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Electric water pumps are an essential equipment in most of the households and farm lands.  There are several pump types and brands available in the market and the customer should consider some important aspects before buying a pump. This blog will help the consumer understand the five most important factors which have to be considered before buying a pump.

Have you checked the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR Value) of your mobile phone? Read on to learn more about SAR Value, its impacts, the manner in which it is checked and how to reduce its impacts.

Domestic consumers are major consumers of electricity followed by industrial category. To promote energy efficiency and energy conservation, this calculator will help consumers to save electricity through behavioural changes and economical measures.

In 2015, Government of India set an ambitious target of 175 GW of Renewable Energy (RE) capacity to be achieved by 2022. As of September 2020, 89.22 GW of RE capacity was added, which includes 3.22 GW of grid connected rooftop solar capacity. 

Rooftop solar is gaining popularity and in order to be efficient, rooftop solar requires maintenance at regular intervals. The article will explain the impact of dust collection on solar panels and best practices in maintaining solar panels.

This blog is a summary of the capacity building sessions conducted in 7 schools in and around Chennai. The objective was to spread awareness about electricity/energy related topics.

CAG conducted a four-day training programme for the students of B.Voc-Sustainable Energy Management from Stella Maris College for Women. This blog summarises the proceedings of the training programme went and topics learned by the students.

With emerging technological advances and increased dependency on electronic appliances, household energy consumption levels and demand for electricity have been steadily rising. Recently, Tamil Nadu recorded a peak demand of 16,151 MW during the month of April 2019.

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Agriculture is one of the major energy-consuming sectors in Tamil Nadu owing to heavy dependence on groundwater for irrigation purposes.