Cumulative Solar Installations in India cross 8.6 GW

October 2016

Cumulative solar installations in India have reached 8,643 MW as of September 2016. Mercom is forecasting solar installations to reach approximately ...

Tags: Cumulative solar installations, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group, Solar power, Must run, Solar projects

Sterling and Wilson acquires 51% stake in STC Group

June 2016

Sterling and Wilson (S&W), part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group and one of India´s leading Solar EPC with over 1,000 MW of solar projects ...

Tags: Sterling and Wilson, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Solar EPC, Solar Projects, STC Power, Gas Power Plant, Power Generation Projects

Coal auctions, solar plan

June 2016

Speaking to Bloomberg TV India, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said he plans to seek approval for the next round of coal auctions....

Tags: Bloomberg TV India, Piyush Goyal, Coal, Fossil fuel, Solar projects

SunEdison, Adani miss March 31 commissioning deadline in TN

May 2016

Some projects of SunEdison and Adani Power, both of which are building solar projects in Tamil Nadu, have technically missed the March 31 deadline fo...

Tags: SunEdison, Adani Power, Building Solar Projects, Tamil Nadu, Kathiravan, Rooftop Plants

Govt may surpass solar projects target in FY16

February 2016

The government is confident of receiving bids for 3,000 MW of solar projects this financial year against the set target of 2,000 MW....

Tags: Solar projects, Tarun Kapoor, Fortum Energy, Renewable Energy, Finnish solar power

Reliance Group to develop solar park in Rajasthan

December 2015

Billionaire Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group will develop a 6,000 megawatt Solar Power Park in Rajasthan, a plan that has potential to attract an inves...

Tags: Anil Ambani, Reliance Group, Solar Power Park, Solar Projects, Solar Power Generation, Telecom, Roads, Financial Services, Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation

Govt eases VGF norms for grid-connected solar projects

November 2015

The government has decided to ease norms for releasing viability gap funding (VGF) under a scheme for setting up 1,000-MW grid-connected solar projec...

Tags: VGF, Solar Projects, Grid Connected, PSU, MNRE

Make in India has created a revolution in the RE sector

October 2015

Kuldeep Kumar Jain, COO-EPC, Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd, believes that the future is bright and the opportunity immense for India to become a global leader...

Tags: Kuldeep Kumar Jain, Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd, Solar Sector, Renewable Energy, DCR, Narendra Modi, RECI, Renewable Energy Corporation of India, Solar PV Power Plants, NTPC, MNRE, Green Power, National Solar Mission, Solar Energy Corp, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission