Will China’s Massive 500 GW Solar Manufacturing Expansion Happen? Updated On Wed, Apr 8th, 2020 by Saurenergy One of the toughest tasks for any journalist covering the solar manufacturing sector is sorting reality from mere announcements in the hub of the industry, China. From being an outlier till early 2000’s, China has emerged as the engine of growth for the sector, in more ways than one. For unlike some other sectors, in […] Read more
Govt in Favour of Domestic Solar Manufacturing, Market not so Much Updated On Fri, Feb 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy The government is heavily indulged in promotion of domestic solar manufacturing, however, when it comes to utilisation on projects, imports are still favoured According to information relayed in a recent parliamentary discussion, the central government is heavily indulged in promotion of domestic solar manufacturing as portrayed by all the policy changes and financial incentives being […] Read more
Will the ban on ‘Blue Wafer Cell’ help in boosting the domestic solar manufacturing? Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Recently, government had imposed restrictions on the use of imported ‘blue wafer/ diffused silicon wafer’ for the manufacturing of solar PV cells, as such PV cells will not qualify under the category of domestically manufactured solar cells under various government schemes. Here’re some views and voices from the solar industry on its impact: Manish Aggarwal, […] Read more
Solar Manufacturing in India Updated On Thu, Oct 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Global Overview Globally, over 100 GW of PV capacity was installed in 2018, with China continuing to take the lead, as it added 45 GW of capacities during the year. Other countries to install large solar capacities included Europe, the U.S. and India. China is also the world’s largest producer of solar cell/module, followed by […] Read more
India Should Focus on Full Value Chain of Solar Manufacturing: TERI Updated On Fri, Aug 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy If India is to achieve its solar energy target of 100 GW by 2022, it should take up the full value chain of solar manufacturing, a new report has revealed. A new report has highlighted that if India is to achieve its solar energy target of 100 GW by 2022, it should take up the […] Read more
Still Elusive: Jumpstarting Solar Manufacturing in India Updated On Tue, Jul 16th, 2019 by Saurenergy The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rarely misses an opportunity to highlight the success of its renewable energy push, when given an opportunity. And it has good reason to do so. Besides taking installed renewable capacity (wind +solar) from barely 25 GW to an estimated 70 GW plus till now, the government has also […] Read more
Budget 2019 Live: Big Boost for finance, solar manufacturing and EV’s in Budget Updated On Fri, Jul 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy As Finance Minister N Sitharaman presents her first budget 2019 in parliament today, track the news live for anything relevant to solar, renewables and electric mobility. Sumant Sinha, CMD, Renew Power, has already drawn up a wishlist. As India awaits the #UnionBudget2019 tomorrow, our CMD @sumant_sinha shares 7 areas where the #budget can make a […] Read more
PRE-BID MEETING : SELECTION OF SOLAR POWER DEVELOPERS FOR SETTING UP OF 3GW ISTS CONNECTED SOLAR PV POWER PLANT LINKED WITH SETTING UP OF 1.5GW (PER ANNUM) SOLAR MANUFACTURING PLANT UNDER GLOBAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (PHASE-II) Updated On Wed, Feb 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy This has reference to the RfS No. SECI/C&P/RfS/1.5GW MANUFACTURING/P-2/012019 regarding the RfS Selection of Solar Power Developers for Setting up of 3GW ISTS Connected Solar PV Power Plant linked Setting up of 1.5GW (Per Annum) Solar Manufacturing Plant under Global Competitive Bidding (Phase-II). The Pre-Bid Meeting has been rescheduled as per following details Date : […] Read more
Amendment-IV: Selection of Solar Power Developers for Setting up of 10GW ISTS Connected Solar PV Power Plant Linked 3GW pa Solar Manufacturing Plant Under Global Competitive Bidding (Phase-I) Updated On Fri, Nov 2nd, 2018 by Saurenergy This has reference to the RfS No. SECI/C&P/RfS/5GW MANUFACTURING/P-1/052018 dated 25.05.2018 regarding Selection of Solar Power Developers for Setting up of 10GW ISTS Connected Solar PV Power Plant linked with 3GW (Per Annum) Solar Manufacturing Plant under Global Competitive Bidding (Phase-I). The Amendment-IV to RfS documents have been uploaded on www.tcil-india-electronictender.com (Only viewed on Microsoft Internet explorer 10.x or above browser) and […] Read more
