France, India to launch global solar alliance

[Vikrant]

I commend both India and France for taking this step as it will promote cleaner environment for all of us.

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France, India to launch global solar alliance

French President Francois Hollande and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday launch an international solar alliance aimed at eventually bringing clean and affordable solar energy within the reach of all.

The launch will coincide with a summit of world leaders at the start of two weeks of talks on the outskirts of Paris to seek a new global deal on curbing climate change, by shifting from fossil fuels towards renewable energy.

An Indian government statement on Sunday said there were well over 100 solar-rich countries in the tropics that could be members of the International Solar Alliance to develop clean and affordable solar energy.

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France, India to launch global solar alliance

 

[jon_berzerk]

currently India is bidding to be the maker of our products

with their new line of make in India commercials

 

[Vikrant]

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India-based conglomerate Lanco Infratech is planning to build a 100MW solar cell production facility at new dedicated Solar SEZ in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, India.

Lanco Infratech said it signed an MOU with the Chhattisgarh government to build the solar cell plant that would occupy around 150 acres within the SEZ, which would become a ‘plug and play’ zone with approvals for land, water and power sources intended to attract domestic as well as overseas PV manufacturers.

The initiative by the Chhattisgarh government was said to support the national solar mission and in-line with the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative of the current Indian government.

The MOU on solar cell manufacturing was said to come after previous MOU’s by Lanco Infratech to build and operate an integrated PV manufacturing complex that includes polysilicon and ingot/wafer production as well as a 150MW module assembly plant.

L Madhusudhan Rao, Executive Chairman, Lanco Infratech said, “We welcome government’s initiative of accelerating the development and green energy mission by inviting participation from foreign players who will not only bring in technological know-how but will also create employment opportunities. Solar power in India has a promising future. We feel that the location of the plant is ideal as it is centrally located for entire Indian market. We are elated to be part of the MOU as this will be a showcase project being the first poly silicon and Ingots & Wafers manufacturing facility coming up in India which will be bringing the state of Chhattisgarh on global Silicon map.

The bigger plan is to occupy a 250 acre site within the SEZ to achieve cell production of 2,200MW per annum.

Lanco Infratech signs 100MW solar cell plant MOU with Chhattisgarh government

 

[Vikrant]

India's Modi says developing nations need space to grow


Developing countries need room to develop while fighting climate change, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told delegates at the start of two weeks of U.N. talks in Paris on Monday.

"The prosperous still have a strong carbon footprint and the world's billions at the bottom of the development ladder are seeking space to grow. So the choices are not easy," Modi said.

Earlier, he held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama during which Modi pledged to ensure India's development would go "hand in hand" with environmental protection, while Obama acknowledged India's right to grow and fight poverty.

India's Modi says developing nations need space to grow

 

[waltky]

Using molten metal instead of salt may increase the efficiency of solar generators...

Study: Running Sun Power Plant With Molten Metal May Be Cheaper
March 08, 2016 - Power plants that work with concentrated solar power use special molten salt to convert the sun’s heat into steam which turns the generators that produce electricity. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology say using molten metal instead of salt may increase the efficiency of the generators. The innovative design was presented at the recent energy summit in Washington.

While water circulates in this scale model of a concentrated solar power plant, a full-size plant uses molten salt. But the man behind the radical new design says using tin instead of molten salt could make the process dramatically more efficient. “The main thing that makes it better than the state of the art is really the fact that by pushing up the temperature we were able to use a higher efficiency power cycle and the higher efficiency means for the same size of field you get more power out," said Asegun Henry of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Molten tin can get hotter than molten salt, but it cannot flow through metal pipes. Experimenting in his lab, Henry found that it easily flows through pipes and valves made of graphite. “It's machineable so it allows us to make complicated components like this where you can thread them, you can still use mechanical interfaces you are used to," said Henry.

His design uses ceramics that can also withstand high temperatures, do not corrode and do not react with tin. With good insulation, tin can stay liquid even overnight. So far, all the critical parts have been tested. “We can pump liquid metal, we can valve it, and control it, we can bond these tubes together without getting leaks," explained Asegun Henry. Taking into account the size of the required mirror field and the cost of the special salt, Henry expects using molten tin should reduce the overall cost of building a concentrated solar heat plant by as much as 30 percent.

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[Vikrant]

New Delhi: India and France on Friday took the lead in pushing the International Solar Alliance (ISA) agenda to mobilise $1 trillion for ramping up solar capacity at a ministerial meet at the United Nations in New York.

Power Minister Piyush Goyal and French Environment Minister and President of COP21, Ségolène Royal, co-chaired a ministerial on ISA attended by ministers and representatives of over 25 countries including USA, Brazil, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Peru, Djibouti, Surinam, Zambia, Bolivia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Mali.

In order to accelerate massive deployment of solar energy at various scales in their countries, the ministers agreed to take concerted action through targeted Programmes launched on a voluntary basis, to better harmonize and aggregate the demand for solar finance, so as to lower the cost of finance and facilitate the flow of more than $1 trillion investment in solar assets in member countries.

They also pledged mature solar technologies that are currently deployed only at small scale and need to be scaled up and work for future solar technologies and capacity building, through strategic and collaborative solar R&D, to improve the efficiency and integration of solar power as well as increase the number of solar applications available.

A common buyers market for solar finance, technology, innovation and capacity building, will lead to higher quality, lower costs, products better tailored to needs, collaborative innovation, technology ownership, and a more balanced dialogue with all stakeholders.

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India, France lead march for ISA's $1 trillion solar capex plan

 

[Maggdy]

This is an good news. I also welcome it. Hopefully it will increases standard of living for the Indian people is as well.

Go for India.

"France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels

26 January 2016 | By David Rogers
Ségolène Royal, France’s minister of ecology and energy, has said that the government intends to pave 1,000km of road with photovoltaic panels in the next five years, supplying power to millions of people."
More: GCR - Trends - France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels

 

[IsaacNewton]

I commend both India and France for taking this step as it will promote cleaner environment for all of us.

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France, India to launch global solar alliance

French President Francois Hollande and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday launch an international solar alliance aimed at eventually bringing clean and affordable solar energy within the reach of all.

The launch will coincide with a summit of world leaders at the start of two weeks of talks on the outskirts of Paris to seek a new global deal on curbing climate change, by shifting from fossil fuels towards renewable energy.

An Indian government statement on Sunday said there were well over 100 solar-rich countries in the tropics that could be members of the International Solar Alliance to develop clean and affordable solar energy.

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France, India to launch global solar alliance

I think enough sunlight falls on the Earth each day to power all of human civilization for 500 years. It should have been the goal for the last 40 years to capture as much of that energy as possible. But at least countries around the world are finally getting in gear.