The concept of net metering originated in the US in 1983, following requests from grid-connected customers with micro solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind facilities. The first formal pilot programme was introduced in California in 1995 […]
The rooftop solar segment forms a large part of the 100 GW solar energy target to be achieved by 2022. While the government has been promoting the segment, there exist certain regulatory and implementation challenges […]
Net metering was introduced in India to provide a boost to the solar rooftop segment. The mechanism allows for a two-way flow of power, wherein the consumer can generate electricity from the rooftop solar photovoltaic […]
The Delhi government has set a target to achieve 1,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2020 and 2,000 MW by 2025. To this end, it announced a solar power policy in 2016, outlining the […]
The country’s rooftop solar market has come a long way, from a negligible capacity in 2012 to over 1 GW of installed projects as of end-2016. Over half of this capacity was added during 2016 […]
At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Paris, India made a commitment to reduce its carbon emissions intensity by 33-35 per cent by 2030. These targets are closely related to the […]
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