Now green urban mobility to get one billion euros boost from Germany
Having extended around two billion euros for clean energy projects, Germany will now support India in improving green urban mobility infrastructure, solutions and services in cities. Furthering its support for clean energy transition, it will also provide concessional loan of 200 million euros for a DISCOM investment facility in India.
Tata Power to develop 150 MW solar for Tata Power-Distribution
The project has to be commissioned within 18 months from the date of execution of the power purchase agreement.
ReNew Power the first Indian company to cross 5 GW renewables mark
The developer has achieved a first for India and announced another 3 GW of clean energy capacity will be on the way in the next 18 months.
Off-grid solar sector witnesses sales of 4.1 million products in six months
Industry body Gogla and the World Bank’s Lighting Global program said the last six months set a record for off-grid solar deployment. Solar home systems and other small off-grid appliances are being used in ever larger numbers.
BHEL tenders for operations and maintenance of 50 MW solar plant in Madhya Pradesh
November 4 is the last date to bid for the NTPC Mandsaur plant, which uses 40 numbers of 1250 KW grid-interactive power conditioning units (inverters).
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar gets CCI nod to buy stake in Hero Future
Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy business Masdar is wholly owned by the emirate’s state-owned Mubadala Investment Company. Established in 2006, it develops utility-scale and off-grid renewable energy projects.
7 GW solar tender gets one-week extension—but will it help?
The manufacturing linked ISTS tender may face a ‘no bid’ situation even with amendments and bidding extensions, industry insider Gopal Lal Somani tells pv magazine as he explains the major reasons for developers’ cold response to some of the recent tenders.
Afghanistan kicks off tender for another 40 MW solar project
The facility will be developed under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar initiative on a public-private partnership basis in Herat province.
The long read: Progress on Indian PV quality
While India’s government is taking steps to control the quality of the modules and cells used in solar projects, there is still much to improve upon when it comes to field installation and component selection.
Closing the information gap will drive rooftop solar, says Freyr Energy
Up to 70% of prospective customers have shied away from owning a rooftop solar system due to lack of readily available information on how to assess various solar options, says Saurabh Marda, co-founder and managing director of Freyr Energy – a Hyderabad-based rooftop solar firm that has completed over 1200 installations in just 5 years since inception in 2014.
