Tag Archives: Global Solar

Global Solar PV Capacity Surpassed 227GW in 2015 “The renewable energy transition is well underway, with solar playing a central role.” Last year was a record year for global PV installations, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest Trends in Photovoltaic Applications report, released last week. Worldwide installed capacity amounted to 51 gigawatts in 2015, up from around 40 gigawatts in ... Read More »

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 »

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 »

Solar-Cold-Storage India is the second largest producer of horticultural commodities in the world wherein 88.977 million metric tonnes of fruits and 162.887 million metric tonnes of vegetables were produced during the year 2013–14 (Indian Horticultural database 2014). A large variety of fruits are grown in India, of which mainly banana (33.4%), mango (20.7%), citrus (12.5%), papaya (6.3%), guava (4.1%), grape ... Read More »