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India went crazy with the recent Global Citizen festival held in Mumbai. Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, International Celebrities Jay Z, Demi Lovato & ColdPlay made appearances  and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi was live through Video Conference.

The glitz and glamour aside, the Global Citizen represents a social platform for the global generation to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Engaging the global community, it serves to push the world’s leaders to take initiatives. To put it in numbers, the collective actions have resulted in 130 commitments and policy announcements from leaders, including financial aid valued at over $25.6 billion that is set to affect  the lives of 656 million people.

Amazing!! But how does it work?

The Global Citizen Festival is probably the most unique music festival ever. Attendees earn tickets rather than buying them,by taking actions to help solve the world’s biggest problems. In the three months leading up to the festival, Global Citizens made videos denouncing sexist laws, visited libraries to advocate for refugee education, called politicians to demand increased funding for polio, and so much more. Petitions were signed, tweets were sent, the Global Citizen community grew, and impact was measured.

The areas of impact are Health, Education, Finance & Innovation, Water & Sanitation, Girls & Women issues and many more. The Goals are aligned with Sustainable Development Goals announced by the United Nations to rid the world from poverty by 2030.

Notable impacts:

In 2015, The Netherlands committed to improve sanitation for 50 million people and to bring clean water to 30 million people.

At the 2014 festival, the World Bank committed $15 billion to improve global water and sanitation. More than 50,000 actions — emails and tweets — were taken by Global Citizens and the World Bank confirmed that $6 billion has been disbursed, reaching 100 million people.

Rihanna spurred France to get more involved in the fund and Queen Rania of Jordan announced that $42 million will be disbursed by the fund in 2017, affecting 1.5 million children over two years.

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The electricity generating Roof by TESLA.

There are rooftop solar panels, and then there are roofs that are solar panels. Elon Musk, CEO of TESLA launched the new Solar Roof Tiles. With a range of patterns and designs, they are as much a fashion statement as they are part of the Green future.

Subtle, elegant and brilliantly effective

"It's never going to wear out, it's made of quartz, it has a quasi-infinite lifetime," Musk said. These Solar roof tiles are manufactured with durable, long lasting tempered-glass. Printed hydrographically, the new roofs will be a collaboration between SolarCity and Tesla. The tiles will be integrated with the roof and invisible when viewed from the street.

The aesthetic style of the Tesla tiles are a real consideration for homeowners looking to build new homes or revamp their existing ones. Choosing from the four distinct flavors (Textured Glass, Slate Glass, Tuscan Glass and Smooth Glass) is going to be a core consideration for prospective buyers, especially those at the top end of the addressable market with the disposable income available to do everything they can to ensure their home looks as good as it possibly can.

Not Just Looks

According to Musk, these roofs can be expected to last much longer than a normal roof — up to 50 years, versus around 20 from tile of traditional building materials including terra-cotta, clay and slate tiles. That’s because of the toughness of the glass used in their construction, according to Musk, who demonstrated the results of heavy impact from above 

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Cheaper electricity is not all that easy 

This is what former Chairperson Pramod Deo of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) says. Indeed this has been the case in all DISCOMs of all states in India. The average electricity rate hikes in the previous decade and more has been over 6% annually. 

DISCOMs in West Bengal have announced new rates for 2016-’17. Commercial and institutional consumers including schools, colleges, hospitals, warehouses etc. have to bear hikes of 5-8%. The chart below shows the hikes for Educational Institutes in West Bengal. Other rates have also risen proportionately. 

Though DISCOM prices have increased, 365 SunDays’ rates for Clean, Renewable electricity from Solar hasn’t. We are providing 10-30% Guaranteed Cheaper electricity than your DISCOM.

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Myth 1 : Solar is not Reliable

Truth : Solar systems are generally guaranteed for 25 years and do not require much maintenance. This makes Solar extremely reliable. The Solar panels are coated with the same kind of fiber-glass that is found on the windshield of a car. Very difficult to break!! If, in case, they do break, you can get them replaced, Free of Charge. 

Myth 2 : Solar is Expensive

Truth :  90% Indians overestimate the cost of Solar energy. The cost of a Solar system has come down by 60% in the last few years. Installation Cost is recovered in 3-4 years and you enjoy free electricity rest of its lifetime. You also get concessional loans at home loan rates, tax and depreciation benefits.

Myth 3 : Solar is only for the Poor

Truth : Solar brings light to people where regular grid electricity has not reached. Its true. But Solar is not only for them. Its is for you too. Roof-top Solar systems brings down your electricity cost, it gives you an alternative clean energy which is the only tool to save our planet. Germany is a world leader in Solar. Is it poor?

Myth 4 : Installing Solar is Complicated

Truth : The main components of a Solar system are Solar Panels, Inverter and maybe Batteries. Installation takes less than 3 days. No permissions are required to install a Solar system. Engineers check feasibility, design and install your system. All of this takes less than 3 weeks.

Myth 5 : Solar will not work during Winter

Truth : Solar uses UV light and even the cold and cloudiest places have excelled. Germany, which has less sunny days than anywhere in India is the Solar Energy Capital of the world. In fact, in cold, panels conduct electricity better.

