Installations

The solar capacity addition in the Jan.-March period was 30% less than 2.7 GW installed in the previous quarter. 

Wiki-Solar’s latest league table of utility-scale solar project developers shows that only six renewable specialists occupy the top 20 spots.

A new study assesses agrivoltaics development in India and identifies the challenges and opportunities for commercializing these projects. 

Servotech Power Systems Ltd will execute the solar-powered EV carport project from the design stage to fabrication and implementation.

Solar electricity will have to compete with biofuels in the urban mobility landscape. Biofuels, however, have a very low energy productivity per hectare, as well as high requirements for fertilizers, pesticides, and water.

The latest amendment to the Electricity Rules, 2023 (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) allows the telecom sector to aggregate the electricity consumption of telecom sites in order to avail renewable energy under the open access route. 

A new report states solar-powered pumps (higher capacity and micro-pumps) offer a $28 billion market potential in India, the maximum among all mature decentralized renewable energy (DRE) livelihood applications. Solar dryers have the second-largest deployment potential at $2.3 billion.

NTPC, India’s largest power producer, has 3.3 GW of renewable energy capacity already commissioned, 4.6 GW under construction, and a balance of 12.6 GW under planning and implementation.

India added 2.38 GW of utility-scale solar and 801 MW of rooftop solar capacity in the first three months of 2023.

Arka Energy’s new outdoor gazebo provides 2.4 kW to 4.3 kW of residential solar power via monocrystalline PERC solar tiles.