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Exploring Renewable Energy Opportunities in Southern India
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Exploring Renewable Energy Opportunities in Southern India

Southern India has become a focal point for renewable energy growth, thanks to its abundant natural resources, forward-looking policies, and commitment to sustainability. This region, blessed with ample sunshine, strong winds, and a vast coastline, holds tremendous potential to harness renewable sources like solar, wind, and hydro power. Among these, solar power stands out as a game-changer, transforming how communities access and use energy. The Solar Power Boom Solar energy is at the heart of South India’s renewable revolution. With sunlight available nearly year-round, states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh are expanding their solar power capacities at an impressive rate. Tamil Nadu, one of the country's leaders in solar power, has undertaken numerous large-scale p...
Hitachi Energy inaugurates its largest Global Technology & Innovation Center in Chennai
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Hitachi Energy inaugurates its largest Global Technology & Innovation Center in Chennai

Hitachi Energy Technologies Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Switzerland’s Hitachi Energy, inaugurated its new Global Technology and Innovation Centre in Chennai - the biggest for the company globally. The centre will provide end-to-end support to business models catering to various segments. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the centre, which can accommodate nearly 2,500 energy transition technologists specialising in grid automation, transformers, high-voltage and grid integration for the entire world. The centre is equipped to execute over 1,000 projects a year across 40 countries. Its competencies include engineering, project management, tendering, supply chain management, customer services, marketing, cyber security, commissioning, system studies and remo...