Installations

The developer will set up the wind-solar plant on a build-own-operate basis and sell the generated electricity to the Solar Energy Corp. of India.

The state-owned hydropower producer is developing the floating solar project on a build-own-operate basis. Larsen & Toubro Ltd is tasked with the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the plant.

Nextracker will supply its optimized bifacial tracker solution for NTPC’s 306 MWp solar plant in Rajasthan. Amara Raja is executing the plant on a turnkey basis.

Mumbai-based Oriano has switched on a 30 MWp solar project in Bihar and 10 MWp in Jharkhand for self-consumption by Rajasthan-based Shree Cement Ltd.

Scientists in Indonesia have developed a vacuum technique to lower the temperature of PV modules below the ambient air temperature. They applied it to a solar module in a casing that is resistant to negative pressure.

India installed 13,956 MW of new solar capacity from January to December. This included 11.3 GW of utility-scale PV, about 1.9 GW rooftop, and nearly 700 MW off-grid/distributed.

Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd (REIL) is accepting bids to develop grid-connected rooftop solar plants on government buildings across India. The plants are to be developed under the RESCO model.

The state-owned non-banking finance company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) to provide INR 1,000 crore ($123 million) for the development of renewable energy parks and associated infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh.

The state will launch three floating solar projects worth INR 7,500 crore ($919 million). The new projects will be in addition to a 600 MW plant currently under development at Omkareshwar reservoir.

Green Valley Renewable Energy Ltd, a joint venture of government-owned power generators DVC and NTPC, has invited bid to develop the power evacuation system for its 755 MW floating solar project at DVC’s Tilaiya and Panchet reservoirs in Jharkhand.