India Power-led tie-up wins tender for 100 MW solar park in Albania
The Montecristi Solar power plant in Guayubin, Dominican Republic. Author: PresidenciaRD. License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
NTPC Floats Tender for 1.2 GW of ISTS-Connected Solar Projects in Maharashtra
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tendered 1,200 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed in Maharashtra.
Solar Curtailment Still an Issue for Power Developers in India
Solar project developers in the country continue to face curtailment issues and when it comes to states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, among others, the issue of curtailment is more challenging, falling somewhere between 10 and 25 percent.
Govt serious on renewable energy: JERC
Chairperson of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) M K Goel said the government is serious about promoting renewable energy. It is wrong to assume that JERC has vested interests in promoting thermal energy alone, he said.
SECI increases ceiling price for two tenders to woo developers
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has raised the ceiling price it had set for two recent innovative tenders by 10 paise per unit of power to induce more developers to bid for the projects after tepid response in previous auctions.
Draft report for UN: India set to meet 2 of its 3 Paris Agreement goals
India is well on the trajectory to achieve two of its three commitments under the Paris Agreement ahead of the 2030 deadline, the government is set to inform the global community by December. This assessment forms part of a report
ADB to grant EESL $13 mn for energy efficiency revolving fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would grant $13 million to the government-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) to set up an energy efficiency revolving fund (EERF) under a tie-up announced here on Sunday.
SV Green with two Japanese firms to set up 12 MW Waste to Energy plant in Hyderabad
Sri Venkateswara Green Power Projects Limited (SV Green), a Green Energy subsidiary company of Hyderabad-based Nettlinx, collaborating with two Japanese companies, will set up “ SVGreen 12 MW Waste to Energy
APTEL Intervenes in Ongoing Solar Tariff Dispute for 970 MW of Projects in Karnataka
In Karnataka, which is India’s top solar state, 970 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects have been saved from tariff dispute. This situation arose after the procurers and power traders could not arrive at a mutually agreed tariff
Device to store solar power in water
The renewable energy school under NB Institute for Rural Technology (NBIRT), headed by solar power expert S P Gon Chaudhuri, has come up with a prototype of an integrated machine that will store solar power in water for 24 hours.
