Tag: Solar
Ukraine’s first solar plant going to launch at Chernobyl
CHERNOBYL: At ground zero of Ukraine´s Chernobyl tragedy, workers in orange vests are busy erecting hundreds of dark-coloured panels as the country gets ready...
Balochistan plans conversion of 30,000 tube wells to solar, saving Rs23bn...
ISLAMABAD: The federal and the Balochistan governments have agreed to conduct immediate feasibilities within one month’s time for the provision of solar power to 30,000...
20k electricity-deprived schools to be given solar energy: CM
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that under the "Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Program", shifting of 20,000 electricity-deprived schools to solar energy must be implemented...
CPEC energy portfolio
Considered by many to be the solution for the energy woes of the country, CPEC has earmarked $34 billion out of the $44.4 billion...
Total solar eclipse sweeps across Indonesia
A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in...
IWCCI urges Govt to facilitate wind, solar power projects; Discouraging...
Islamabad Women's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) on Sunday asked the government to promote alternative energy projects. Solar and wind power projects should...
Modi raises solar investment target to $100b by 2022
Official says Indian PM wants to boost capacity 33-fold to 100,000MW
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ramped up his target for solar energy as...
Govt, Int’l consortium sign MoU for solar energy initiatives
An international consortium and the Punjab Government signed a Memorandum of Understandings for cooperation in the solar energy field on Wednesday.
Four countries, including Germany...
500 villages to be illuminated with solar energy
More than 500 villages will be given electricity via solar energy, Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) Director General Khalid Islam said on...
Solar Auto Rickshaw technology being considered an option
The Senate was informed on Thursday that “Solar Auto Rickshaw” technology has successfully been developed indigenously to help overcome the acute shortage of energy...
Distribution of solar energy kits among matric students approved
The final approval for distributing solar energy kits among 8,000 students in government high schools has been accorded.
The kits will be presented to...
Energy-starved Punjab sees the light in solar power
Recently, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Solar Energy Project was signed between the Punjab government and Germany’s Solar Power Project Development Firm in...
TSML Engineering becomes sole distributor of SolarWorld
TSML Engineering, a division of Tuwairqi Steel Mills which operates under the renowned Saudi Group, Al-Tuwairqi Holdings (ATH), has signed a sole distributorship contract...
Australians treated to rare full solar eclipse
A rare full solar eclipse plunged north Queensland into darkness for two minutes early on Wednesday, delighting the thousands of people who had gathered...
Pakistan not at tangent of Solar Eclipse
A Total Solar Eclipse, the biggest cosmic event of the solar system would occur on November 14. The solar eclipse would not be visible...
Magnetosphere leaks? Earth’s Magnetic Shield lets in solar wind, satellites reveal
Our planet’s protective magnetic bubble may not be as protective as scientists had thought. Small breaks in Earth’s magnetic field almost continuously let in...
Agri dept shifts focus to solar energy, biomas to meet needs
Punjab Agriculture Minister Ahmed Ali Aulakh said a comprehensive energy roadmap had been evolved to meet future agricultural needs through solar energy and biomass...
