India’s biggest solar parks are being built in states like Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and Gujarat – essentially, in regions with sunshine and vacant arid land. But across the country, transit systems, airports, hospitals, campuses, malls, […]
The move from a generic feed-in tariff (FiT) regime to project-specific competitive bidding for tariff determination has disrupted the entire wind power segment. Its ripple effects can be felt in every aspect of project development, […]
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was born in 2015 out of a shared ambition to reduce the cost of finance and technology, and to mobilise investments to enhance the deployment of solar energy across the […]
Founded in 1997 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006, solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Trina Solar is in its third decade of operations. Headquartered in Changzhou, China, the company has established […]
Recent power capacity addition trends indicate that India is embarking on a massive transformation of its electricity sector. At the end of 2017-18, the country’s total installed generation capacity stood at 345 GW, with renewables […]
Gautam Kar, executive director at Flovel Energy Private Limited, is optimistic about the opportunities in the hydropower segment globally. “Hydropower being a renewable energy source has promising growth prospects. Europe has taken the lead in […]
Offshore wind power has emerged as a rapidly developing source of energy across the world, with increasing maturity and a promising future. The year 2017 saw high capacity additions in many countries, low price bids, […]
Kirloskar has developed a solar backpack that allows charging gadgets on the go. The solar panel installed in the bag is flexible, ultra-lightweight and scratch resistant. Further, the entire product, which is designed and assembled […]
The solar power segment in India has been witnessing unprecedented growth recently. As of March 2018, the total installed solar power capacity stood at 21.6 GW, of which 9.6 GW was added in 2017-18. However, […]
Orb Energy was incorporated in 2006, with funding from a UK-based venture capital firm. The company first targeted the distributed off-grid solar market in India, starting off as a provider of solar water heating and […]
As vice-president, engineering, cement division at Prism Johnson Limited, Manish Kumar Singh has his work cut out. He is responsible for the electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and civil requirements of the company’s cement plant at Satna, […]
Tendering activity in the renewable energy sector picked up pace with around 4.9 GW of capacity tendered in May 2018, as compared to 1.3 GW in April 2018. Of the total capacity, about 779.5 MW […]
The Indian solar power segment has scaled up rapidly over the past two years, with even better growth expected in the next four years. While this provides a significant opportunity for developers, it also comes […]
Rooftop solar power has not gained as much traction as the utility-scale ground-mounted solar power segment in India. Despite having central and state policies, a conducive net metering framework and ambitious targets in place, the […]
With the deadline for the 175 GW renewable energy target coming closer, the central and state governments are making concerted efforts to accelerate renewable capacity addition, and attract investors and developers. The renewable energy market […]
The government has announced plans to scale up the renewable energy target from 175 GW to 227 GW by March 2022 on the back of schemes such as floating solar, manufacturing-linked solar and offshore wind […]
The government has sanctioned the development of 2,500 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind-solar hybrid projects in India on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has appointed the Solar […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of the Off-Grid and Decentralised Solar Photovoltaic Applications Programme Phase III to achieve 118 MW of capacity by 2020. Under the programme, about 0.3 million […]
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by ACME Solar against the levy of a 70 per cent provisional safeguard duty on solar cell imports from China and Malaysia. According to media […]
The MNRE has brought battery energy storage systems under the ambit of the Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices, and Component Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration under BIS Act) Order, 2017. The order was issued by the […]
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