The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has achieved global disruption by bringing down the cost of solar-powered agricultural pumps by half, according to three people aware of the development. India’s state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) conducted the largest global price discovery exercise by aggregating the demand from 22 ISA member nations, in Read more…
Mumbai: Trina Solar, a leading Chinese manufacturer of solar modules and photovoltaic cells, is keen to invest in solar power projects in India, as part of a wider play to drum up market interest for its own modules. The company intends to invest in under-construction solar power projects and is eyeing Read more…
The Essel Group, which needs to sell a host of assets to stave off loan defaults, is in talks with the Adani group to sell its remaining solar energy portfolio, said two people close to the development. Essel is rushing to complete its unfinished solar power projects of 480 megawatts (MW) to Read more…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill gift ‘Gandhi Solar Park’ to the United Nations when he attends the Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York, during his week long visit to the US. The 50 kilowatt hour (kWh) roof-top solar park has 193 solar panels—each representing a member of the multilateral body. The $1 Read more…
New Delhi: India has extended a deadline to submit bids for building solar power equipment factories in the South Asian nation, in another delay to its efforts to boost its nascent domestic manufacturing capacity. The new deadline to submit bids for the tender is 11 September , Solar Energy Corp. of Read more…
New Delhi: To address the issue of land availability for clean energy projects, India will set up solar and wind projects on fallow land along its international border with Pakistan, according to a top government official. The idea was first mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help tackle the problem of Read more…
New Delhi: India is confident of achieving its ambitious target of 100 gigawatts (GW) solar power by 2022 despite the imposition of a safeguard duty on imported solar components, said the top bureaucrat in the ministry of new and renewable energy. “We will definitely not only meet the target but will Read more…
Mumbai: The ministry of new and renewable energy is set to cap India’s solar power tariffsat ₹ 2.5 and ₹ 2.68 per unit for developers using domestic, and imported solar cells and modules, respectively, according to an internal note reviewed by Mint. In the letter dated 24 August, Dilip Nigam, an adviser with National Solar Mission, Read more…
Mumbai: India will not be able to achieve its ambitious target of generating 100GW solar power by 2022, ratings agency Crisil said. In a report, Crisil’s industry research arm said that in the best-case scenario, the country will touch 78-80 GW, against the current capacity of 21.65 GW. Crisil expects Read more…
LEED in its Green building certification system version v4.1 has put a special emphasis to set up strong interrelationship between the outer space to the society and environment. The Intent of this credit is to create exterior open space that encourages interaction with the environment, social interaction, passive recreation, and Read more…