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Renewable Energy Industry Reactions on Interim Budget 2019

The industry was expecting a policy direction from the government to promote manufacturing, especially in the renewable energy sector in the background of the jobs crisis, which India faces. Surprisingly, this was completely missing from the budget, says Amit Gupta, Vikram Solar. India’s renewable energy industry was expecting lot of things from the present Modi […]

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BHEL to Set Up EV Charging Points on Delhi-Chandigarh Highway

India is pushing for greater use of electric vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution and cut dependence on oil imports. State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has announced that it will set up a network of solar-based electric vehicle chargers (SEVC) on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway.  “The establishment of EV chargers at regular intervals over the entire […]

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Rooftop Solar: Democratising Power Generation – One Roof at a Time

Rooftop solar was the fastest-growing segment within India’s renewable energy sector last year, but it is still not growing fast enough. Capacity adwdition in rooftop solar stood at around 870 megawatt (MW) in 2017, a far cry from the ambitious target of 5,000 MW for FY 2017-18. As of December 2017, cumulative rooftop solar installed […]

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NTPC signs Agreement with EV Aggregators for Developing Charging Infra

The agreement signed between Ola, Lithium, Shuttl, Bikxie, Bounce, Electrie and Zoom Car and NTPC will lead to development of charging infrastructure. To increase the availability of public EV charging infrastructure, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with Vehicle Aggregators for development and utilization of the facility. The agreement signed between Ola, […]

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India’s Solar Race toward Next Decade

Buoyed by the quite impressive performance of India’s renewable energy sector and especially in the solar space in recent years, the Government of India took a daring move and revised its ambitious renewable energy targets from 175 GW to 227 GW by 2022. Following the move, it also aimed to auction 40 GW of renewable […]

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Industry Splits on DGTR’s Proposed Imposition of Safeguard Duty

Safeguard duty is bound to ensure an even playing field for both domestic and imported products, says Sunil Rathi. The solar industry has divided into two parts after the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended, recently, imposition of safeguard duty for two years on imports of solar cell from China and Malaysia. It […]

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Solar Power Barriers in Delhi Metro to Cut Noise, Generate Power

The installation of solar power units on the Okhla Vihar and Jasola Vihar metro stations will help DMRC generate 1 MWp solar energy apart from acting as noise barriers on the elevated corridor. In a first, the Delhi Metro is going to install solar power sound barriers on its elevated corridors that not only would […]

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