Panasonic launches residential solar kits
Panasonic Life Solutions India has launched residential solar kits in India that are easy to install and maintain. The kits include BIS- and IEC-certified solar modules and inverters and come with a mobile app-based energy monitoring system.
Bangladesh introduces rooftop PV requirement for big, new buildings
Bangladesh has implemented a new rule stating that new buildings with rooftop spaces exceeding 92.2 square meters must install net-metered solar power systems as a prerequisite for grid connection.
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corp. signs PPAs for 90 MW of rooftop PV
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corp. (BJMC), which manages all government-owned jute factories and industries in the South Asian country, has agreed to buy power from six different project developers under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
Tata Power, SIDBI sign MoU on easy finance for MSME solar
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) can avail SIDBI loans at low interest rates to fund rooftop solar PV plants or associated services from Tata Power or its authorized channel partners across India.
How long do residential solar panels last?
Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of this series, we look at the solar panels themselves.
Tata Motors partners Tata Power Renewable Energy to develop a 12 MWp solar project at its Pune factory
Tata Motors is expanding on-site solar power capacity at its Pune commercial vehicle manufacturing facility to 20.73 MWp with the addition of a 12 MWp project. Tata Power Renewable Energy will develop the project.
Ghaziabad to be developed as Uttar Pradesh’s next solar city after Ayodhya
The city will meet 10% of its electricity requirements from solar power in four years.
US startup unveils pre-assembled residential solar canopy
Nevada-based World4Solar has designed HelioWing, a modular solar canopy that comes preconfigured and can be installed in just one day.
India expected to add a record 4 GW of rooftop solar in fiscal 2024
Despite major roadblocks, rooftop solar capacity additions in the country are growing fast, with nearly 2 GW already added in the four months ending July 31, 2023.
India installed 6.8 GW of solar in H1 2023, says JMK Research
The solar capacity installation in the first six months of 2023 was about 15% less year-on-year.
