In January 2018, Mercom reported that India had achieved 20 GW in cumulative solar installations, meeting the original target set for 2022. Today, that target stands at 100 GW by 2022. In the first half (1H) of calendar year (CY) 2018, India installed 4,943 MW of solar (this includes theContinue Reading
Bislett stadium, which was built between 1917 and 1922. Several championships took place here, for example the European Athletics Championship in 1946 and the Olympic Winter Games in 1952. In 2004, the old stadium was replaced by a new one. It has a soccer stadium and an athletics site. 3,500Continue Reading
Desalination processes based on renewable energy (RE) could be a solution to India’s perennial water woes. Desalination is the process of distilling sea or polluted water (called source water) using thermal (heat) or electrical energy. However, these processes have a major drawback — they consume a large amount of energy,Continue Reading
German inverter maker SMA Solar Technology is partnering with Hong Kong-based startup to assess the benefits of the SolarCoin reward for the company itself and for its customers. The partnership is aimed at assessing the feasibility of bringing a large number of photovoltaic (PV) plant owners to the SolarCoin ecosystemContinue Reading
In addition to the existing 500 megawatts (MW) plant in Surat, Waaree Energies has started manufacturing of solar panels at its new 1 gigawatt (GW) facility in Vapi. This will triple its solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing capacity. Waaree’s focus is on rooftop solar installations. It has already built aContinue Reading
Less than a year after rolling out its partner program in India, REC Group, the leading European brand for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, this week completed the first wave of training for rooftop solar installers for close to 100 companies nationwide. Active in many countries worldwide, the hugely popular RECContinue Reading
Solar power plants in India had a combined output of 25.9 billion kWh in the fiscal year through March 2018, marking a 92% year-on-year jump, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). In spite of the increase and the expansion of installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity, solar accounted for only 1.98%Continue Reading
In June 2017, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) had given its permission to Noida Power Company Limited ( NPCL) to procure up to 16 million units (MU) per annum of solar power for a 25-year period from the proposed 8 MW solar project being developed in the Jaun Samana villageContinue Reading
