April 1, 2010 - http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_tower-firms-go-solar-to-save-on-diesel-and-soot_1365916

Mumbai: Cell phone towers would soon be running on solar energy, if the ministries of renewable energy and telecommunications have their way. The two ministries recently announced plans to get telecom tower operators to use solar power to operate the...

April 4, 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/punjab-to-setsolar-power-plants/390702/

The Punjab government, in collaboration with US-based SunPower Corporation and Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS), has decided to set up solar power plants in the state. The plants are expected to generate 1,000 Mw over the next two years. Chief Min...

April 4, 2010 - http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100404/punjab.htm#12

After tapping the biomass potential of the state, the Punjab Government is now turning to solar energy for meeting its ever-increasing power demands. If the agreement signed with the US-based Sun Power Corporation and Enterprise Business Solutions is...

April 6, 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhel-plans-to-re-enter-wind-turbine-manufacturing-business/390978/

Bharat Heavy Electrically Ltd (BHEL) is planning to re-enter wind turbine manufacturing space in the next three months. The public sector power equipment major said it was planning to join hands with a foreign technology partner for the re-entry. BHE...

April 6, 2010 - http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/corporatenews/BHEL-HPCL-plan-JV-for-solar-power-foray/Article1-527439.aspx

In line with the government’s clean climate initiative, state-owned companies BHEL and HPCL have decided to foray into solar power generation. The two PSUs are working out the modalities to form a new joint venture company with equal equity participa...

April 7, 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/gmintieupforjatrophacultivation/601005/

New Delhi: General Motors India, along with the US Department of Energy, has tied up with Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute under the ministry of science and technology to grow jatropha. Jatropha is used in the manufacture of biofuel...

April 10, 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aditya-solar-uae-firm-in-545m-deal/602549/

Dubai: UAE-based Mulk Holding has announced an agreement with Bangalore-based Aditya Solar Power Industries to develop a 200 megawatt solar thermal project in the UAE. The holding company said one of its subsidiaries, Mulk Renewable Energy, will supp...

April 10, 2010 - http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2684562/

JAIPUR: If things move in right direction, Rajasthan is set to bask in the sunshine. The desert state is likely to attract an investment of Rs 45000 crore in the solarenergy sector. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation chairman and managing directo...

April 15, 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/moser-baer-to-commission-2nd-solar-farm-in-next-quarter/391972/

Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global technology company Moser Baer, plans to commission its second solar farm in the country in the next quarter. The 5-Mw farm will be set up in Tamil Nadu, with an investment o...

April 15, 2010 - http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/04/15/stories/2010041556760100.htm

India's Special Incentive Package Scheme (SIPS), aimed at galvanising investments in semiconductor fabs, ecosystem units and solar PV projects, has attracted 26 proposals, together worth more than Rs 2,29,000 crore. The ambitious scheme — the G...