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CEL Floats Tender For Web Based Centralised Solar Monitoring System

The last date for bid submission is June 10, 2019 The Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has invited bids from eligible bidders for commissioning of a web-based centralised solar monitoring system. The scope of the contract includes the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the web-based centralised solar monitoring system with a warranty. The selected bidder […]

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Solar Prosumers in Goa Get Faulty Bills, Still Awaits Subsidy Payment

After spending lakhs of rupees on rooftop solar installations, solar prosumers (producers and consumers of solar power) are now distressed as the electricity department failed to account for the solar power that their plants have been supplying to the grid. Receiving their first bills after a period of six months since their solar installations were […]

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MES Issues Tender For 500 kW Solar Plant in Jamnagar

The last date for submission of bids is June 20, 2019 The Military Engineer Services has issued a tender, seeking bids from eligible parties to develop 500 kW solar PV power plant at the MIL station in Jamnagar. The scope of work for the selected bidders will include the design,  supply, installation, testing and commissioning […]

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NISE Offering Programme on Prospects For Startups in Solar Sector

The programme will be held from June 10, 2019, to June 14, 2019, at the NISE campus and seats will be allotted on a first come first serve basis. The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), in line with the Startup India Initiative […]

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Discom-Driven Rooftop Solar Program Approved in Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has approved a DISCOM-driven solar rooftop program proposed by the Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APEPDCL). APEPDCL had filled a petition with the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) seeking approval for the implementation of a discom driven solar rooftop program devised under the technical assistance […]

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Missing The Sunshine – Mini Grids in India

Even as the solar story develops in India, there is a part of the sector that has quietly been working and making an impact in its own way. Yes, Mini Grids and even micro grids, in the limited opportunities they have had in the country, have made a strong case for themselves. Serving areas that […]

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Over Rs 150 Crore Rooftop Solar Power Scam Surfaces in JAKEDA

A multi-crore scam has surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA). Solar Projects worth Rs 155 crore for supply, installation and commissioning of roof top solar power plants were allotted to 10 firms without any tenders while the 14 other firms which qualified in the tendering process got just Rs 42.35 crore contract, […]

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PGCIL Proposes Evacuation System For Potential Solar, Wind Farms in the Western Zone

The Powergrid Corporation of India (PGCIL) recently came up with a detailed proposal for developing a transmission system for the evacuation of power from potential solar and wind energy zones in the western region. The corporation agreed on the proposal during the first Western Region Standing Committee on Transmission (WRSCT) meeting. Subsequently, a petition was […]

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MNRE Approves Connection of Old Off-Grid Solar Plants to the Grid

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), acting on requests made by implementing agencies has allowed old off-grid solar power plants to be connected to the grid wherever possible. State nodal agencies and/or implementing agencies under the off-grid and decentralised solar PV applications programme had requested the ministry for allowing the connection of the […]

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