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Adani Solar Energy commissions 150 MW solar power project in Kutchh

With the commissioning of this project, AGEL now has total renewable capacity of 14,795 MW including 11,670 MW awarded and under implementation projects

India to propose creation of World Solar Bank at ISA's next summit

Global competition to decide which country will host the $10 billion bank

Solar energy firms in SEZs pitch for equalisation levy on domestic supplies

The industry is pushing for an equalisation levy of 1-2 per cent on solar equipment supplied to the domestic market from SEZ units, whereas the BCD could be in the range of 15-20 per cent

Solar funding sees a 25% drop but oil and gas firms among top acquirers

Oil and gas majors were the major acquirers of solar assets in 1H 2020 accounting for 45 per cent or about 6.5 GW of acquisitions during the period

Customs duty on solar equipment may hit SEZ manufacturing units: Experts

Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh on Thursday said his ministry has proposed to impose basic custom duty (BCD) from August 1, this year on solar equipment

Govt considers imposing customs duty on solar equipment from August

India does not now levy a customs tax on imports of solar cells and modules, most of which come from China

Safeguard Duty drags India's solar target down this year as imports fall

With project developers cutting down on projects, heat is felt by panel manufacturers as well

India set to achieve 20 GW solar energy capacities this fiscal itself: Govt

India is close to achieving 20 GW grid connected installed solar power generation capacity this fiscal itself with 19.58GW already in hand till February end, Parliament was informed today. "As on February 28, 2018, a grid connected solar capacity of 19.58 GW has been installed and the government is very close to achieving 20GW in 2017-18 itself of the the target set initially," Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said in a written reply to Lok Sabha today. The government had revised the target of grid connected solar energy capacities from 20GW to 100GW by 2022. However, the minister said that at present, the indigenous manufacturing capacity is not adequate and therefore the country is dependent on both imported as well as domestically manufactured solar panels/equipments. The government has decided auction 30 GW solar energy capacities each in 2018-19 and 2019-20 to achieve 100 GW grid connected capacities by 2022. Besides, the government would also auction 10 GW