Meet The New Power Minister who stepped into big shoes of Piyush Goyal Updated On Tue, Sep 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy 26 years down the line he is sitting in the same BJP camp, Singh has stepped into the big shoes of Piyush Goel as power minister. From stopping Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra, arresting LK Advani as a district magistrate on the orders of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1990 and as […] Read more
P.P. Chaudhary inaugrates 200 KW solar rooftop PV plant commissioned by Jakson Group in Delhi Updated On Wed, Aug 2nd, 2017 by Saurenergy As part of the solar power project, Jakson, installed 669 solar modules of 310 watt manufactured at its solar module manufacturing plant in Greater Noida. Union Minister of State, Ministry of Law & Justice and Electronics & IT, P.P. Chaudhary on Tuesday inaugurated a 200 KW solar rooftop PV power plant installed and commissioned by […] Read more
Tata Power Solar Leads in EPC Rooftop Business for Four Years in a Row Updated On Mon, Jul 17th, 2017 by Saurenergy Tata Power Solar installed nearly 140 MW of solar rooftop projects and 605 MW of utility scale projects within the year. Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar player,has been ranked #1 EPC rooftop solar player in the recently published India Solar Rooftop report 2017by BRIDGE TO INDIA, a leading cleantech consulting and knowledge services […] Read more
CleanMax Solar Announces Equity Financing of USD 100 Million from Warburg Pincus Updated On Fri, Jul 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy The investment will enable CleanMax Solar to pursue additional growth opportunities beyond India, and provide next generation solutions to the customers through a combination of rooftop solar and energy storage. CleanMax Solar, India’s largest rooftop solar developer for the corporate sector, today announced that it has secured equity financing of up to USD 100 million […] Read more
DRAGON’S EYE on LION’S PIE Updated On Tue, Jul 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy Alright! It gave mostly new narratives to apprehend the ‘Solar’ relation between India and China.The then thought China’s shabby rural-oriented solar program in the 1990s today throws an incremental progression amid the western economic powers. What can be more assertive to say that China is today global leader has divulged as the world’s largest renewable […] Read more
GST Arrests the Slide and May Lead to a Temporary Standstill in Demand: Guru Inder Mohan Singh, Director & COO, Amplus Solar Updated On Sat, Jun 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Since Discom supply rates have not been impacted by GST, attractiveness of solar would reduce, and hence private demand, and specifically distributed solar would be impacted said Guru Inder Mohan Singh, Director & COO, Amplus Solar 1. Share your views on GST, how the new Goods and Services Tax rates impact clean energy drive in […] Read more
All solar equipments and its parts including panels, cells and modules would be taxed at 5% under GST Updated On Tue, May 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy The government is planning to bring down GST rate on solar panels or modules to around 5 per cent as against 18 per cent declared earlier. The government’s recent announcement of 18% tax rate under the new indirect tax regime for solar module was the biggest surprise for the power and renewable sector. Looking into […] Read more
Solar Power Juggernaut Will Keep Rolling Despite Higher Taxes Under GST Updated On Sat, May 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy According to a list of 1,211 items released after the meeting of the GST Council, which comprises finance ministers of all the states of the Union, “Photosensitive semiconductor devices; including solar photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels”, will be charged at a rate of 18 Goods and Services […] Read more
Failure by States to Pay for Renewable Power May Trip Green Energy Target by 2022 Updated On Tue, May 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Renewable purchase obligation (RPO) refers to the mandate imposed by law on some entities, mainly power distribution companies, to procure a certain part of their power requirement from renewable sources. States are lagging behind in meeting their renewable purchase obligation target which is a key policy instrument to meet the goal of installing 175 gigawatt […] Read more