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India’s Largest Power Producer Issues 750 MW Solar Power Tenders
The Indian government’s plan to aggressively expand large-scale solar power capacity addition through state-owned companies has started taking shape. NTPC Limited has issued three tenders to set up a...
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India Issues Draft Guidelines For 2 GW Solar PV Auction
India is preparing for yet another solar photovoltaic power auction as it pushes for 100 GW installed solar power capacity by 2022. The latest draft guidelines pertain to an impending auction of 2 GW...
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India Plans 1 GW Solar Power Capacity Through State-Owned Companies
Pushing forward with the plan to mandate state-owned companies to set up large-scale solar power projects, the Indian government has issued draft guidelines for the implementation of 1 GW solar...
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India’s Waaree Energies Plans To Double Solar PV Module Production To 1 GW
The recent policies enacted by the Indian government to promote solar power capacity may finally be reaping positive results for the domestic solar module manufacturers. One of the emerging module...
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First Solar Commits 5 GW Capacity In India, Mulls Setting Up Manufacturing Unit
One of the leading solar power companies in the world is looking to significantly expand its footprint into one of the fastest emerging solar power markets in the world. First Solar has made a...
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Indian Government Approves 15 GW Solar Power Capacity For Auction
A crucial leg of the National Solar Mission was recently cleared by the Indian government which would allow 15 GW capacity to be auctioned over the next few years. The Indian government gave approval...
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Future Remains Positive Even As India’s Solar Power Capacity Addition Falls...
The supposed drag in the renewable energy sector remained prevalent during 2014 as the central government changed in India. But the new government is expected to push for renewable energy expansion...
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India Doubles Coal Tax, Yet Again
Of late, India has been cutting subsidies while at the same time increasing taxes on fossil fuels so as to transform itself from a carbon subsidy regime to one of carbon taxation. On Saturday, the...
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PwC To Formulate India’s Solar Power Roadmap
Nearly a month after announcing the grid-connected solar capacity scale up plan from 22 GW to 100 GW by 2022, the Indian government has announced that one of the leading professional services network...
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Developers Commit To Add 40 GW Solar Power Capacity In Rajasthan, India
The sun is shinning brightly for the western Indian state of Rajasthan, as commitments made by solar power project developers have overshot the state government’s capacity addition plans. Some of the...
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India Seeks $3 Billion From Development Banks For Solar Power Projects
To kick-start the financial arrangements for the nearly 100 GW planned capacity addition over the next 7 years, the Indian government is seeking $3 billion from international development banks. The...
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Gujarat & The Problem Of Plenty
The Indian state of Gujarat was the first to plan for solar power, but those plans have stalled because of political challenges that have arisen Gujarat & The Problem Of Plenty was originally...
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Indian State Of Uttar Pradesh Signs 600 MW Solar Power Agreements
Indian states are gearing up to develop ambitious ultra mega solar power projects in association with the Solar Energy Corporation of India. The state of Uttar Pradesh has signed agreements with the...
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India Increases Renewable Energy Capacity By 13%, Beats Target
India’s renewable energy market is showing the first signs of revival as the installed capacity jumped by 12.9% during the 12 months to 31 March 2015, latest data released by the Ministry of New and...
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India’s Largest Power Generator, NTPC, To Issue Green Bonds Worth $500 Million
Yet another green bond issue is in the offing from an Indian entity. NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) is planning to raise $500 million through a green bond issue. The company...
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India Gears Up For 3 GW Solar Power Tender
The solar power market in India is heating up rapidly, with a number of record-setting auctions being planned under the country’s National Solar Mission. The Indian government is planning to launch a 3...
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India Achieves 4 Gigawatts Installed Solar Power Capacity
By the end of this year India may break into the top 10 solar power markets, in terms of installed capacity, as the South Asian giant has now crossed 4 GW of installed solar power capacity. India’s...
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India Officially Ramps Up Solar Power Target To 100 GW By 2022
For quite some time now, India’s national solar power capacity target has been quoted as 100 GW by 2022, mostly on the basis of speeches from ministers and high level bureaucrats. But there has always...
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Indian Government Gives Go-Ahead For 2 GW Solar Power Tender
India’s Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the auction of 2 GW worth of solar power capacity under the National Solar Mission. During a recent meeting of the Cabinet, where the government also gave a...
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French Energy Major ENGIE Plans $180 Million Renewable Energy Acquisition In...
Yet another renewable energy project developer in India is on the acquisition radar of foreign investors. This time French energy company ENGIE is eyeing a $180 million buyout of Kiran Energy Solar...
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