Climate-KIC, a European-union climate innovation initiative, recently selected a jury of entrepreneurs, financiers and business people to award funding to what they felt were Europe’s best clean-tech ...

Ripan Deb, a 37 year old farmer putting water to his field through a solar-powered water pump which was installed in his field with the help of the Government of Tripuras subsidised policy in ...

Comet-ME has developed a solar-powered submersible borehole piston pump for off-grid communities and smallholders to use for irrigation and domestic purposes. The device, compatible with PV systems ...

Two years ago, Sohan Singh, a poor farmer with just 2.5 acres at Rurka Kalan village, used to irrigate his fields by paying for borewell water of his neighbour. Today, a 2-km-long pipeline supplies ...

The Sur-Andévalo Irrigation Community in Spain's southern province of Huelva has completed the installation of a 1.6 MW floating photovoltaic plant for solar pumping. Built on the Dehesa de las Yeguas ...

KALPETTA: The Meenangadi panchayat in Wayanad has started a new system of irrigation, setting an example for effective methods to tackle water scarcity. They have constructed a pond on the banks of ...

Hira Chaudhari, 35, in Kheda village of Dhandagi Sub-Metroplitan City, Kailai harnessed solar power to pump water, irrigate the fields and lift her family out of poverty. Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVE ...

The pump pushes the water to a maximum height of 20 metres. Surface pumps are placed above the ground and are primarily used to move water through the pipelines. PHOTO BY RACHEL MABALA To farm ...