Myth 6 : Solar Energy gets wasted when I am not Home

Truth : When you are not home, or use less electricity than your system produces, Net-metering allows you to sell the excess to your Electricity Board. Your meter actually moves backwards. You get paid for any excess electricity you produce but not use.

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India’s MOM or the Mangalyaan has broken records all over from being the 1st Asian Nation to reach the Red Planet to being the cheapest mission to do so. But do you know it is also a landmark in the use of Solar PV technology for powering such a long mission.

One of the key elements in any spacecraft which keeps the components alive is the power source. The spacecraft is dead with no ability to communicate with the ground station without any on-board power source. Power is also required to run the instruments on board. So, where does a mission like MOM get its power from? Its Solar.

Mangalyaan is equipped with a single deployable Solar Array that consists of three panels – each 4.5x6 feet. Chandrayaan had only one. The solar array provides 840 Watts of electrical power at Mars that is fed to a power distribution unit that provides power to the various systems and payloads. A 36-Amp-hour battery is also powered for night.

The energy unit is capable to power the orbiter for over 10years. But other considerations limit the program to around a year. The mission has already completed 11months.

Solar Energy has always been essential for space explorations. But with time, it has now entered our homes and promises to change the way we look at Sun as an Energy Source. To know more read our other posts.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS #SDG #Action2015

We, as Indians are mostly critical of our streets, our rights, our governments and our progress. But lets take a moment and be proud of what we have achieved in 15 years (2000-2015) with regards to the Millennium Development Goals. 

WE have already achieved the target of reducing poverty by half.  21.9 per cent of the population below the poverty line. - MDG Goal 1

WE have already achieved gender parity in primary school enrollment and according to the report it is likely to reach parity in secondary and tertiary education by 2015. - MDG Goal 2 & 3

WE have reduced hunger by half. - MDG Goal 4

WE have reduced maternal mortality by three quarters. - MDG Goal 5

WE have successfully managed to control the spread of deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. - MDG Goal 5

WE have increased the forest cover and halved the proportion of population without access to clean drinking water. - MDG Goal 6

We now have a new set of Goals with a challenge to meet them by 2030 known as SDGs. Can WE?

We need to work together to achieve. We at 365 SunDays commit ourselves to 

Goal 7 -  Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Solar Energy will not only ensure that energy reaches the far corners of our country, it will also breathe fresh life to our cities and villages. Contact us to know how you use Solar to make a difference.

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Go Solar. Be the Change!!

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Solar Roads are Real and they are Working!!

Netherlands has developed a unique concept, which converts sunlight on the road surface into electricity: the road network works as an inexhaustible source of green power.

The technology is simple. Solar Panels are embedded in Slabs which are then laid on roads. The pilot program has already exceeded expected power generation. The bike road opened half a year ago and already generated over 3,000 kWh. This can provide a single-person household with electricity for a year, or power an electric scooter to drive of 2.5 times around the world. If we translate this to an annual yield, we expect more than the  70 kWh per square meter per year.

The solar electricity from the road is fed into the electricity grid and can be used, for example, for street lighting, traffic systems, households and (eventually) electric cars that drive over it.

In India, the Government has just put out a list of 98 Smart Cities. As a growing, power hungry nation with thoughts, ideas and ideals of sustainability embedded in us, we can use such technologies to not only further our growth but ensure a livable and healthy planet for generations to come.

- courtesy Mike Peters in Dayton Daily News

On India’s 69th INDEPENDENCE DAY, our PM takes a pledge to provide grid electricity to all the 18,500 unlit villages in 1000 days, promising them Independence from Darkness. This takes place in conjunction with the  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the World (read http://bit.ly/1Epf648) and Indian’s timeline to increase Solar Capacity to 100GW by 2022 (read http://ow.ly/QTQRO).

World Sustainability Goal 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

India can fulfill all of these with Solar. How?

Install mini Solar Grids in these villages to provide clean,24/7 power.

Ensure all cities have a robust Roof Top Solar policy. Use Smart Cities to promote this.

Use Make In India to support Solar panel manufacturing in India.

Our Prime Minister has also stressed on the development of Eastern India. Bengal ranks high on rural electrification with 99% coverage. But all that is coal, also causing air pollution for which Kolkata is also one of the most air-polluted city in India. A small move towards Renewable Energy will go a long way towards clean, lively air…and you can participate in this too. (Read our post on Bengal’s Solar Push).

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Pledge to India. Pledge to Solar

Look up today’s TOI ( 13th Aug, 2015 page 2,15) and you’ll see that our vision is not without reason. The scribes and the WB Gov. are waking up to the practicality and usability of Solar power. A recent installation at Deshapriya Park is saving ₹36,000 every month. Not impressed!! Installing them in other parks will save ₹8crore every year.

The government is beting big on Solar. Since when is government trumping the private sector!! Let us not stay away. Solar can be installed on building roof-tops, factory sheds, hospitals, educational institutions etc etc. If you have an open space with sunlight…u can have solar.

On Solar Energy, he said “I felt I should power the Rashtrapati Bhavan completely with solar power....... I would have liked the Rashtrapati Bhavan to be the first home in India to be powered completely by solar energy.”

On another occasion, he spoke of his dream to “set up at least 200 million rooftop solar electric systems in the country."

We salute him and take up his dream as our own.