Commercial & Industrial PV

CPI has summarized the present rooftop sector of India, its economics, and the financial facilities to the industry from government and banks. The analyst and advisory firm has presented the solutions for the current financial obstacles to the growth of rooftop solar. The team has advised two Indo-U.S. collaborative initiatives, USICEF and USICFP, with which these solutions can be implemented.

Vikalp Mundra, Joint MD and promoter of Ujaas Energy Ltd, speaks to pv magazine about the solar manufacturing and quality importance for India. The company has installed more than 200 MW of solar at utility-scale, rooftop, and residential. He also defended the Renewable Energy Certificate, but explained its drawbacks.

The Karnataka renewable energy development limited (KREDL) has reissued the tender for Pavagada 200 MW solar park that was withdrawn in August 2017.

Three wheeled auto rickshaws that still operate in large numbers as a mode of transport in India are going E-Way. A solar charging station scheme in the city of Jabalpur, Rajasthan will help to reduce charging costs by 25%.

The expansion was of the 1 MW rooftop solar plant at the Maharshi Markandeshwar Engineering college in Mullana, Haryana.

Sterling & Wilson plans to expand its Solar EPC footprint in Australia. The projects could attract investment of AUD 600 million ($ 459.54 million).

The government has achieved only 17% of the set targets for the 2017-18 financial year, which is just 2% of the goal of 40 GW grid-connected solar rooftops by 2022. MNRE will soon propose new schemes to improve the sector.

The State Bank of India (SBI) announces the deal at a press conference on financing grid-connected rooftop solar PV projects in association with World Bank held in Mumbai on October 30.

The total capacity of 5 MW Solar as part of railways 1,000 MW solar mission is commissioned on four central stations – Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar, New Delhi, and Old Delhi Railway Station.

Solar Energy Corporation India (SECI), on behalf of Coal India limited (CIL) has invited bids for two 100 MW solar power plants. The government authority will clarify the bidding requirement in a meeting to be held on November 13 in Kolkata.