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Adani Green Energy's Kamuthi solar plant becomes water positive

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) on Thursday said its Kamuthi solar plant in Tamil Nadu has become water positive

Finance ministry agrees to customs duty proposal on solar modules: MNRE

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that the finance ministry has agreed to its proposal to impose basic custom duty (BCD) of 40 per cent on solar modules and 20 per cent on solar cells from April 1, 2022. An office memorandum of the MNRE said the proposal "to impose BCD on solar cells and modules (without grandfathering of bid out projects) has been agreed to by the Ministry of Finance". According to the memorandum, the rate of BCD would be zero on solar modules as well as cells till March 31, 2022 and from April 1, 2022, the rate of BCD would be 40 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively. The ministry has directed to inform all RE (renewable energy) implementing agencies and other stakeholders to take note of the duty rates and to include provisions in their bid documents, so that bidders take these into account while quoting tariffs, in all bids where the last date of bid submission is subsequent to (issue of) this memorandum. It also stated that in all such

India one of world's top markets for solar energy: Int'l Solar Alliance

India is now one of the world's top markets for solar energy, a new report by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) said

India adds 3.2 GW solar capacity in 2020; lowest in 5 years: Report

India added 3,239 megawatt (MW) solar capacity in 2020, down 56 per cent from the previous year, according to a report. The adding of 3,239 MW of solar capacity was the lowest addition in five-years-time, Mercom India Research said in its report on Tuesday. "India added 3.2 GW or 3,239 MW of solar capacity in 2020, a 56 per cent decline year-over-year (YoY) compared to 7,346 MW installed in 2019," it said adding the country's total solar installed capacity was at 39 GW gigawatt (GW) as of December 2020. The large-scale solar projects accounted for 78 per cent of installations with 2,520 MW, registering a 60 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) decline. The addition of the remaining 719 MW rooftop installations was also down 22 per cent compared to the installation in 2019. Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat were the top three states for large-scale solar capacity additions, representing around 51 per cent of 2020 installations. "India's solar installations in 2020 were the lowest in

Several nations have joined India's Solar initiative: PM Modi

Modi on Tuesday said that many countries in the world have joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) initiative started by the country

NTPC commissions 5 MW solar capacity at Auraiya plant in Uttar Pradesh

State-owned NTPC on Saturday announced commissioning of 5 mega watt (MW) solar capacity at a project in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh

PM launches slew of projects in poll bound Kerala, bats for solar power

Launching a slew of projects in the power and urban sectors in poll-bound Kerala

India devoting great importance to solar energy, says PM Modi

Modi on Friday said India is devoting great importance to solar energy to ensure a stronger fight against climate change

Dealing a blow: Green policy flip-flops spook foreign investment firms

Centre calls a meeting between states, PEs, funds

IEA says India's solar energy output to match coal-fired power by 2040

Coal currently dominates India's electricity sector, accounting for over 70% of overall generation with only about 4% produced through solar

Vikram Solar commissions 140 MW solar project for power giant NTPC

The location of the project is Bilhaur, Kanpur spread across 700 acres

Tata Power Solar receives letter of award to build GSECL project

The firm has received a letter of award (LoA) to build 95 megawatt (MW) of solar photovoltaic project worth about Rs 460 crore for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL)

From rice husk to 24x7 power, Husk Power aims to continue upward journey

Husk Power Founder Manoj Sinha says the fall in prices of solar energy allowed them to offer reliable power at reasonable rates

NextEra Energy posts loss on $1.2 billion Mountain Valley pipeline charge

The natgas pipeline, owned by units of Equitrans Midstream Corp and NextEra, among others, is currently estimated to be in service by late 2021

Cabinet approves MoU with Uzbekistan for cooperation in solar energy

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in the field of solar energy. "The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of signing of Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in the field of solar energy," an official statement said. According to statement, the main area of work under the MoU is to identify research/demonstration/pilot projects between the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, India and the International Solar Energy Institute (ISEI), Uzbekistan in the mutually identified areas. These areas are solar photovoltaic, storage technologies and transfer of technology. Based on mutual agreement, both parties would work for implementation and deployment of pilot projects in International Solar Alliance (ISA) member countries.

World's largest single-site solar plant in Abu Dhabi to power lives of many

The clean, renewable energy produced here will power the daily lives of 90,000 families in the emirate

Hartek Solar commissions rooftop project at Panchkula hospital

Hartek Solar on Tuesday announced commissioning of a 50-kWp rooftop project at a hospital in Panchkula.

Hybrid renewable tariffs likely to continue at premium, says Ind-Ra

The upcoming wind-solar hybrid auctions will spark cautious optimism among independent power producers, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said

ITC pledges to meet 100% grid electricity needs from renewables by 2030

Firm has been expanding its renewable footprint over past two decades, meets 40% of its electricity needs from wind, solar and biomass; Its investment in renewable assets is about Rs 1,000 cr

Solar power tariff decline supported by structural factors: Ind-Ra

There has been a continuous decline in solar power tariffs since the start of the current financial year