic power projects to be set up in the state.
State-owned thermal power major Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will focus only on solar projects to add capacity, a top official said.
It has already mooted 1776-MW floating solar projects in four of its dams in West Bengal and Jharkhand, the two states that jointly own the corporation along with the Union government.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to invest $15 million in INR equivalent in Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL) to help the company to scale up photovoltaic solar energy generation capacity in India.
Hyderabad-based electric vehicle startup Etrio on Tuesday said it has raised of $3 million (approximately Rs 22 crore) in Series A round from high networth individual investors based out of Singapore.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world in unprecedented ways and created a lot of pressure on waste disposal techniques. The shutdown in industries over a long time has certainly made the air and water a little cleaner as per certain reports but a large amount of plastic, food, and biomedical waste being produced across the world is giving rise to solid waste management problems.
