Meghalaya to tap its huge green energy potential in a big way
Taking cue from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, power-deficit Meghalaya is going all out to tap green energy to bridge the widening demand-supply gap in the state. A preliminary investigation conducted by...
View ArticleAzure Power (Gujarat), Millennium Synergy and ESP Urja, Solar power...
Three solar power companies are in a legal tangle with the Gujarat Government over the issue of ownership of the companies that are putting up the projects. All the three – Azure Power (Gujarat),...
View ArticleMP govt approves new solar energy policy, four solar energy parks each...
Madhya Pradesh Government today approved its new solar energy policy, under which, four solar energy parks each generating 200 MW of power will be set up in the state under public-private...
View ArticleOntario continues coal phase-out with biomass
Breaking with tradition, we post this update which shows that its possible if there is enough political backing – Natgrp Post-conversion, the Atikokan Generating Station will produce about 200 MW from...
View ArticleSolar PV installations cross 1 GW / 1000 MW Mark
Solar photovoltaic installations in India have crossed the 1,000 MW or 1 gigawatt (GW) mark, data made available by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, show. As at the end of June, India had grid...
View ArticleHow solar power can help the billion people without electricity
Sharan Pinto installs a solar panel on the rooftop of a house in Nada, a village near the southwest Indian port of Mangalore, India. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP After the Durban talks last month,...
View ArticleList Of Solar PV Projects Under JNNSM Phase I Batch II that have achieved...
Sl. No. Name of the Company Capacity (MW) Location State 1 GAIL (INDIA) Limited 5 Village Raghawa, Tehsil Ramgarh Distt. Jaisalmer Rajasthan 2 POKARAN SOLAIRE ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED 5 Village Bawdi...
View ArticleTamil Nadu Solar Bids out, lowest below Rs. 6 per KWh
Source: EQ MagFiled under: Crystalline, DISCOM, News, PV, Renewables, Rooftop, Tamil Nadu Tagged: Solar, Solar Bids TN, Solar PV, Tamil Nadu
View ArticleWhy nuclear is a risk, even in the USA! Legislators say Edison ignored risks...
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) have sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requesting an immediate investigation into new information they claim...
View ArticlePresident Obama: If Congress won’t act on climate change, I will; Promises to...
President Obama made one of his most aggressive declarations to using market-based means to fight climate change since early on in his first term. President Barack Obama urged Congress to adopt...
View ArticleMadhya Pradesh announces the highest Wind Tariff in India at Rs. 5.92/- per KWhr
Given the low yields of wind power in the state, Madhya Pradesh has gone ahead and announced the highest Wind Tariff of Rs. 5.92/- per KWhr which is sure to boost the renewable energy portfolio of the...
View ArticleEuropean Commission to impose 11.8% duties on Chinese manufacturers with an...
In a press conference, European trade commissioner, Karel de Gucht, said duties would be phased in to allow for a negotiated solution. The European Commission has announced preliminary duties of 11.8%...
View ArticleSolar scam rocks Kerala assembly – An inevitable in India
The ‘Solar panel’ scam, which has brought the office of the Kerala chief minister under a cloud, rocked the state assembly on Monday with LDF opposition stepping up their demand for Oommen Chandy’s...
View ArticleIndia allows power firms to pass on imported coal costs – Your Electric Bill...
Natgrp: If we improve our grid Infrastructure as well as generation capabilities we don’t need to add a single MW for the next few years but bottom line takes precedence. Our investment should be in...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh government finalises 230 MW solar power projects
State government finalised agreements with seven private power players and a public sector undertaking to produce 230 MW of solar power. At a function on Thursday, Chief Minister AkhileshYadav handed...
View ArticleWorld’s largest 280 MW solar thermal parabolic plant with storage comes on-line
Concentrated solar thermal is again making the news, with the world’s largest parabolic trough array with thermal storage – opening for business in Arizona. The 280MW Solana Solana Generating Station...
View ArticleIndia at #8 in Renewable Energy Investment while China at #1
For the second year, an annual Pew Charitable Trusts report, “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?”, shows that China is the world leader in clean energy investment, with $54 billion in investments in...
View ArticleAre you ready for the resource revolution?
Meeting increasing global demand requires dramatically improving resource productivity. Yet technological advances mean companies have an extraordinary opportunity not only to meet that challenge but...
View ArticleClimate Panel Stunner: Avoiding Climate Catastrophe Is Super Cheap — But Only...
Humanity’s choice (via IPCC): Aggressive climate action ASAP (left figure) minimizes future warming. Continued inaction (right figure) results in catastrophic levels of warming, 9°F over much of U.S....
View ArticleAir pollution 5th largest killer in India: Study
(The study has claimed that…) Air pollution is the fifth largest killer in India taking 6.2 lakh lives per year and Delhi is among one of the five most critically polluted regions in the country, a...
View ArticleIndia may not impose anti-dumping duty on solar power gear imports
The government may refrain from imposing anti-dumping duty on cheap solar power gear imports, as it tries to pin down the cost of renewable energy. The government may refrain from imposing anti-dumping...
View ArticleWTO to examine US solar trade spat with India
GENEVA: Washington today took its battle to get India to open its solar market a step further, demanding that the WTO create a panel to review the dispute. The United States told the World Trade...
View ArticleIndia Minister Nitin Gadkari Asks Goverment to Scrap Solar Duties – The...
India’s transport minister has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to scrap a plan by the nation’s previous administration to impose duties on solar imports from China, the U.S., Malaysia...
View ArticleIndia Dumping Duties Risk Choking Modi’s Solar Revolution
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg A SolPac D160 solar field, comprising of parabolic solar concentrating reflector dishes developed by Thermax Ltd., stands at the Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd....
