SECI Announces List of Successful Bidders for Its 97.5 MW Rooftop Solar Tender

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced the list of successful bidders selected for its 97.5 MW rooftop solar tender. | Continue reading


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SECI Announces RfS for 1.2 GW Wind-Solar Hybrid Tender

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued the request for selection (RfS) for setting up 1,200 MW of interstate transmission-connected ... | Continue reading


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Solar’s Share in India’s Total Installed Power Mix Reaches 9.6% at the Endof2019

Renewable energy (including large hydro) accounted for almost 36% of India’s total power capacity mix at the end of the calendar year (CY) 2019, according .. | Continue reading


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New Deadline for BIS Certification of Solar Inverters Is June 30, 2020

The MNRE has issued a notification stating that the deadline for the self-certification of solar inverters has once again been extended by six months. | Continue reading


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Solar Projects Helping Generate Income, Create Jobs, New Skills in Rural Areas

The development of large solar power projects in rural areas usually gets a bad rap as they are associated with issues like land grabbing, deforestation ... | Continue reading


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Tmeic and Sungrow Led the Solar Inverter Supplier Leaderboard in 1H 2019

In 1H 2019, TMEIC emerged as the top supplier of solar inverters to the Indian market with a market share of approximately 20% while Sungrow came in ... | Continue reading


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Indian Solar Industry Optimistic Going into 2020

After a somewhat disappointing year, the domestic solar industry’s hopes are pinned on 2020. Towards the end of 2019, Mercom revised its estimates for ... | Continue reading


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A New Formula Reveals Bifacial Solar Modules Can Generate 15% to 20% More Power

Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a new thermodynamic formula, which reveals that bifacial solar cells make the double-sided panels... | Continue reading


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India’s Wind Sector Failed to Gain Speed in 2019

The wind energy sector, along with the rest of the renewable energy industry, has been facing multiple challenges on various fronts over the past few ... | Continue reading


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Maharashtra’s 1,350 MW Solar Auction Receives Poor Response

MSEDCL had floated 30 district wise tenders on August 31, 2019, to procure 1,350 MW of solar power in 30 circles with project sizes ranging from 25 MW to ... | Continue reading


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Court Asks Andhra DISCOMs to Clear Solar and Wind Power Dues in a Month

Coming down heavily on the state distribution companies, the Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amravati has directed the Andhra Pradesh DISCOMs to clear the ... | Continue reading


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Rajasthan Targets 30 GW of Solar Capacity by 2025 in Its New Policy

Rajasthan has released its Solar Energy Policy, 2019, which aims to achieve a target of 30 GW of solar power by financial year (FY) 2024-25. | Continue reading


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2019: A Lost Year for India’s Solar Sector

The year largely failed to live up to the expectations with solar installations expected to cross 7 GW for the year. Inconsistent policy implementation, ... | Continue reading


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35GW of Solar Installed, 65GW More to Go for India to Reach Its 100GW Target

Total solar installations in India have crossed the 35 GW mark, according to Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker. The country has a goal of reaching ... | Continue reading


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India Added 5.4 GW of Solar in 9M 2019, with 2.2 GW Installed in Q3 2019

According to Mercom India Research’s newly released Q3 2019 India Solar Market Update, solar installations in India increased 44% in Q3 2019 reaching ... | Continue reading


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Solar Developer Approaches Aptel Against Andhra Govt’s Move to Reduce PPA Tariff

A solar developer has approached the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), requesting it to intervene in the state’s proceedings in the matter. | Continue reading


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Lender Can Substitute Promoter in Case of Solar: Amended Guidelines

The Ministry of Power has amended the competitive bidding guidelines for the procurement of power from grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. | Continue reading


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India’s Solar Capacity Reaches 30 GW Milestone

Solar installations in India have reached 30 GW according to preliminary figures from Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker. | Continue reading


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Duties and Tariffs Piling Up in the Indian Renewable Industry

India’s total renewable energy installations stand at around 75 GW, of which wind energy accounts for more than 35 GW, followed by solar energy, which has Trade cases in clean energy already have a history in India with the first antidumping case filed at the end of 2012. | Continue reading


@mercomindia.com | 5 years ago

Low Power Demand – Ujala Which Has Cut Down Peak Power Demand by 9 GW

Reduced power demand has been an issue for some time in India and it has been blamed largely on financially challenged DISCOMs (utility companies). One of While energy efficiency is good for the environment it also means reduced demand for power generation including solar and win … | Continue reading


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Investment in Indian Solar Sector Dips to $9.8B in 2018

In 2018, investments in the Indian solar sector totaled approximately $9.8 billion compared to 2017, in which almost $11.5 billion flowed into the Indian total investment reached almost $10 billion as the upstream activity increased due to investments in new manufacturing facilit … | Continue reading


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Malaysia’s Petronas Acquires Singapore’s Distributed Solar Company Amplus Energy

Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, PETRONAS, has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Amplus Energy Solutions Pte Ltd (M+). In a media In a media statement issued by PETRONAS, the company stated that it has entered into an agreement with I Squared capital to acqu … | Continue reading


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China Eyes One Belt One Road Initiative to Expand Renewable Energy

China plans to utilize its ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative to expand renewable energy along the economic belt. According to China’s National nking of renewables to the OBOR initiative may act as a facelift and evince interest from countries that had initially oppose … | Continue reading


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Global Solar Market Receives $2.8B in Corporate Funding in Q1 2019

The solar sector received $2.8 billion in corporate funding globally, including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing. Activity Activity across venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing were up 10% in Q1 2019, compared to Q1 of 2018. | Continue reading


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MNRE Issues Draft Guidelines for Grouping Solar PV Inverters for Testing in Labs

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued draft guidelines for series approval (grouping) of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters to conduct As the inverters are of varying sizes, ratings and type the inverters in each category are to be grouped for submitting sampl … | Continue reading


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Solar Auctions Plummeted While Tender Activity Soars in March 2019

Solar auction activity in March plummeted to 750 MW, which was approximately one-fourth of the capacity auctioned in the previous month. | Continue reading


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Toxic Air Killed 1.2M Indians in 2017: Report

Air pollution is estimated to have caused nearly 4.9 million deaths in 2017 with India and China accounting for 1.2 million each, which was the highest in Breathing polluted air increases a person’s chances of developing heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infection … | Continue reading


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Market Leaders in India’s Solar Industry

In 2018, India was again the third largest solar market behind China and the United States with 8.3 GW of solar PV capacity installed in the year. | Continue reading


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Solar Installations in India Reach 6.6 GW in the First Nine Months of 2018

India’s solar installations have reached 6.6 GW year-to-date with large-scale projects making up 5,382 MW and rooftop installations accounting for 1,240 MW. | Continue reading


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