The Government has set a target of installing 40 GW of grid connected rooftop solar capacity in the country including Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) by year 2022. As per the Delhi Solar Policy, 2016 notified by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, target has been set for installation of 1 GW of…
Imposition of 95 percent safeguard duty has been demanded by Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) on imports of solar cells and modules. This imposition has been raised to protect the domestic players from cheap inbound shipments. On the issue held today, the manufacturers association put the demand forward when a public hearing was held under…
Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi who heads the cabinet committee on economic affairs has given its approval for the execution of Phase-III of Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV (Photo Voltaic) Application Programme. This programme aims at achieving additional 118 Mega Watt peak (MWp) that is the off-grid solar PV capacity by 2020. The components…
To reduce the fears of an adverse impact on India’s solar energy programme, caused due to the proposed 70 percent safeguard duty, RK Singh, the Power Minister, released a statement on Wednesday that government would revise the bidding rules to allow pass-through of duty hike. He also added that the government would assure that the…
In a world which is struggling to strike balance between its exhaustible energy reserves and the needs of the society conservation is a crucial concern. The cries of scientists calling for smarter energy consumption decisions seems to have finally ring a bell with the public, who is now fast opting for more sustainable appliances and…
Any college you attend, no matter where it is in the world, has to attend to its energy costs. For the individual homeowner, you know that this is a massive portion of your monthly bills. But for universities, it’s even more substantial. Entire computer labs are open 24 hours a day, water heaters power locker…
“Suryaputra” The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, fondly named countries belonging to the Torrid Zone or the area between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, Suryaputra or ‘Sons of the Sun’ leading to the advent of the International Solar Alliance. It is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them Sunshine countries, that…
India’s economy is rapidly growing with an ever-increasing demand for electricity. Renewable energy is the new and rapidly advancing field and is likely to support the growing electricity requirement of the country. With the depleting sources of conventional energy such as coal and increasing levels of pollution associated with the power generation by burning fossils…
