Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s love for solar is more than evident from the (fun) fact that he chose to lay the foundation stone for this 10 MW canal top project on 14 February 2014! Talk about SolarLove. 😀 When a 1 MW solar power plant came up on top of Narmada … [continued]
In 2015, the Indian government plans to hold a renewable energy investment summit based on similar successful events in the state of Gujarat.
ACME Solar has secured a loan of Rs 202 crore ($34 million US) from the IFC for the development of 100 MW of solar power capacity in India.
The Asian Development Bank is set to release $150 to fund the further development of a renewable energy transmission network across India.
India will not follow several European countries & retrospectively cut solar PV tariffs, according to an Appellate Tribunal for Electricity ruling.
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.
Armed with a new sense of urgency to fix the problems of power supply, rising power costs, and increasing dependence on imported coal, the Narendra Modi-led Indian government is planning to enhance the country’s ambitious National Solar Mission. Currently, the mission entails installation of 20,000 MW of grid-connected and 2,000 MW of distributed … [continued]
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]
Originally published on Sustainability Outlook. By Upendra Bhatt & Riddhi Gupta After many months of almost no movement in the large-scale energy space, the announcement of Phase II Batch 1 winning allocations stimulated the market in February. Phase II will usher in solar infrastructure development at a rapid pace. However, the … [continued]
India is set to take a definite step towards opening the offshore wind energy sector to the developers. After deliberations for several months, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is set to launch the National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) to proliferate deployment of offshore wind energy projects in the county. The National Offshore Wind Energy Authority … [continued]