View ArticleImprove discoms’ health to attract investments in power : World Bank
Electricity distribution to the end consumer in India needs reform in order to achieve the target of electricity to all by 2019, says the World Bank. A World Bank study has termed distribution...
View ArticleAnti-dumping duty on solar gear imports won’t hurt consumers: Indian Solar...
Solar power gear makers have rejected the argument put forth by developers that imposition of antidumping duty on imported solar power equipment will double the cost of solar power in the country,...
View ArticleBudget 2014: Power sector gets electrified with Budget measures. Section 80IA...
Experts, industry and investors welcomed measures announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the power sector, especially renewable energy. In his maiden budget, Jaitley laid stress on solar and...
View ArticleSolar Cell Efficiency Rises By 30% Through Singlet Fission
Scientists were pretty excited when they discovered you could convert light energy directly into electricity by capturing photons in semiconductors, exciting them into “excitons” (bound electron with...
View ArticleWTO Tells US To Reconsider Solar Panel Tariffs
In a move that many in the solar industry applauded, a World Trade Organization panel found that the US government overstepped its bounds when it imposed tariffs on solar panels and other goods from...
View ArticleWorld Solar capacity breaks previous records
Solar PV installations nearly matched those of hydropower and, for the first time, outpaced wind additions. Even though photovoltaics continue to dwarf CSP capacity, the CSP market also had another...
View ArticlePiyush Goyal stays clear of issue of anti-dumping levy on solar gear
Staying clear of the demand for imposition of anti-dumping duty on solar equipment imports, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said the ministry concerned will take an appropriate decision on the...
View ArticleDelhi announces net metering regulations
Delhi took a huge leap in renewable energy generation on Tuesday. Power watchdog Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced regulations for net metering of renewable energy, giving...
View ArticleTamil Nadu TNERC announces new tariff for Solar at ₹ 7.01 per KWh PV and ₹...
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has announced new tariff for solar power producers who put up plants in the state. They would be paid Rs 7.01 per unit of power generated from a...
View ArticleNo legal sanctity to Tangedco’s transparent bidding process for power...
The State’s solar mission has come to a nought. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has passed an order stating that there is no legal sanctity to the Tamil Nadu Generation and...
View ArticleCabinet approves Electricity Bill Amendment including Mega Solar
The Cabinet has cleared amendments to the Electricity Act to bring in more reforms and increase competition. It also approved an ambitious 20,000 megawatts (MW) solar power proposal, which the...
View ArticleHaryana makes solar power must for all buildings
The Haryana government has decided to usher in the New Year with one of the biggest pushes for solar power in the country. The state has made it mandatory for all buildings on plot size of 500 square...
View ArticleSeven Reasons Cheap Oil Can’t Stop Renewables Now
Oil prices have fallen by more than half since July. Just five years ago, such a plunge in fossil fuels would have put the renewable-energy industry on bankruptcy watch. Today: Meh. Here are seven...
View ArticleAir Pollution now a Modi Government Priority
Barely 16 miles from central Delhi, a 40-year-old coal-fired power plant run by NTPC Ltd. stands testament to the bargain struck by India’s capital city: The world’s dirtiest air for electricity. The...
View ArticleDelhi discoms draw elaborate plans to promote solar power
NEW DELHI: Realising the potential of solar energy, the three private power distribution companies in the city have drawn up elaborate plans to encourage domestic consumers to set up rooftop solar...
View ArticleMaharashtra govt clears new renewable energy policy
The Maharashtra state cabinet on Tuesday passed the New and Renewable Energy Policy 2015 and has set a target of generating 14,400 MW… The Maharashtra state cabinet on Tuesday passed the New and...
View ArticleImplementation of scheme for setting up over 2,000 MW of Grid-Connected Solar...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for setting up of over 2,000 MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects on Build,...
View ArticleQuality of EPC vital to Solar as it is looking to debar Moser Baer, says Tata...
Performance of solar plants installed by them has not been up to industry standards’ Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, a joint venture of Tata Power Company and the Delhi Government, has called for...
View ArticleConventional power unable to match demand for power in Delhi. Seems like a...
New Delhi simmered with a high of 41 degrees today. The demand for power set a record: 5642 MW, according to BSES, the power distribution company owned by Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infra. Last August, the...
View ArticleBank of India to Finance Solar-Power Systems to Curb Blackouts
Bank of India plans to offer loans to homes and businesses for solar-power systems as the country seeks to avoid a repeat of the July blackout that affected half the nation’s 1.2 billion people. The...
View ArticleEU imposes provisional anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels even...
The European Commission has today issued the following statement: “Today the European Commission has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels, cells and wafers from...
View ArticleSunEdison To Supply Cheapest Solar Power In India
U.S.-based SunEdison has won a bid to sell solar power in India at a record low tariff, which could boost the appeal of the renewable source at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing for...
View ArticleUDAY is a revival plan for discoms rather than a bailout package
Power sector distribution companies are being bailed out by the government for the third time in 13 years. The earlier two bailouts have failed miserably with losses of various distribution companies...
View ArticleSolar nearly level with wind and out-competing fossil fuels in developing...
Average capital expenditure (capex) for PV projects in developing countries during 2015 stood at US$2.15 million/MW, rapidly approaching average wind capex of US$2.02 million/MW. Credit: BNEF Driven by...
View ArticleBudget 2017 – Solar / Renewable Synopsis
Indian Budget 2017 80 IA benefit for projects now stands withdrawn from 2017 Accelerated Depreciation stands at 40% Allocated an outlay of above Rs.10,000 crore for 2016-17. This outlay includes...
View ArticleThe best and worst countries in the world when it comes to air pollution and...
China steals an unsavory global spotlight for the thick, noxious smog that often chokes its mega-cities. Air pollution has become so bad in Beijing, for example, that Chinese officials aim to slash its...
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