Saurabh Mahapatra A young solar enthusiast from India keeping an eye on all regulatory, policy and market updates from one of the fastest emerging solar power markets in the world.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
In a bid to push solar power tariffs even lower and incentivize as many states as possible to procure electricity from large-scale solar power projects through long-term agreements, the Indian government has extended a crucial incentive linked to interstate transmission of electricity
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
The world’s leading solar power tracker company, NEXTracker, has achieved a major milestone in one of the world’s fastest growing solar power markets.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
In its attempt to meet some of the most aggressive capacity addition targets, India could add around 300,000 new jobs in the renewable energy sector, a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council states.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
The Indian state of Bihar has announced plans to attract investments in the renewable energy market to achieve the target set by the central government.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
With the Indian government planning to organize an increasing number of reverse auctions for wind energy projects, several states are rethinking whether to continue with the feed-in tariffs at all.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
The third phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai has achieved financial closure, marking a major milestone for one of the largest solar power projects and solar parks in the world.
June 23rd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
The Indian government is looking to tap market opportunities to keep up the recent swift growth in the renewable energy sector.
June 22nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Trina Solar recently issued a press release boasting of the fact that its solar modules have started feeding electricity to the grid in India from a large-scale project of SB Energy, a joint venture company of Softbank, Foxconn Technology and Bharti Enterprises
June 22nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Coal India, the largest coal producing company in the world, recently announced plans to shutdown some mines that are no longer economically viable.
June 22nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
A large-scale solar power park in southern India is slowly reaching its planned capacity of 1 gigawatt as more and more developers commission their projects.
June 22nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Indian Railways is going all out to reduce its fuel costs and adopt solar power in a major way. Apart from planning large-scale solar power projects and rooftop solar power systems, the world’s fourth-largest railway network is planning to install solar panels on top of coaches.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
SJVN Limited is looking for a partner to set up a solar power capacity of 500 megawatts. The state-owned company plans a joint venture which will participate in the auctions organized by other public sector companies.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
The power utility of India’s Tamil Nadu state will yet again try its luck at auctioning large-scale solar power projects after it failed to draw interest miserably in the last two auctions.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
A German solar power company is planning to set up a modules manufacturing unit in Egypt using local raw material.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Uttar Pradesh is planning to acquire 750 megawatts solar power from a project located within the Bhadla solar power park in neighbouring state of Rajasthan
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
SoftBank led SB Energy has stated that India’s lowest solar power tariffs are financially viable given the sharp fall in module prices and ample supply of debt finance for energy projects.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
India’s largest port (by volume handled) could soon be powered by renewable energy, the Minister for Shipping and Transport Nitin Gadkari recently stated.
June 2nd, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Tunisia will join an increasing number of countries to allocate renewable energy projects through competitive auctions when tenders for wind and solar power projects are open later this year.
June 1st, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Marubeni and JinkoSolar have initiated construction at the largest solar project in the Middle East. The 1.17 gigawatt solar power project will be located in Abu Dhabi and is one of the cheapest solar power projects in the world.
June 1st, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
Spanish manufacturer of solar trackers Soltec has secured another major order in Latin America, strengthening its position in the rapidly growing market.
June 1st, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
French energy company Engie has announced plans to invest ‘a minimum’ $1 billion in India as it looks to strengthen its share in the rapidly growing solar power market.
