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NVVN Issues EPC Tender For Developing Rooftop Solar Projects

NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), a subsidiary of the NTPC has now issued a tender seeking EPC players to develop rooftop solar projects of the company. NVVN, has planned to develop several rooftop solar projects across India on government and private buildings. The tender mandated developing these projects and also taking care of Operations […]

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Karnataka, Gujarat Maintain Lead Among States On Clean Electricity Transition

Karnataka and Gujarat continued to showcase their leadership in the progress toward the clean energy transition, a new joint report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ember shows. This marks the second year of IEEFA and Ember collaboration on the Indian States’ Electricity Transition (SET) report, which evaluates the clean […]

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Solar Finance Startup Metafin Gets $5 Million Funding

Metafin, a leading cleantech-focused NBFC, has successfully raised $5 million in equity funding, led by Prime Venture Partners and Varanium Capital. This investment backs Metafin’s approach to accelerating rooftop solar adoption and financing in rural India. Metafin plans to utilize funds to expand across states, grow its loan book, enhance its technology and IoT stack, […]

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Yearly Review: India Added More Coal Power Than Wind In 2023

The latest analysis of the government’s monthly capacity addition reports revealed that India added more coal power than wind energy in the calendar year 2023. A comparison of the monthly installed capacity reports of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) by Saur Energy revealed that India added 4 Gigawatt (GW) of net coal power in 2023. […]

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Top 5 Implications of India’s New Rooftop Solar Scheme

PM Modi’s announcement of Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana, has energised industry, with hopes high for a massive impetus to rooftop solar from the scheme. From more funding and subsidies, to opportunities and jobs, the scheme holds potential to be a real gamechanger. We list the top 5 ways it will change the solar landscape in India. […]

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Financial Impact of Mitigation Policies Centered on Deep Decarbonization Most Severe on These States

The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) has released a paper reflecting on ‘Deep De-decarbonization and Regional Equity’ and regional imbalances in India with respect to Variable Renewable Energy. The insightful report has been authored by Sanjay Mitra and Rohan Chandra from the School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi. Impact on states The […]

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Solar Feeders Promise To Fulfil Solar Targets in Agriculture

Radheshyam Singh is a marginal farmer from Noorsarai in the Nalanda district of Bihar. While a few farmers from the district have availed the benefits of off-grid solar pumps for irrigation in the past, Radheshyam and most of the farmers in the neighbourhood still depend on the grid. However, dependency on the grid for irrigation […]

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12 States Now Host India’s 50 Solar Parks

Recent data from Lok Sabha shared by the Union Minister of New and Renewable Minister RK Singh indicated that solar parks have made its entry to 12 Indian states. At the same time, it is still a non-starter in many other states.  A written reply by the minister said that these 12 states now host […]

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Five Major Challenges India Can Face in Lithium Mining

In the latest development, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) indicated the presence of a large deposit of Lithium in the Degana region of Rajasthan’s Nagaur district. It is the second largest critical mineral discovery after the GSI discovered another significant source in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in February this year. While […]

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