BEIJING: China will allocate 1.5 billion yuan ($217.27 million) to new solar power projects in 2020, its energy administration said in a statement on Thursday. Of the funds, 500 million yuan will be given to distributed power projects for residential users, and the remaining 1 billion yuan will be split Read more…
Vijayawada railway station has become the first in the country to set up a solar photovoltaic cover over platform (COP) at platform numbers 4 and 5 in the station. A press release said the plan to utilise the platform roof to harness solar energy is the first-of-its-kind in the history Read more…
Vijayawada: In a first, Kadiyam station in Rajahmundry earned the rare distinction of being the first energy neutral station in the South Central Railway Zone by meeting all its electrical demands through solar energy. This has been accomplished by the installation of a 10KWp ON-Grid Solar power plant on the Read more…
New Delhi: Adani Green Energy and Azure Power have emerged as successful bidders in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s first manufacturing-linked solar tender, a top government official said on Friday. Adani has bid for 1.5 GW solar cell manufacturing capacity and 6 GW generation capacity, MNRE Secretary Anand Kumar said Read more…
New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday said his group is aiming to become the world’s largest solar power company by 2025 and the biggest renewable energy firm by 2030. In a Linkedin post, the Adani Group chairman said the age of renewable energy has dawned upon the world faster Read more…
OverviewA 500 kWp solar power plant was installed at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) roof, which started supplying electricity to the GMCH campus in April 2019. It is the largest rooftop solar plant in the City of Guwahati. The plant is expected to generate over 7 Lac electricity units Read more…
NEW DELHI: The city’s much-needed push for solar energy could be just around the corner with Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) finally notifying the group net metering (GNM) and virtual net metering (VNM) framework, which will benefit thousands of RWAs, households and CGHS societies. Users will be able to benefit Read more…
Increasing the share of solar rooftop is a “win-win proposition” for both distribution companies and consumers alike and can lead to significant net financial savings for both, a new study claimed on Thursday. It said the discoms can enjoy net gains of upto Rs 0.22 for every unit of electricity Read more…
PUNE: The Maharashtra Solar Manufacturers Association (MASMA) has claimed that Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) recently released draft regulations for renewable energy, if implemented, would destroy the solar industry in the state. “The draft regulations will not just hit the solar industry, but will also burn a hole in consumers’ Read more…
INDORE: Narmada supply system at Jalood will soon be powered by solar energy as Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) plans to set up two floating solar power plants with capacity of 50 megawatt each. The solar plants will be set up at Jalood and Yeshwant Sagar through fund raised by releasing Read more…