Growth of Indian Solar Capacity Slowing Down: Experts Updated On Mon, Dec 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy According to Bridge To India’s latest report, India’s total solar capacity touched 27.4 GW by the end of September 2018. India’s solar capacity which had been witnessing a continual growth over the last four year took a slump in 2018 because of policy challenges and struggles in execution of the projects. Vinay Rustagi, Managing Director […] Read more
Six Companies Win Bids for 550 MW Solar Capacity in UP Updated On Wed, Dec 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy Tata Power, Adani Group, and NTPC are some of the big winners in the auction which was conducted by UPNEDA. Uttar Pradesh government in its massive solar push has selected six energy major for nine projects in the state totalling a capacity of 550 MW. Ranging from a capacity of 25 MW to 100 MW […] Read more
India’s Solar Capacity Addition Slow in H1 2018: Experts Updated On Mon, Dec 17th, 2018 by Saurenergy Consulting firm Bridge To India’s latest report says that solar capacity of utility scale witnessed an addition of 1.2 GW in the said period. The unpredictability in the solar industry caused by fluctuating tenders, lackluster response to auctions coupled with the issues related to GST and safeguard duty have caused a slowdown in the July-September […] Read more
Centre Scraps 12 GW Solar Capacity Addition to be Taken up by NTPC Updated On Thu, Dec 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy Earlier government had planned to add 15 GW of solar energy capacity in the country which was to be developed by NTPC to be delivered to states bundled with thermal energy. The central government has quashed a plan to install 12 GW of solar capacity out of the 15 GW capacity that National Thermal Power […] Read more
MNRE Plans to Bid 60 GW of Solar Capacity by the Year 2020 Updated On Wed, Dec 12th, 2018 by Saurenergy Projects worth each 30 GW solar power and 10 GW wind power capacity would be bid out each in the year 2018-19 & 2019-20. To meet the target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy by the year 2022, the Ministry of New and Renewable energy aims to issue tenders for 60 GW of solar […] Read more
Surat to Have 25 MW Solar Capacity by February 2019 Updated On Mon, Nov 26th, 2018 by Saurenergy During phase one, the city administration had received 4500 applications from the residents and commercial establishment. Aiming to become the first solar city of India, Surat is poised to have 25 MW installed capacity by February 2019. Currently having 15 MW of installed capacity, the city tops the solar energy generation chart. A total of […] Read more
India’s Solar Capacity Addition to Fall by 55% in FY19 Updated On Wed, Nov 14th, 2018 by Saurenergy However, the rooftop solar market continues to register a robust performance growing at a pace of 70% annually. Renewable energy consultancy firm Bridge to India has painted a grim picture of the solar industry in the country and has claimed that the solar capacity addition in the current FY will be 55% less than it […] Read more
Punjab Solar Capacity Soars to 920 MW in August 2018 Updated On Fri, Oct 5th, 2018 by Saurenergy The State was having installed capacity of only 9 MW in February, 2012 which has escalated to 920 MW as on August 2018. The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) during 2nd Global Re-Invest 2018 said in a statement that, across government, we are talking about what is the defining issue of our generation – Climate […] Read more
Global Solar Capacity to Reach 1 TW Mark by 2023 Updated On Thu, Aug 16th, 2018 by Saurenergy China, India and Japan will account for the biggest share in the development of the capacity according to Solar Market Outlook Update for Q2 released by GTM Research. Leading information services provider in next-generation electricity systems, GTM Research declares global solar capacity to surpass 1 terawatt mark by 2023. Surprisingly, China, India and Japan will […] Read more
