Winds benefit the wings of a turbine on Altinho hillock, Panaji

The Ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has approved a grant of Rs 53 lakh to the University of Pune (UoP) to facilitate the establishment of a testing facility, for evacuated tubes used in solar water heaters, at its school of energy studies (SES).

Director of UoP's board of college and university development V B Gaikwad said, "The university will also help in creating a similar test facility at the solar energy center, Gurgaon near Delhi."