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Top builders rush to install solar rooftops on dipping costs, favourable govt policies Major real estate developers like DLF, Lodha, Vatika, IREO and Wadhwa Group are increasingly opting for solar rooftops on their buildings due to lower lifecycle costs, favourable state policies and a brand differentiation. While Mumbai-based real estate firm Lodha Group is running a pilot project using solar ... Read More »

Adani set to overtake Tata in solar power Armed with 648 MW of solar power plants in Tamil Nadu and many upcoming projects in other states, Adani group is all set to replace Tatas as the top solar power generation firm in the country in the next two years. As per a study done by Mercom Capital Group, 11% of ... Read More »

New technology to help thermal power generation companies quickly switch source A new technology will enable thermal power plants to start up in as little as an hour, a fraction of the 24 hours currently needed, allowing for greater integration of renewable energy sources in the national electricity production system, which now runs primarily on coal. Thermal plants retrofitted with ... Read More »

Metro to set up rooftop solar panels at 8 stations Going green in its second year of operations, Jaipur Metro has decided to set up rooftop solar panels at eight elevated stations on its 9.25-km-long corridor betweenMansarovar and Chandpole. The power generated by 200-kWp ‘Rooftop Solar Power Plant’ will be used to meet the requirements at the stations and would ... Read More »

Narendra Modi government looks at ashrams to harness solar power The sun may be nature’s measureless bounty, but the government feels a little help from spiritual gurus can go a long way in making mortals realise its value. In a bid to promote its target of creating 40,000MW of rooftop solar power capacity, the Union new and renewable energy ministry ... Read More »

India takes U.S. renewable energy dispute to the WTO India has complained to the World Trade Organization about support given to the renewable energy industry in eight U.S. states, the WTO said in a statement on Monday. The complaint alleges the states of Washington, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware and Minnesota prop up their renewables sector with illegal subsidies ... Read More »

Modi govt looks at ashrams to harness solar power Gurus Being Roped In For Green Energy The sun may be nature’s measureless bounty, but the government feels a little help from spiritual gurus can go a long way in making mortals realise its value. In a bid to promote its target of creating 40,000MW of rooftop solar power capacity, the ... Read More »

Switching to solar plants gets easier In Lucknow Uttar Pradesh It will be easier to switch over to solar power plant for consumers willing to do so. Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (Lesa) has done away with the shortage of net meters, the special device needed to record both export and import of power generation from and to the grid. Lucknow ... Read More »

Tata Power Solar CEO: 100 GW of solar is just the beginning for India pv magazine caught up with Ashish Khanna, executive director and CEO of Tata Power Solar, at the Renewable Energy India expo to talk rooftop challenges, China’s influence, local manufacturing and the longer-term aspirations of the Indian solar market. Since acquiring Welspun, Tata Power is now India’s ... Read More »

U.N. chief tolls bell for climate change skeptics U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that climate change scepticism is over, the day after the United States joined China to ratify the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions. Climate change skeptics dispute the widely held understanding that excessive levels of emissions in the atmosphere cause global warming and harm the ... Read More »