The growth of our society is dependent on energy. And, since we have built our world using limited fossil fuel reserves, continuously shrinking reserves have created scarcity for energy, and given rise to energy cost. Currently, more than 1 billion people live without electricity and continuous fossil fuel generation has Read more…
With the government putting in major thrust on solar energy, coupled with its huge local market and strong manufacturing capabilities, India is poised to become a global leader for solar energy products and in innovations in solar technology. According to a market report of GOGLA, India is the single-largest market Read more…
India’s bid to protect its solar-equipment makers by imposing a safeguard duty on cheap, Chinese imports has failed, according to domestic manufacturers, who are campaigning for tougher measures. The country last year imposed a 25% tariff on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia for two years. That Read more…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Kurnool district in the Rayalaseema region of the State will emerge a major industrial hub, and inaugurated a greenfield airport at Kurnool and a mega solar energy. After inaugurating the two major projects park recently, Naidu said the airport terminal, Read more…
Just like it has helped create village-level dairy cooperatives across the country, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has drawn up a plan to form solar farmers’ cooperatives in water-stressed states of the country. “Using our experience in milk cooperatives, we would help farmers form these cooperatives which would work Read more…
The ambitious plan would help Indian Railways source about 10% of its electrical energy from renewables. As part of the Go Green Initiative, Indian Railways has already installed about 71.19 MW of rooftop PV at railways stations and service buildings. Wind turbines with a capacity of 36.5 MW have also Read more…
Wind power developers in Gujarat have got two months time from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to do financial closure of their proposed projects. This comes as a relief for projects worth 1,700 MW that were facing a penalty of ₹10,000 per MW per day for delays in financial Read more…
Vikram Solar, a Kolkata-based solar PV module manufacturer and EPC solutions and rooftop solar provider, has bagged a contract from National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) to install a 140 MW solar plant in Bilhaur, Kanpur, UP. The contract is a first part of planned 225 MW installation in the Read more…
New Delhi, Dec. 30: The Solar Power Developer Association (SPDA) has demanded the goods and services tax rate be kept uniform at 5 per cent on solar power generating system (SPGS) saying recent recommendations of the GST Council are inconsistent with the government’s policy of promoting clean ener- The total Read more…