Remarkable job growth signals the need for stronger policies and programmes India’s renewable energy workforce has grown five-fold in the past five years. In 2019, nearly 100,000 workers are employed in the solar and wind industry, up from 19,800 workers in 2014. Of these, 12,400 new workers were employed in Read more…
Sun Investment Group (SIG) recently sold the 42.36 MW Polish solar energy portfolio it shared with E Energija to Aberdeen Standard Investments. After the sale, SIG will continue working towards the reduction of Poland’s carbon footprint by developing a new portfolio worth 600 MW across 1,200 hectares. The installations, to be Read more…
Amplus Energy Solutions, Asia’s leading distributed energy company, added another feather to its cap, bags the APVIA Award 2019 for its contribution to the photovoltaic industry in an event held in Shanghai, China. At the award ceremony that was held on sidelines of SNEC 2019 PV Power Expo, Asian Photovoltaic Read more…
Grid reliability and delays in payments by discoms in certain cases are other concern areas, says Rajat Seksaria, President and Business Head, Renewable Business, India Power Corporation Limited. in an interview with Anurima Mondal How is India Power helping achieve India’s sustainable goals? As part of its renewable portfolio IPCL presently has assets under Read more…
Delhi will soon be closing down Rajghat thermal power plant and use the land to develop a solar park. This was recently announced by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet. The power production at coal-based power plant is stopped since 2015 due to pollution Read more…
Hartek Power, one of India’s fastest growing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies based in Chandigarh with expertise in executing high-voltage turnkey substations and power infrastructure projects, has bagged a prestigious order for connecting 130 MW of solar power to the grid in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The scope of Read more…
JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. announced that it has supplied I+D Energias with 7.8MW of solar modules which were installed at two PV power plants in Hungary. The construction of both plants began in November 2018 and was completed in record time by March. Located in the towns of Mándok and Tuzsér in eastern Hungary, the solar Read more…
ReNew Power Limited, India’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), has successfully raised $300 million dollars through a rights issue. Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have subscribed to the issue with each of the shareholders infusing $100 mn. The rights Read more…
Following the recent announcement that the state government of Gujarat in India plans to launch a rooftop solar power generation scheme for slum areas, Mohit Prasad, Project Manager at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on what this means for solar PV installations in India: “GlobalData Read more…
Sun Investment Group (SIG), Poland’s leading solar energy investment and development management company, and E energija group, a strategic renewables investor, have sold their portfolio of solar energy plants in Poland with a total capacity of 42.37 MW to Aberdeen Standard Investments – a leading European asset management company with Read more…