India x Cleantech — January 2020
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
In order to put the growth back on track in the renewable energy sector, the Indian government has turned to public sector companies.
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The Indian government’s Department of Public Enterprises and Economic Affairs has directed public sector companies to increase investment in renewable energy.
Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we will pull news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article. Ongoing, this series will find a home over on CleanTechnica’s “Future Trends” page. Without further ado, here are this month’s highlights from India x Cleantech.
India’s largest hydro power generation company has issued one of the largest-ever solar power tenders in the country’s history.
India’s largest power generation company is planning to set up large-scale solar power parks in the western part of the country.
The government in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has finally come around to provide some relief to scores of solar and wind energy developers which it had recently threatened with tariff renegotiations.
Amidst poor response from project developers for several solar power tenders in the past few weeks, India has issued yet another solar power tender, this time with an obligation for project developers to use solar cells and modules manufactured in India.
India’s attempt to boost domestic manufacturing in the solar power sector has taken a hit with poor response to a large solar power tender focused at companies owned by the government.
Financial and project implementation troubles for Indian renewable energy developers do not seem to cease, with little to no solutions to the existing challenges and new ones coming up frequently.
In another attempt by the Indian government to help domestic solar cell and module manufacturers, a fresh tender with a domestic content requirement has been issued.