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SolarCity Will Sell “Solar roof” products: Tesla CEO, Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the SolarCity’s conference call for its second quarter financial results announced that SolarCity will develop and sell a roof integrated with solar panels. Elon Musk’s presence was quite understandable considering the impending deal for Tesla to acquire the solar installer. Currently SolarCity installs solar panels on rooftop of buildings. Musk […]

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Canadian Solar Signs PPA For 63MWP Solar Power Plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Canadian Solar has announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with the Federal Electricity Commission for the 63MWp solar power plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This solar power project was awarded in April 2016 under the Mexico’s First Long Term Electricity Auction. Electricity generated from the plant will be sold to the CFE […]

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MNRE complains CERC against solar power shut off by Discoms

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has lodge a complaint against discoms to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) stating that some discoms are not fully evacuating the solar power available to them, resulting in losses for solar developers. Discoms have been arbitrarily shutting off power from solar projects, for varying lengths of time, […]

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Option One Solar joins Sunpreme Channel network

California based solar installer, Option One has joined Sunpreme Channel network — a strategic partnership program designed to deliver solar expertise to residential and commercial rooftop clients through solar installers. Option One Solar provides the residential and commercial solar markets with best and reliable solar packages while delivering better installation quality and customer service. “We are […]

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NREA drafts tender for 20 MW solar project in Hurghada

The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is in process to release a tender for a 20 MW solar power plant in Hurghada, Egypt. Recently, Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) was presented with a proposal to finance the project for Hurghada solar plant by NREA. The Ministry of Electricity stated that a soft loan of […]

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Russian group Solar Energy Holding granted permit to develop 90 MW of solar plants

KompleksIndustriya and Energoholding, two companies that are part of the Russian group Solar Energy Holding have been granted permit to develop six solar parks totaling 90 MW, each with a 15 MW capacity at the site based in Russia’s southern Astrakhan Region. The facilities for solar plant will be built in Volodarsky, Privolzhsky, Yenotayevsky and […]

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Ministry of Power sanctioned 4604 DDG Projects to cover 4745 Villages & Hamlets: Piyush Goyal

Ministry of Power is implementing Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under Deen DayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana (DDUGJY) through Rural Electrification Corporation to provide access to electricity to un-electrified villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective. Piyush Goyal Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in the […]

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Gujarat Industries Power Company bags 2 x 40 MW PPA with SECI

Gujarat Industries Power Company (GIPCL) has signed a power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Solar Energy Corporation of India for solar power projects in Gujarat. GIPCL has entered into PPA with SECI for 2 x 40 megawatts Solar Power Projects in Gujarat Solar Park, Village Charanka, District Patan, under National Solar Mission (NSM) Phase-II, Batch IV. […]

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DP Energy gets Green Light to construct a 375MW of solar and wind plant in Port Augusta

Plans to construct a major 375MW solar and hybrid wind plant for Port Augusta in South Australia has been approved from the state government. DP Energy, the Irish Project developer stated that the government’s green light meant it could now deliver one of the “largest and most significant” hybrid renewables projects in the Southern Hemisphere, […]

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