India’s Annual Solar Installations To Grow Over 4 Times By 2017
October 16th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
This post was first published on Solar Love. India’s solar market has been growing steadily for quite some time, and [&hellip
About Anand Upadhyay
Anand Upadhyay is an Associate Fellow with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI, New Delhi) - an independent, not-for-profit research institute focused on energy, environment, and sustainable development. Anand follows the Indian solar market at @indiasolarpost. He also writes at SolarMarket.IN. Views and opinion if any, are his own.
Author Archives: Anand Upadhyay
India’s INDC & Its Expectations From Paris (In Depth)
October 12th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
About a week back, India submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [&hellip
Brazil Doubles Its Solar PV Target To 7 GW By 2024
September 29th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
In December 2014, the Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced a goal to deploy 3.5 GW of solar PV [&hellip
Tesla’s Powerwall & Battery Costs Disruption
September 29th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
This post was first published on Solar Love Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk [&hellip
Now Solar Power To Meet Evening Peak Load In Hawaii
September 22nd, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
“Hawaii is a postcard from the future,” says Adam Browning, executive director of Vote Solar, a policy and advocacy group based [&hellip
NSM’s 500 MW Tender In Andhra Pradesh Oversubscribed 10 Times
September 18th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
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 [&hellip
India Could Extend NTPC’s Payment Security To Solar Power Producers
September 15th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
The National Thermal Power Corporation — India’s largest thermal power producer — is responsible for meeting a fourth of the [&hellip
Japanese Paper Art Inspired Design Can Increase Solar PV Output By 36%
September 13th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
This post was first published on Solar Love. It is common knowledge that if your solar panels can track the [&hellip
India To Switch All Its Street Lights To LED In 2 Years
September 8th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
There are several reasons why I like the LED technology, not least of which is that it is easier to [&hellip
Next Big Thing In Bangladesh — Solar Irrigation Pumps
August 28th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
If you have any interest in the off grid solar space, you would certainly be aware of Bangladesh’s success in [&hellip
Masdar Solar Hub — UAE’s First Independent Solar Testing And R&D Facility
August 25th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
About a month back, Masdar and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology launched the “Masdar Solar Hub” at the [&hellip
1st Airport In World To Go 100% Solar Is In India
August 21st, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Originally published on Solar Love. Cochin International Airport Limited in Kochi, Kerala (India) has become the first airport in the [&hellip
Solar Forecast For India Raised Again – Can Reach 75 GW By 2022
August 19th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
A few weeks back, Deutsche Bank revised its solar forecast for India up from 14 GW by 2020 to a promising 34 [&hellip
Telangana Allocates 2,000 MW — India’s Largest Solar Tender
August 5th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
On Monday, Telangana announced the final results for its 2,000 MW solar tender, the single largest solar power allocation in [&hellip
China 2020 Solar Energy Target = 200 Gigawatts (Rumor)
July 26th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Originally published on Solar Love. While I’m sure it does not match up to the glory of 8 on the [&hellip
SkyPower Strikes Indian Solar Market — Prices Hit A New Low (In Depth)
July 20th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Last week, Canada-based solar developer SkyPower marked the start of its business in India by securing 150 MW worth of [&hellip
Financing India’s Renewable Energy Goals
July 14th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have embarked on an ambitious mission to increase India’s renewable energy capacities by over five times [&hellip
CEFC In Australia Banned From Investing In Small-Scale Solar Rooftops
July 13th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
On Saturday, reports emerged from Australia that the government had issued a directive changing the mandate of Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) [&hellip
Adani Group To Set Up 648 MW Solar Power In Tamil Nadu
July 6th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Adani group has of late signed on some big solar projects (a SunEdison deal and a 10 GW solar park in Rajasthan). Also, [&hellip
EnviroMission Reports Progress On The First Solar Chimney In India
June 30th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Australia based EnviroMission, a technology developer working on a solar chimney concept, has reported its progress on efforts to commercialise the technology [&hellip
Delhi Metro Eyes 100% Solar Dream
June 29th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
The Delhi based Hindustan Times recently reported that Delhi Metro is looking to meet its entire electricity needs using solar power. As [&hellip
Largest Solar Plant On Planet Earth — Solar Star — Comes Online
June 26th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
I know, I know. All our heart goes out to distributed solar, but utility-scale solar installations in the United States are very much [&hellip
Why Trina Solar Is Building 2 GW Solar Manufacturing Capacity In India
June 23rd, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Trina Solar, the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer, has announced collaboration with India’s Welspun Energy to build a 2 GW [&hellip
India Officially Ramps Up Solar Power Target To 100 GW By 2022
June 22nd, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
For quite some time now, India’s national solar power capacity target has been quoted as 100 GW by 2022, mostly [&hellip
Simpa Networks Gets Renewable Energy OPIC Impact Award
June 9th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
The energy-poor tend to be among the poorest people in their countries and cannot afford the high upfront costs of [&hellip
Indian Railways Get Promising Results From Solar Powered Coach
June 8th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Fuel bills form the second largest expenditure for the Indian Railways, following the salaries of its employees. Indian Railways (IR) consumed [&hellip
Delhi Discoms Announce Aggressive Solar Rooftop Plans
May 12th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Within a decade, Delhi’s power demand has gone through the roof. The state has an average demand of 3,500 MW, with [&hellip
Australia Launches First Floating Solar Plant
May 11th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Solar energy will now be used to treat wastewater at a treatment facility in South Australia, after phase one of Australia’s first [&hellip
Net Metering Starts Functioning In Delhi
May 5th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission announced net-metering guidelines for Delhi in 2014, allowing consumers to generate solar power for their [&hellip
Madhya Pradesh Clears Way For World’s Largest Solar PV Plant
May 4th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
A cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of India’s Madhya Pradesh, Mr Shivraj Singh, has approved the proposal for commissioning [&hellip
Reserve Bank Of India Notifies Renewable Energy Under Priority Sector Lending
April 28th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
In an attempt to align itself with the policy priorities of the Indian government, the Reserve Bank of India has revised the [&hellip
Kyocera TCL Solar Completes Two Floating Solar Power Plants In Japan
April 27th, 2015 | by Anand Upadhyay
Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation announced that their joint venture, Kyocera TCL Solar, has completed construction of two [&hellip
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