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International Solar Alliance

A World Solar Bank and India’s Solar Ambitions.

In the past week, talk of a World Solar Bank, midwifed by the International Solar Alliance (ISA), Prime Minister Modi’s biggest foreign policy initiative has picked pace again. The ISA, whose overarching mandate can be considered the raising of 1 trillion dollars to build, spread and sustain  solar energy worldwide, with special attention to the […]

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NTPC Secures another PMC Contract to Develop 500 MW Solar Park in Mali

Adding more heft to its renewable ambitions to transition from a coal burning major, the country’s largest power generation utility NTPC has secured another Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract for the development of 500 MW solar park in the Republic of Mali under the ISA initiative. This is the second project where a central PSU […]

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Solar Rooftop: Over to the States

The Missing Player Rooftop Solar. Right up till 2014, when India shifted gears in solar with an ambitious new target and a new focus on utility scale solar, solar usually meant rooftop solar, or even solar water heaters and other distributed solar products. And this was not because we had a lot of rooftop solar […]

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NTPC to Help Develop Solar Projects Worth 283 MW in Togo

NTPC has been selected as the Project Management Consultant (PMC) for development about 283 MW solar power Projects in Togo. NTPC has been selected as the PMC for development about 283 MW solar power Projects in Togo. And the PSU has now been provided with the letter of engagement for the development of the projects […]

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Technique Solaire Commission Second Solar Project in India

Technique Solaire has successfully commissioned its second project in India. The solar plant, with a total output of 27 MWp is spread over 40 hectares. French solar solutions provider, Technique Solaire has announced that it has successfully commissioned its second project in India, in Maharashtra. Built on the territory of the villages of Ratnapur and […]

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India Extends $75 mn LOC to Cuba for Solar Projects

India has extended a LOC of USD 75 million to Cuba for financing solar projects after the agreement between Exim Bank and Banco Exterior De Cuba came into effect. India has extended a line of credit (LOC) of USD 75 million (Rs 500 crore) to Cuba for financing solar projects. An agreement signed between Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) […]

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The Potholes of 2019 for India’s Solar Drive

Looking back at 2019, there is absolutely no doubt today, that it has not been a memorable year for Solar power in India. Generators or manufacturers. With a closing installation figure of barely 7 GW as tracked by us, almost every hope from 2018 has been belied. The bad part? Some of the biggest obstacles […]

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India Extends LOCs for two Solar Projects in Guinea

India has extended Line of Credits for two solar projects in Guinea. The development of solar projects reflected Guinea’s commitment to ISA. India has extended Line of Credits for two solar projects in Guinea. The agreements were exchanged in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Guinean counterpart Mamadi Toure. The two countries […]

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IFC, NADB Provide $200 mn Loan for Solar Project in Mexico

IFC and NADB will provide USD 200 million in green loans to IEnova, to finance four solar power plants with a total capacity of 376 MW across Mexico. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the North American Development Bank (NADB) will provide USD 200 million in green loans […]

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