Banks – Are you slowing clean energy adoption Fact: In India, Clean energy adoption is being slowed down by lack of financing products on the ground. Industrial, institutional as well as residential buyers have almost no avenues for smooth financing of clean energy solutions. Anyone who is out there knocking on doors, encouraging users to switch to solar – has ... Read More »
Low-income families join solar revolution with help of California NGO If you were to make a list of the poorest areas in Los Angeles, somewhere on that list would be Bertha Dortch’s neighbourhood in Inglewood. The 68-year-old is on a fixed income, but she’s chosen to take in her great-granddaughter and two foster children. On hot days, she faces difficult choices ... 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 »
India gets Power Ministry boost for solar and renewables State discoms will have to mandatorily draw at least 2.75% of their total power consumption from solar plants in the current fiscal, according to the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) norms laid down by the power ministry. States will have to increase the share of solar power to 4.75% in 2017-18 and ... Read More »
Power cuts in India: Solar can be the solution Despite the power ministry’s claims that 26 states out of 32 in the union have zero power deficit, rural india has been experience substantial power cuts, some spanning more than an hour, serveral times during a month. For serverval months the power ministry’ website vidyutpravah. in has been reporting zero power ... Read More »
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MNRE blames banks for slow progress of solar agri pumps adoption The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has blamed banks’ insistence for collateral security for the poor adoption of solar water pumps in the country. India has about 20 million agricultural pumps that work on electricity (supplied free) and another 7 million that run on diesel. The government of India ... Read More »
Electricity sector is the largest contributor of greenhouse gases The Electricity sector involves the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions from the sector, but smaller amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are also emitted. These gases are released during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as ... Read More »
Tata Power set to buy Welspun’s wind, solar assets valued at $1.45 billion Tata Power, the country’s largest integrated power utilities company, looks set to acquire the renewable energy assets of the diversified Welspun Group, valuing the 1152 MW or 1.15 GW portfolio of operational and almost ready solar and wind farms at close to $1.45 billion, inclusive of its ... Read More »
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