A cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of India’s Madhya Pradesh, Mr Shivraj Singh, has approved the proposal for commissioning the world’s largest solar power plant in the Rewa District. As per projects announced until now, once commissioned the proposed Solar Park would be the world’s largest solar PV power plant, with a … [continued]
In an attempt to align itself with the policy priorities of the Indian government, the Reserve Bank of India has revised the priority sector lending norms, and has accorded priority sector lending status for renewable energy. Other categories included under priority sector lending are agriculture; micro, small, and medium enterprises; export credit; education; social infrastructure and … [continued]
Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation announced that their joint venture, Kyocera TCL Solar, has completed construction of two floating solar power plants in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The 1.7 MW floating solar plant at Nishihira Pond and the 1.2 MW plant at Higashihira Pond were built using Kyocera modules fixed to specially developed … [continued]
On the sidelines of the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Germany this year, the results of a survey conducted by the global accounting consultancy firm EY, and research agency Delphi were released, which compared the investment climate in the BRICS countries. More than 90% of the surveyed CEOs and CFOs from leading German high-tech companies … [continued]
Like many other island countries, Malta is dependent on oil to meet much of its electricity needs. As an EU member, however, the country is required to produce at least 10% of its energy from renewables by 2020. Sometime back, Malta was considering floating wind farms to increase renewables in its electricity mix. Given its … [continued]
During Modi’s recent visit to Paris, India and France signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in the fields of solar and other renewable energies. The memorandum was signed between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and France’s Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. France is eyeing major cooperation with … [continued]
We have said this before: floating solar is the new exotic solar these days. From Australia, to India, to Japan, to Korea, to the US, and now Brazil, everyone has been announcing floating solar pv power projects in all shapes and sizes. The reason these countries are in such a rush is bcause floating solar PV technology offers a number of … [continued]
If at this moment you were to ask me, What’s in a name? I would say, everything. At its recent board meeting in South Korea, the “Green Climate Fund” (GCF) refused an explicit ban on fossil fuel projects. As a result, the fund which was set up as part of UN … [continued]
Brazil’s energy ministry has ranked the country’s various sources of energy as per their abundance, cheapness, renewability, and availability of the necessary technology. Among the available options, hydropower comes top, followed by wind power and biomass (mostly bagasse). However the country has been reeling under its worst drought in 80 years. The … [continued]
India’s government has long attempted to protect its poorer consumers by controlling the prices of fuels such as diesel, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, used as a cooking fuel in the country). But inefficient implementation of the subsidy regime has resulted in a sizeable fiscal deficit as India imports about 80% … [continued]
