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India Rolls out First Ever Solar-Powered Trains

Indian Railways rolled out its first Solar-Powered Trains designed with rooftop solar panels powering the lights, fans, and information display systems inside passenger coaches this week.

 

The 16 solar panels, which lay atop each coach, also power the appliances inside. The panels will replace the diesel generators that typically power the appliances, but the train will still be pulled by a diesel-powered locomotive, Quartz reported.

Noida-based Jakson Engineers designed the rooftop solar system, under the direction of the Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuels (IROAF).

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Can Nigeria borrow a page from Iran to solve our power problems?

Iran pushes for more residential and commercial PV
The Iranian government is seeking to create awareness of the advantages of the FIT program for PV projects not exceeding 100 kW in size.

JULY 19, 2017 EMILIANO BELLINI

A residential PV system installed in Iran.

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA),

Iran

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Can Nigeria get 35% of her electricity from Renewables? Germany did.

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AWPS Renewable Energy, Ltd., signs historic contract with InStrat Global Health Solutions LTD

Lagos, June 30, 2017

InStrat CEO Okey Okuzu

InStrat Global Health Solutions, Ltd., Africa’s leading implementer of turnkey mobile health solutions and AWPS Renewable Energy, Ltd., Nigeria’s #1 provider of premium quality solar power, have signed a historic contract for AWPS Renewable Energy to provide solar power to 21 urban and rural heath centers in Abuja and Kano Nigeria.

InStrat Global Health Solutions, Ltd’s technology, allows clients to implement heath care delivery in low resource settings. AWPS Renewable Energy, Ltd., will provide high quality, reliable and cost effective solar power to InStrat Global Health Solutions, Ltd., client centers for high speed satellite internet in 18 centers, in Kano and 3 in Abuja.

The contract was signed by AWPS Renewable Energy, Ltd., President, Mr. Christopher “Dr. Solar” Onwuasoanya and the founder and CEO of InStrat Global Health Solutions, Ltd., Mr. Okey Okuzu.

The contract will allow AWPS Renewable Energy LTD to provide high quality, reliable and cost effective solar power to InStrat Global Health Solutions, Ltd., client centers for high speed satellite internet in 18 health centers in Kano, and 3 in Abuja, to support the ongoing InStrat CliniPAK electronic medical record project and Video Training program for front line Health Workers VTR Mobile. The project will be completed and implemented by the end of July 2017.

Kano roll out
Digitizing medical records

AWPS Renewable Energy, LTD., last year was contracted by Gilat Satcomm of Israel, to