India adds 1.5 GW of solar PV capacity

December 2018

India's cumulative installed solar power capacity stands at 26 GW after 1.5 GW of fresh photovoltaic (PV) capacity was added in the third quarter....

Tags: PV, Solar power, solar PV capacity

NTPC issues 190 MW solar-wind hybrid tender

November 2018

India’s largest power generation company NTPC, that successfully auctioned 1.2 GW of capacity in its first wind energy tender recently, is now making...

Tags: Power, NTPC, Wind Energy, Solar, Solar Power

Power transmission in India is the most attractive sector to invest in

October 2018

Neeraj Nanda, President-South Asia (T&D, Solar), KEC International speaks to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY in length about the potentials in India's transmiss...

Tags: Neeraj Nanda, DISCOM, Renewable energy, Transmission, Distribution, DDUGJY, IPDS, FDI, Solar power, KEC, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, BIM, Construction, EPC, MNRE

Photonsolar to provide 800 kWP rooftop to IKEA India

October 2018

IKEA’s first store in India will get 800 kWP rooftop solar plant by Hyderabad-based Photon Energy Systems (Photonsolar). Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai wi...

Tags: IKEA, Photon Energy Systems, Solar power, Inverters, Rooftop solar plant, Photonsolar

Mahagenco to build 100 MW plant in Vidharbha

October 2018

Mahagenco plans on building 100 MW plant at Chandrapur, which will be the biggest solar plant in Vidarbha. This decision has come up in accordance to...

Tags: Mahagenco, CSTPS, MSEDCL, Power, Infrastructure, Solar power capacity

Kerala’s Kannur airport gets DGCA clearance

October 2018

The Kannur International Airport has received clearance from the The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which will be Kerala’s fourth airp...

Tags: Kannur International Airport, DGCA, DFMD, HHMD, LEED gold, Solar power system

Vasavadatta to get land for cement factory

October 2018

The Karnataka Cabinet has given permission to two companies to acquire 1,256 acre of agricultural land for establishing a cement factory and a solar ...

Tags: Karnataka Cabinet, Solar power plant, Cement factory, Land Reforms Act, Varda Solar, Adani Group

EoI to develop 1,000 MW of projects

October 2018

The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) has invited expression of interest (EoI) from project developers for setting up 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar...

Tags: Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam, EoI, Dholera Special Investment Region, GUVNL, Solar power