April 15th, 2019 | by Saurabh
Another Indian solar power generation company has landed massive funding from international development banks, signalling a global confidence in India’s renewable energy future.
April 15th, 2019 | by Saurabh
One of India’s largest independent renewable energy generation companies has announced that it commissioned its largest solar power project to date.
April 14th, 2019 | by Saurabh
To ensure that the rapidly expanding renewable energy capacity and planned auctions of large-scale solar and wind energy projects have the adequate transmission capacity to supply power to demand centers across the country, India has announced expansive plans to set up transmission projects.
April 14th, 2019 | by Saurabh
Exemplifying the struggles project developers face in a competitive and developing market like India, Suzlon Energy, one of the largest integrated wind energy solutions providers, has sold its solar assets.
April 7th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Pinky Sonawane spent her childhood gathering garbage on the streets of Pune, India. She’d join her mother in pulling plastic bottles, cans, and cardboard from roadside dumpsters, selling the materials to scrap traders for income. With no organized waste-collection system in the city of 4 million people, there was plenty of waste for her to pick—it filled bins, littered streets and piled up in mountainous heaps in dumps. But Sonawane and others like her were often treated like the garbage they collected
March 28th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued three tenders inviting project developers to set up large-scale solar power projects, hybrid wind-solar power projects, and storage-equipped solar power projects across the country.
March 28th, 2019 | by Saurabh
In good news for electric car owners in India’s capital city New Delhi, the government approved setting up over 100 EV charging stations
March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
India’s largest independent power generation company in the renewable energy sector — ReNew Power Limited — secured yet another round of debt funding from international investors as it continues to aggressively push to expand its project pipeline.
March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Indian government has issued the first tranche of the 12-gigawatt self-use solar power tenders as it looks to support Indian manufacturers of solar cells and modules. The self-consumption of power generated from these power plants shall be achieved through government-owned public sector companies.
March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
After three years of first floating the idea to classify large hydro power projects as renewable energy power plants, the Indian government has finally approved the measure. The announcement will result in India’s installed renewable energy capacity crossing the milestone of 100 gigawatts.
March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
In a move to fulfill its Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), Delhi-based power distribution utility Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has signed fresh power supply agreements to procure wind and solar power from projects located across the country.
March 24th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
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March 22nd, 2019 | by Saurabh
After a bump, India is speeding through wind energy tenders at the national level as it tries to makeup for the lost time and meet its target to have 60 gigawatts of installed wind energy capacity by March 2022.
March 8th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Global solar installations increased by around 5% in 2018 and reached 104.1 gigawatts (GW) according to new figures released by SolarPower Europe released at the SolarPower Summit in Brussels on Wednesday, further putting the lie to previous estimates that 2018 solar installations had failed to reach the same level as last year.
March 7th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Is America to blame for global warming? Yes, it has the single biggest slice of that ugly pie. It’s not alone in the blame, but you have to put the entire EU together to find someone that’s in the same ballpark of shame
March 4th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The latest solar power auction in one of India’s most favored states to set up large-scale solar power projects has witnessed a sharp cut in tariff bids placed by project developers.
March 4th, 2019 | by Saurabh
India wrapped up the sixth edition of its government-backed national wind energy tenders last month. The auction saw the second-highest tariff bid seen in such auctions.
March 4th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The first national-level solar power auction organized by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) witnessed a healthy competition among Indian and foreign project developers and a tariff bid that would make the government happy.
February 27th, 2019 | by Erika Clugston
“The Earth is greening,” according to a recent study by Chi Chen, a doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. In other words, the world is getting significantly greener and leafier – but why, and what does that mean
February 26th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Indian state of Gujarat has struck gold in its latest solar power auction as project developers submitted one of the lowest-ever bids seen in the Indian market for utility-scale solar power projects.
February 26th, 2019 | by Saurabh
Following the central government’s cue, a number of Indian states have stepped on the gas with regards to issuance of renewable energy tenders. Leading states in renewable energy installed capacity are dishing out tenders one after the other while some new states are issuing large tenders for the first time.
February 26th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has issued a new solar power policy that sets ambitious operational capacity targets in-line with the recommendations of the central government.
February 26th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Indian government recently approved a funding scheme to support implementation of 12 gigawatts of solar power capacity through government-owned companies.
February 18th, 2019 | by Saurabh
SoftBank-led SB Energy has shown a clear intention of entering the Indian wind energy market. The company, which is one of the largest players in India's highly competitive solar power market, has participated in the sixth national-level wind energy tender issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
