India witnessed a surge in renewable energy projects announcements in the past few weeks. Several announcements have been made by states to develop solar parks and floating solar plants to meet country’s ambitious target of installing 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022.
A Kolkata-based industry conglomerate has proposed to set a 600 MW solar park in the state of Odisha. Sonthalia Group has proposed to the Odisha government to provide it with 1,250 hectares of barren land on lease for the development of the project.
The Indian state of Odisha is planning to take a major leap in the country’s rooftop solar power sector. After successfully implementing some large-scale solar power projects, the state is eyeing substantial rooftop solar power capacity. According to an announcement made earlier this month by Ashok Choudhury, deputy director of projects … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love The Indian state of Odisha has announced an ambitious plan to set up a 1,000 MW solar park. The park will be built through a public-private partnership and is already approved by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The solar power park will … [continued]
Taking inspiration from Gujarat’s Charanka Solar Park, during the 2014–15 financial budget, India’s Finance Minister had amongst other things announced a fund of Rs5 billion ($80 million) in order to promote Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects (UMSPP) across states with good solar potential. Accordingly, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had prepared a draft scheme for … [continued]
After losing one of its coal blocks to a court decision, India’s National Aluminum Company Limited announced plans for a large-scale wind energy operation.
In response to political extremism in some states, India will install solar mobile communications towers to facilitate ease of communications.
