BPCL’s floating solar power plant inaugurated

BPCL’s floating solar power plant inaugurated

Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan on Friday inaugurated Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s floating solar power plant at the Kochi Refinery. The 3.2MW AC floating solar plant has been set up in the rainwater harvesting pond and covers eight acres of the waterbody, which has a total area of around 19 acres, according to a release. The plant … Read more

Floating trash barrier developed by Bengaluru firm emerges winner in clean waterbody challenge 

Floating trash barrier developed by Bengaluru firm emerges winner in clean waterbody challenge 

A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by a Bengaluru firm and deployed in eight cities across India to trap trash in waterbodies, has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge conducted by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA). The challenge was conducted by the Waste to Wealth Mission — Swachh Bharat … Read more