Producing sustainable fuels from solar energy is an ambitious project and presents major challenges to people and material. In the MAfoS project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL are developing materials for the first industrial solar-to-fuel demonstration plant.
Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, famed for its UNESCO World Heritage site Stupa, is India s first solar city, crowned last year. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under its scheme Development of Solar Cities has approved/sanctioned 60 cities, including 13 Pilot and 5 Model Cities up to the 12th Five-year Plan period.
Kukreja, who played a large part in drafting the plan for the temple city says that apart from the environmental aspect, the plan is for a modern conurbation that is firmly in touch with its ancient roots
First Solar Inc. is resilient enough to withstand the headwinds hitting alternative-energy stocks, and the stock is at an attractive risk-reward point after.
India produced a record amount of electricity from coal in October to make up for a shortfall in hydro generation following lower-than-normal monsoon rains.