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Applications & Installations
India’s solar rooftop progress still dismal India’s solar rooftop sector continues to disappoint, with the first quarter of FY 2018-2019 achieving just 155.77 MW against the 1,000 MW EoY target.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jul 16, 2018
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Applications & Installations
India: 750 MW Rewa solar project starts supplying power The 750 MW Rewa solar power project, one of the world’s largest single-site solar power plants, has started operations.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jul 09, 2018
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Applications & Installations
India: ACME Solar wins 600 MW project at lowest ever Indian tariff ACME Solar has bagged a 600 MW solar PV project in a reverse auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) at a tariff of Rs 2.44 (US$0.036) per unit.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jul 04, 2018
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Markets & Policy
President Elect, GSC talks about new ISA partnership, plans for global solar promotion In a significant development, two major international solar coalitions – the Global Solar Council (GSC) and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) – signed an MoU for the cooperation and collaboration of solar growth in all ISA-member countries. Pranav Mehta from the GSC talks to pv magazine about the move.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 27, 2018
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Applications & Installations
India moots world’s largest solar tender – of 100 GW If implemented, the huge tendering exercise would dwarf anything that has gone before it. Minister explains bidding will also include solar manufacturing and storage elements.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 22, 2018
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Applications & Installations
Is India’s 225 GW renewables target achievable? There was incredulity in some quarters as the federal government raised its renewables ambition another 22%, but the stellar performance of the past four years points to the new target being a realizable one.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 20, 2018
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Technology & Products
India issues EoI for establishment of PV module manufacturing units India-based Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has invited an expression of interest (EoI) for the establishment of manufacturing facilities for the production of solar cells and crystalline silicon (c-si) modules (conventional/flexible) in India.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 19, 2018
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Applications & Installations
Lightsource BP completes first Indian solar project Lightsource BP has announced the completion of its first solar project in India. The 60 MWp solar farm is located in Wagdari, Maharashtra.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 19, 2018
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Technology & Products
SECI launches tender for manufacturing capacity The government’s Solar Energy Commission of India (SECI) has tendered 5 GW of solar manufacturing capacity to be set up across the country. The capacity will be linked to grid-connected PV projects with the plants developed on a build-own-operate basis.
Preeti Verma Lal
Jun 07, 2018
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