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]
India currently consumes over 1,000 TWh of electricity a year, making it just about the world’s third-largest power consumer. More than 60% of this electricity is produced from coal-fired power plants. On a per capita basis, however, India’s power consumption is still very low, at less than 800 kWh per … [continued]
A few weeks back, Deutsche Bank revised its solar forecast for India up from 14 GW by 2020 to a promising 34 GW by 2020, which was in line what Bridge To India had proposed (31 GW by 2019), while the Indian government itself is chasing a target of 100 GW by 2022. … [continued]
The boom in the Indian solar power industry will extend to the rooftop solar power segment as industries and commercial consumers look to take advantage of the falling solar power prices. Through changing industrial and policy dynamics, India looks set to install 1.5 GW of rooftop solar power capacity by 2018, a … [continued]
Last week, the talk of the solar town in India was a webinar organized by Bridge To India — a New Delhi–based solar market intelligence firm, in partnership with Tata Power Solar. The webinar was attended by around 200 professionals from across the solar sector. The webinar discussions revolved around a … [continued]
India has already proven itself capable of delivering on the promises it makes regarding expanding its use of solar power, and now the world’s second largest population is set to revamp their country’s National Solar Mission again. New Delhi-based advisory company Bridge to India has provided “unconfirmed information” suggesting that … [continued]
A new report from Bridge To India and Tata Power Solar claims that India holds vastly more solar power potential than current government plans recognize.
According to Bridge to India’s latest quarterly market analysis, The India Solar Compass, 2GW of solar power could be installed in conjunction with telecom towers in India by 2016. According to Bridge to India, “this segment is emerging as a front-runner among diesel-parity based market segments for solar PV … [continued]
I received a news release from Bridge to India, a solar market analysis and consulting firm, the other day that reports a “lowest ever bid in the Indian solar market.” The bid was for 25 MW worth of solar projects in Odisha, India and the record bid was for “INR7 … [continued]
As mentioned in my 2012 solar energy expectations yesterday, I think India’s got a good chance of shooting onto the solar power map this year. Following up on solar in India, a recent report by Bridge to India estimates that the country will have 33.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar power installed by … [continued]
