Installations

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.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. has installed 25 MW part of Gujarat solar park. The PPA is signed with SECI at the rate of INR 4.43 ($0.068)/kWh. The company was also awarded for early commissioning of 100 MW solar plant in Karnataka.

EDEN, a joint venture between EREN Renewable Energy and EDF Energies Nouvelles, has installed three solar power plants in India amounting to 87 MW. The JV now operates 200 MW capacity in India.

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

Delhi power minister is aiming to have 15% renewable energy by 2019. Delhi government will buy solar power from plants to be installed across the country in next one and half years.

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.

Power generation company National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is presently installing 50 MW of Solar in Tamil Nadu State and is expected to add 200 MW by 2019.

AGV commissioned the 2MW solar PV plant, which is expected to generate more than 2.4 million kWh energy annually.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has installed a 30 MW solar power plant at Palaswade, Maharashtra