Solar Power

Kochi Metro gets 51% of its Power Supply from Solar Installations

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMPL) has commissioned a 1.8 MW solar power plant at its coach depot in Muttom. Post commissioning, Kochi Metro has announced that the power is helping the metro operator to meet 51% of its total power requirements from solar energy. Fallow land near the Muttom depot has been utilized for solar […]

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Queensland Goes With Tesla Megapack Batteries for 100MW BESS Project

The state government of Queensland has announced that the state owned power company CS Energy will build a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) by using Tesla Inc’s Megapacks batteries to support renewable power. The move comes despite the well publicised accident involving the megapacks in Australia’s  Victoria Big Battery project earlier in July last […]

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Altus Power Signs $600 M Deal with Trammell Crow for Rooftop Solar

Solar power developer Altus Power has signed a deal with commercial real-estate player Trammell Crow Co., under which Altus will install solar panels on 35 million square feet of industrial property in the United States. This is the biggest partnership forged by Altus since its inception in 2009, says the company. Lars Norell, Co-Chief Executive […]

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Bulgaria May Add 4.9 GW of Renewable Energy by 2031

According to a draft plan created by the Electricity System Operator (ESO), the transmission authority of Bulgaria, the country is expected to see an increase of 5.9 GW in the overall national power capacity by 2031. Out of this, 4.9 GW is expected to come from renewable sources. The ESO document says that the total […]

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SECI Appoints Sanjay Sharma as Director- Solar

Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) has appointed Sanjay Sharma as Director – Solar. He has been elevated from his previous position of Executive Director – Solar in the same organization for a period of 5 years. Sanjay Sharma has an experience of more than 33 years in the power sector. Before joining SECI […]

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Half of Coal Mines in Turkey Could Power 7 Million Household With Solar Power

A new report ‘Solar Potential of Coal Sites in Turkey’ by campaign group – Europe Beyond Coal – has revealed that more than half of the coal mines of Turkey are suitable for conversion into solar power farms. The coal mines, most of which are open cast mines and the improvement in solar technologies and […]

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Jinko Solar Announces Q4 and 2021 Financial Results

Chinese solar module major  Jinko Solar announced has its quarterly and annual financial results. The company has posted revenue of $2.57 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. This time, the revenue of Jinko Solar has increased by more than 79 per cent compared to the corresponding quarter of 2020 when it received revenue of […]

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OX2 Buys 500 MW Wind and Solar Projects in Greece

OX2 AB has announced that it has acquired two important portfolios of wind and solar development projects in Greece. The Swedish renewables developer said that the combined capacity of the two is in excess of 500 megawatt (MW). OX2 informed that the wind and solar projects are located in different regions of Greece. They are […]

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Government Targets 4,000 MW Rooftop Solar Capacity Addition In Residential Sector

Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh has informed the Parliament that MNRE is targeting 4,000 MW rooftop solar (RTS) capacity addition in residential sector through Central Financial Assistance (CFA) under the Rooftop Solar Programme (Phase-II). The Union Minister said in a written response to a question asked in the Rajya […]

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