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 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.  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 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 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 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 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 Read more

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 Read more

Mumbai: In a first, Karnataka has stopped the building of new solar energy projects, balancing its renewable power purchase obligations and concerns on the financial health of the state’s power distribution companies (discoms). Last month, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission said Read more