Azure Power wins 50 MW in India’s largest rooftop PV allocation
Azure Roof Power, a subsidiary of Azure Power, will install solar panels on Indian government buildings across 10 states, after winning the right to build 50 MW of PV capacity in an auction held by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
Moser Baer Solar asks Indian central bank to postpone loan repayment
Troubled PV module supplier Moser Baer Solar (MBSL) has asked the Central Bank of India to postpone its loan repayment schedule on claims that its business prospects have been damaged by a deluge of cheap Chinese PV modules that have flooded into the Indian market.
Vikram Solar commissions 80 MW in Gujarat, India
Vikram Solar has completed 80 MW of PV at two sites in Gujarat under India’s National Solar Mission.
Interview: India’s storage market readies the ground for growth
The executive director of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) Rahul Walawalkar, talks to pv magazine about India’s vast energy storage potential ahead of next week’s World Energy Storage Day.
PID, soiling and module degradation in hot climates
PID in India: In the cost-conscious Indian solar sector, ensuring reliable power output should be the number one priority. However, an example of one solar farm suffering from the ill-effects of under-performing modules, installation malpractice and unsatisfactory maintenance shows how corner cutting from the outset is more damaging in the long run.
Adani to begin work on 170 MW Australia project
A unit of Indian conglomerate Adani will start building the first 65 MW phase of a planned 170 MW solar installation in the Australian state of Queensland by the end of this year.
India: 2.2 MW of rooftop PV comes online on three public buildings in northern India
Rooftop PV solutions are becoming more popular among Indian public entities, as the National Solar Mission moves forward.
India: NTPC closes in on 1 GW renewable goal
Three new solar PV projects totaling 433 MW are under implementation and are expected to be finished by the end of the year, taking NTPC’s 2017 renewables installation tally to 1 GW.
Will Piyush Goyal bring his solar experience to make Indian railways green?
Former Indian minister of new and renewable energy Piyush Goyal, who has now been appointed as new minister of Indian railways after a cabinet reshuffle, may use his experience to implement the railways’ 1 GW solar plan.
Increasing prices of imported PV modules may put at risk 3.2 GW of solar projects in India, ICRA
The Indian ratings agency estimates that prices of imported panels increased by 15% over the last three months, thus endangering PV projects planned to sell power below INR 3.5/kWh.
