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Solar cheaper than Diesel!

Here's a piece of good news and unlimited possibilities for companies and organizations in India using Diesel generators as back up. Go Solar! Is your company considering a switch to Solar power?

India is producing power from solar cells more cheaply than by burning diesel for the first time, spurring billionaire Sunil Mittal and Coca-Cola Co. (KO)’s mango supplier to jettison the fuel in favor of photovoltaic panels.

The cost of solar energy in India declined by 28 percent since December 2010, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The cause was a 51 percent drop in panel prices last year as the world’s 10 largest manufacturers, led by China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co. (STP), doubled output capacity.

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  • Learned friend,

                         Solar cookers are very successful device, solar panel is equally good. Two bottlenecks in the proliferation of solar technology : (I) Lack of awareness, advertisement, promotion aspects and delivery system,. (II) Lack of trained Man power for trouble shooting to achieve economically viable sustainable management of the Solar equipments.

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