The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) annually reviews the benchmark capital cost norm for solar PV power projects as per the proviso of Regulation 5 of “RE Tariff Regulations, 2012”. On March 23, 2016, the CERC determined the Benchmark Capital Cost for ground-mounted solar PV power for the financial year Read more…
L&T Construction, India’s largest professionally managed construction organization, is fully committed to fulfil social and environmental responsibilities for sustainable development. L&T is successfully running the construction skill training programme, since late 1993, to bridge the gap of skilled workforce required for the development of India. India has a vision of Read more…
The growing need of energy and increasing environmental concern is a challenge to the mankind, hence, other alternatives of conventional resources of energy have to be explored, said Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh after inaugurating workshop on ‘Promotion of Solar Technologies in Himachal Pradesh under Solar City Read more…
Bearings and seals maker SKF India has set up a 1-MW rooftop solar plant at its Pune facility, taking the capacity of such solar generated power across its campuses in Pune and Bengaluru to 2.1 MW. The initiative is part of a solar mission announced by the company that envisages Read more…
The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport became the first airport in the country to get a 2 MW rooftop solar power plant. Apart from earning carbon credit for the airport, it would translate into a monetary benefit worth Rs 2.15 crore per year. Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Read more…
India-based EPC provider Hartek Power has commissioned new substations required to connect 28 MW of solar power to the grid in Punjab. Hartek has connected two solar power projects—24 MW and 4 MW—to the grid for a solar developer in the Muktsar district of Punjab. The projects are the first to connect Read more…
Researchers working at Masdar Institute have discovered that the UAE’s desert sand can be used in concentrated solar power facilities to store solar energy, making it a viable and cost-effective alternative to the current materials being used. Naming the project Sandstock, the scientists carried out a number of tests using Read more…
Rattan India Group firm RattanIndia Solar Ltd has won solar project of 50 MW capacity at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. “The project was won at a tariff of Rs 4.43 per unit plus a viability gap funding of Rs 75 lakh per MW in reverse e-auction conducted by Solar Energy Corporation Limited (SECI). According to the Read more…
The US Army has signed a contract for its biggest renewable-energy project yet, picking Apex Clean Energy Inc. to provide 65 MW of solar and wind energy at Fort Hood in Texas. The Defense Logistics Agency signed a 30-year contract with Charlottesville, Va. based Apex for 15 MW of solar Read more…
Four renewable energy projects in developing countries have secured vital funding loans totalling $46 million. The money comes from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), and was announced on the eve of the launch of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The loans will Read more…