Last week, the Indian state of Gujarat announced its budget for the financial year 2019-20. The allocation of money for on-ground implementation looks good for now and indicates the state’s intentions to support renewable energy development.
This post was first published on Solar Love. India’s solar market has been growing steadily for quite some time, and now it seems all set to zoom away at a much faster pace. As per the latest data made available by the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MNRE (PDF), 4.35 … [continued]
About a week back, India submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The date of the announcement was chosen to coincide with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi — an ardent environmentalist himself. The 38-page document goes on to quote Gandhi on … [continued]
In December 2014, the Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced a goal to deploy 3.5 GW of solar PV by 2023. Now, the Ministry has moved forward to almost double the previous “relatively conservative” target and will now be chasing a capacity of 7 GW by 2024 (Plano Decenal … [continued]
This post was first published on Solar Love Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk to discuss the implications of the Tesla Powerwall — the company’s battery energy storage technology — for India. It was a simple official visit, and as per media reports, there was no talk … [continued]
“Hawaii is a postcard from the future,” says Adam Browning, executive director of Vote Solar, a policy and advocacy group based in California. Driven by high electricity prices (highest retail electricity prices in the United States) the state has made an impressive foray into renewables. Now, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) which … [continued]
India’s National Thermal Power Corporation had invited bids for 10 separate 50 MW solar PV projects under the Phase-II, Batch-II, Tranche-I of National Solar Mission in Andhra Pradesh, each of which are to be developed in the Ghani Solar Park, Kurnool District of the state. Bids were submitted last week, and as per … [continued]
The National Thermal Power Corporation — India’s largest thermal power producer — is responsible for meeting a fourth of the country’s base load. Its revenues are protected by a tripartite agreement between the Reserve Bank of India, the Central Government, and the state governments. Per this agreement, if any state … [continued]
This post was first published on Solar Love. It is common knowledge that if your solar panels can track the sun, their energy output can increase by as much as 30–40%. In spite of this, only a small number of solar PV installations use trackers. Mostly, the problem is that sun … [continued]
There are several reasons why I like the LED technology, not least of which is that it is easier to spell than both incandescent and fluorescent. Did you take a note that the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2014 went to the inventors of the (blue) LED? Recently India’s energy … [continued]
