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Sri Lanka To Purchase 75% Equipment from India For India-funded Projects

Recently, we reported that India extended a USD 100 million Line of Credit (LOC) to Sri Lanka for various solar energy projects. Now, for those solar projects, Sri Lanka will purchase the equipment and materials from India itself. That USD 100 million LOC is a 15-year loan of a fixed rate of 1.75% and that […]

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Australia Pulls Back On $36 Billion Renewable and Hydrogen Project

The Australian government has rejected a huge wind, solar, and hydrogen project worth AUD 36 billion located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The renewable project Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) has been called “clearly unacceptable” by Environment Minister Sussan Ley. Sussan Ley declared the  decision in a release published on Australia‘s environment department’s […]

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“Policymakers Must Incentivise States to Phase Out Old Thermal Plants and Adopt RE to Replace Them,” – Anand Desai, Managing Director, Anupam Rasayan

Gujarat-headquartered chemical manufacturing company Anupam Rasayan announced last month that it had invested Rs 43 crore to set up a 12.5 MW captive solar power plant to help the company rationalise energy costs through an estimated saving of around Rs 10 crore per annum for the next 25 years. The firm, which has completed a […]

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After Capacity Battle, Shifting Renewables’ Focus to Generation Key, Says REN21

Even though renewables added 83% of new power capacity in 2020, their share in global electricity generation increased by only 2.7%, shows a new report by REN21, a think tank and a multi stakeholder governance group focused on renewable energy policy. The Renewables 2021 Global Status Report finds that despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, renewable […]

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ICRA Places 4 GW Projects At Risk Of Escalations Due To Higher Import Costs

The hiked prices of imported solar PV modules by nearly 15-20% over the last 4-5 months, may impact the returns of solar power project developers.  According to a recent release by the independent rating agency ICRA, the price rise in imported solar modules has been mainly caused due to anincrease in the price of polysilicon, […]

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NCRTC Partners with SECI to Use Renewable Energy in Delhi-Meerut Corridor

In an effort to promote India’s sustainability development goals (SDGs), thus encouraging the use of renewable energy in the transportation sector the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) have signed a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) to harness blended renewable energy for Delhi-Meerut RRTS (Regional rapid transit system) corridor.  […]

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Sungrow Partners With UCC for Distribution In Bangladesh

Leading global inverter solution supplier, Sungrow has today announced its partnership with United Computer Center (UCC) to enhance the company’s distribution networks for commercial & industrial, residential inverters in Bangladesh. Sungrow has a wide portfolio of products for applications in distributed generation markets covering product verticals within commercial and industrial, as well as residential inverters. […]

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Maharashtra Can Save 75,000 Cr Through Energy Transition Over the Decade

Surplus electricity generation capacity, air pollution regulations, and cheap renewable energy offer Maharashtra an opportunity to save Rs.16,000 crore in 5 years, and over Rs.75,000 crore in the coming decade, says a report released by Climate Risk Horizons.  According to the report entitled, ‘Maharashtra’s Energy Transition-A 75,000 cr. savings opportunity’, as one of India’s most advanced […]

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Delhi’s 2041 Draft Master Plan Foresees 50 Percent Energy From Renewables

Delhi’s Draft Master Plan (MPD 2041) for the next two decades was formally release for public feedback and attention . The MPD is relevant, simply because it lays the roadmap for the city’s development for the next two decades. Previous masterplans have suffered various amendments and changes, almost all driven by political necessities. Basic necessities, […]

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