Politics Threatens World’s Largest Solar Power Project
A 4000 MW solar power project planned for eastern Rajasthan, India, could be scrapped because the wrong political party first came up with the project.
A 4000 MW solar power project planned for eastern Rajasthan, India, could be scrapped because the wrong political party first came up with the project.
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity, thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious National Solar Mission, state solar policies, and relatively increased enforcement of the Renewable Purchase Obligation. The country added almost 950 MW of solar power capacity between April 2013 and March 2014 (that is, FY2013-14). … [continued]
About 1,000 MW of solar power capacity is expected to be installed in India this year. This capacity addition will be consistent with the capacity added in 2013 and 2012. This estimate is much lower than the earlier estimated capacity addition of 2.8 GW. Consulting firm Mercom Capital Group has … [continued]