Google Leads The Way In Promoting Home Solar Power

There are companies and then there is Google.
Google is known as an organization that is at the forefront of technology, and it is commendable that they are also striving to be at the forefront of promoting green energy at the consumer level. Among large companies, they are aggressively promoting micro projects for distributed energy.

They have set up a $280-million solar power fund to help homeowners finance rooftop installations. They made an agreement with SolarCity, a company based in San Mateo, California that installs roof-top solar panels to promote these activities in the sunny state.

'Gujarat to start generating 100 MW solar power in 6 months'

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said that the state will start generating 100-MW solar energy in the next six months.

Modi said this at the inauguration of the phase-five MW-of total 10 MW solar power plant, set up by Azure Power at Khadoda village in Sabarkantha district, around 120 kms from Ahmedabad.

He said that Gujarat is already on the way to become a global hub in renewable energy sector and would also become a global capital of solar power energy.