The Spanish government has announced plans to promote solar energy capacity addition in the country. The government is planning to stabilise electricity prices as well as facilitate private power purchase agreements (PPAs) to support the […]
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance and Mass Media has entered into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) wherein the bank will loan $50 million to the country for developing rooftop solar projects. The […]
Nepal has revived a deal with China’s state-owned firm Gezhouba Group Corporation, to construct the 1.2 GW Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project in the country at an approximate cost of $2.5 billion. The project had earlier […]
The French government has announced its allocation of funds for the development of the renewable energy sector in the country for 2019-20. The total spending on renewable energy projects, mostly solar and wind, is estimated […]
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, has committed an amount of $25 million towards the Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund LLC, which will give loans to off-grid solar products […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, will help Afghanistan’s government to tender a 40 MW solar power project. According to the IFC, the project will be developed in public-private partnership […]
The World Bank Group has committed $1 billion towards a global programme to accelerate investment in battery storage systems in developing and middle-income countries. The commitment was made on the eve of the One Planet […]
By Ashay Abbhi Solar module costs have witnessed a rapid decrease over the past two years leading to a reduction in the overall costs. However, the on-field energy efficiency has remained stagnant especially in countries […]
Trina Solar, recently launched its solar home kit in India called Trinahome. This solar rooftop kit is suitable for use in residences, small- and medium-sized commercial enterprises, schools and hospitals. Trinahome comes with all the […]
Deepak Saxena, senior executive vice-president, engineering and operations and maintenance (O&M), Avaada Power, has several decades of experience in the power sector. Prior to his role in Avaada, he had been working with Welspun Energy […]
The progress of Germany’s energy transition policy, popularly known as Energiewende, has been sluggish. The country’s plan to completely phase out nuclear by 2022 and increase the share of renewables in power consumption to 65 […]
QBots Setting up rooftop solar for residential and commercial consumers has been a challenge worldwide due to its high cost and the intermittency of the energy source in itself. While the costs have come […]
Anukriti Despite the slow growth in the waste-to-energy (WtE) segment, there has been an overall increase in the grid-interactive as well as the off-grid WtE capacities in the country. In fact, the capacity addition (16 […]
By Khushboo Goyal While rapid expansion in solar photovoltaic (PV) deployments worldwide is under way, there is a massive thrust on developing the most efficient solar modules at competitive prices as well. Research and development […]
By Ashay Abbhi The rapid evolution of the Indian renewable energy sector over the past few years has significantly altered the operational dynamics of the market. Decreasing tariffs and diminishing margins are exerting a downward […]
By Khushboo Goyal In June 2018, the Andhra Pradesh government signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with NTPC Limited (NTPC) for the procurement of 750 MW of power from three solar power plants of 250 MW […]
The recent policy developments in the Indian solar power space have opened up a plethora of opportunities and challenges for developers and manufacturers alike. At the recently organised Renewable Energy India Expo, Ashish Khanna, managing […]
By Dolly Khattar Once dismissed as a quirky, niche segment likely to be relegated largely to land-scarce countries like Japan, the concept of floating, canal-top and canal-bank solar PV projects now seems poised for a […]
Germany-based KACO new energy has launched a new string inverter, called blueplanet 125 TL3, the company’s first inverter designed for 1,500 Volt modules. This is also the first inverter incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors. The […]
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