Trina Solar, the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer, has announced collaboration with India’s Welspun Energy to build a 2 GW solar manufacturing facility in India. The 1 GW PV cell manufacturing facility and a 1GW module manufacturing plant will cost about $500 million, with construction planned in two phases over a period of … [continued]
On the sidelines of the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Germany this year, the results of a survey conducted by the global accounting consultancy firm EY, and research agency Delphi were released, which compared the investment climate in the BRICS countries. More than 90% of the surveyed CEOs and CFOs from leading German high-tech companies … [continued]
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh had invited bids for 500 MW of solar power back in August. The state-run transmission utility APTRANSCO, which is the nodal agency for the tender, has now come out with a list of bidders that will be eligible for capacity allocation across the state. Due to complicated bidding mechanism … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. India’s national solar mission (JNNSM) recently saw its second phase of project bidding close. The auction was for 750 MW worth of projects, but the competing bids totaled 2,170 MW. In total, there were 68 bids from 58 developers for 122 projects. The maximum capacity … [continued]
