India’s rooftop solar power program has received a much-needed boost even as sector experts believe that the target of 40 GW installed capacity by 2022 looks extremely ambitious. Officials of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently announced that the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the newly-founded … [continued]
India is likely to have an operational solar power capacity of close to 20 GW by March 2017 if projects under the states’ and central solar power policies go ahead as per the schedule. According to Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Coal, Power and Renewable Energy, the country’s solar energy … [continued]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India is moving ahead with another solar power tender as it looks to achieve the highly ambitious targets set by the government of India. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has floated a tender of 500 MW of solar photovoltaic power projects under the … [continued]
With rapidly increasing interest in the solar power development market in India, companies are now looking to expand the solar cell and module manufacturing capabilities too. RenewSys India has announced that it placed an order with European companies to set up 100 MW of solar cell production in Hyderabad, India. … [continued]
Russia has become the latest company to join hands with India to help the latter achieve its massive solar power targets. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Russian Energy Agency (REA) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up large scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest. Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to answer the question: “In your view, what are the policies that governments should take to encourage public-private partnership and enable the private sector to develop the goods … [continued]
Going along with the massive collapse in solar PV tariff bids seen in the recent months, the Indian government has reduced the fixed tariff on offer for a 2 GW tender. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that the fixed tariff of Rs 5.43 per kWh (US¢8.35 … [continued]
The Indian government is planning to significantly increase financial support for rooftop solar power projects in an attempt to meet the huge target of having 100 GW of solar power capacity operational by April 2022. The Cabinet of Ministers recently approved a plan to increase subsidies for rooftop solar power … [continued]
One of India’s leading solar power project developers, Azure Power, is looking at equity markets to raise funds to expand generation capacity. Azure Power, one of the pioneering large project developers in the Indian solar power market, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock … [continued]
With a massive solar power installed capacity target of 100 GW by 2022, the Indian Government is looking to promote and expand local manufacturing capacity for polysilicon ingots and wafers. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has called for comments from stakeholders regarding its plan to provide support for … [continued]
