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.
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Originally published on Sustainnovate. Officials at the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy are ‘very confident’ of achieving the ambitious target to add 12 GW solar power capacity in the current financial year – April 2016 to March 2017. India plans to have 100 GW of operational solar power … [continued]
As private sector power companies in India continue their struggle to implement new thermal power projects, some are now looking to take advantage of the government’s thrust towards solar power projects. RattanIndia Power is reportedly planning to use 324 hectares of land in the northern state of Punhjab originally earmarked … [continued]
The north-Indian state of Punjab has further strengthened its position in the nation’s solar power market, commissioning another large rooftop solar power project of 12 MW. Tata Power Solar, a leading integrated solar power solutions company, recently announced that it commissioned a 12 MW rooftop solar power project in Punjab, claiming … [continued]
One of the leading solar power project developers in India, Azure Power, has secured rights to develop large-scale projects in one of the state-level auctions. Azure Power secured a third of the 500 MW capacity offered by the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) in the third auction under the state … [continued]
India’s National Thermal Power Corporation had invited bids for 10 separate 50 MW solar PV projects under the Phase-II, Batch-II, Tranche-I of National Solar Mission in Andhra Pradesh, each of which are to be developed in the Ghani Solar Park, Kurnool District of the state. Bids were submitted last week, and as per … [continued]
Another state-level solar power auction in India has yielded to the continued trend of record-low tariffs. The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) recently allocated 500 MW worth of solar PV power plants to five separate developers. All the projects were allocated at less than Rs 6.00/kWh (9.2¢/kWh), the lowest tariffs … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. With the first phase of a 1 gigawatt (GW) solar PV park recently connected to the national grid of Pakistan, 100 MW of solar power capacity is now supplying the country with clean electricity. Not content to sit back and relax, phase two of Pakistan’s enterprising … [continued]
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission announced net-metering guidelines for Delhi in 2014, allowing consumers to generate solar power for their own use while feeding the surplus into the network of distribution companies. Now, two Discoms in Delhi announced recently that they have started net-metering at six locations in the city — four residential, one … [continued]
