Solar Power

Ministry Releases Concept Note on Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India (SRISTI); Invites comments/views from stakeholders by 31st December

With a view to accelerate the deployment of rooftop solar power in the country, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has prepared a concept note on ‘Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India (SRISTI)’. Government has set a target of reaching 100 GW of solar power installed capacity in the country by […]

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Details of Solar, Wind and Biomass Based Power Generation

Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed about the State-wise details of solar and wind power generation during each of the last three years and the current year. (all figures in MU) 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 […]

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US Takes India Back To World Trade Organisation in Solar Power Issue

In 2013, Washington had complained to the WTO, claiming that US exports of solar items to India had declined by 90% since 2011 because of India’s “discriminatory practices”. India has failed to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on solar power, the United States will tell the WTO’s dispute settlement body (DSB) next month, […]

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5500 Schools Use Solar Power in US as Costs Fall

According to a report prepared by the Solar Foundation, Generation 180 and the Solar Energy Industries Association, solar power in K-12 schools has increased by 86 percent in three years. More than 5,500 American schools have incorporated solar technology with a total capacity of 910 megawatts, enough to power 190,000 homes, according to the study. […]

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Govt to Achieve Target of 100 GW of Solar Power by 2022: R K Singh

The government is confident of achieving the target of 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022 says Power Minister. The Union Government is confident of achieving the target of 100 Gigawatt (GW) of solar power capacity by 2022, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy R K Singh said. While speaking […]

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Waaree Energies Limited Raises Rs 100 crore From Centrum Financial Services Limited

Centrum Group, controlled by ex-Standard Chartered top leader, Jaspal Bindra, made the investment through its non-banking finance arm. The integrated solar power solutions company, Waaree Energies Limited raised Rs 100 crore  from Centrum Financial Services Limited for helping the Mumbai-based alternate energy equipments firm’s capacity expansion through a structured financing deal. Founded in 1989 and headquartered […]

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SERIS Launches Fully Screen-Printed Monopoly Silicon Solar Cell Technology for Mass Production

MonoPoly, the solar cell technology developed by SERIS is bifacial and can be applied to both n-type and p-type wafers. The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has reached a new cell efficiency milestone in the development of its low-cost screen-printed bifacial monoPoly silicon solar cell technology, […]

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Oriano Solar Finishes 40 MW Solar Power Plant for First Solar

The project is based on First Solar’s CdTe thin film PV modules, leveraging the latest 1500V inverter architecture. Oriano Solar, a solar energy EPC company based in Mumbai has successfully accomplished two 20 MW photovoltaic (PV) power plants, constituting to a total of 40 MW will be for First Solar, Inc. in the Karnataka state, in […]

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