Solar Panel

Currently, the rooftop-subsidy programmes run by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy require consumers to bear about 60 per cent of the costs

Tongwei Co, the top global producer of polysilicon, a key solar material, saw earnings more than triple in the first nine months to 21.7 billion yuan ($3 billion) as prices soared

Sri Lanka intends to seek an Indian or Chinese credit line for the purchase of solar panels as a solution to mitigate the high cost of electricity tariffs, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Tuesday amid calls by the influential Buddhist clergy to protest against the rising electricity price. We have the problem of foreign exchange, making it difficult to pay for imports. One solution we have to think is to have a credit line from India or China as panels are imported from them," Wijesekara told parliament. In August, Sri Lanka hiked the electricity tariff by an average of 75 per cent, after nine years. The government is facing criticism from the Buddhist clergy, who claim that their monthly bills had reached unbearable levels. The influential Buddhist clergy has called on the public not to pay the electricity bills in protest. Wijesekara said there are over 48,000 consumer connections for religious places. Over 15,000 of them were consuming less than 30 units

Spending on research and training of solar panel technicians (suryamitras) was halved in 2022-23 compared to 2019-20

In a rooftop solar plant, solar panels are mounted on top of a residential or commercial building

Biden will issue a proclamation on Monday that will allow solar panels to be imported to the US from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam without risk of tariffs

California regulators may lower the incentives for people to go solar in a bid to reduce electricity bills for the rest of residents in the most populous US state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed India's renewable energy landscape with the head of a prominent US-based manufacturer of solar panels.

Domestic manufacturers could end up getting barely 3-5 per cent of the sale value of their solar cells and modules as incentives through this scheme

India imports close to 90 per cent of its solar cells and module demand, of which 80 per cent is from China

The United States in January 2018 imposed duties on solar panel imports beginning at 30% and expected to drop to 15% by 2021

Made-in-India solar panels might not be the most competitive, but what might work in the country's favour is the strategic shift in the priorities of companies post Covid

India has set a target to raise renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatts by 2022

Imports of components used in solar industry have increased as India launched an ambitious national solar policy named Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in January 2010

The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practises and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers with regard to foreign producers and exporters

These observations have been made by Parliament Standing Committee on Commerce in its report on impact of Chinese goods on Indian industry

The state government targets to generate 70 Mw exclusively from rooftop solar projects by 2022

Electric avenues that can transmit the sun's energy onto power grids may be coming to a city near you

To develop 50 MW canal top and canal bank projects