Grasim to Procure Additional Power from ReNew’s Captive Wind-Solar Hybrid Project
Grasim Industries Limited, the textile arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has signed a supplemental share subscription agreement with ReNew Green Energy Solutions and ReNew Surya Uday. The company plans ...
Grasim to Procure Power from ReNew’s Captive Solar-Wind Hybrid Project
Grasim Industries Limited, a textile company of the Aditya Birla Group, signed a shareholders’ agreement with ReNew Green Energy Solutions and ReNew Surya Uday to procure renewable energy from its solar-wind hybrid ...
Covid-19 Raises Project Sub-Contracting Costs for Sterling & Wilson Solar
Leading solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services provider, Sterling & Wilson Solar, an associate of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, updated the Bombay Stock Exchange on several issues it is ...
Facebook to Buy 5 MW Power from Sunseap Group’s Offshore Solar Floating Project
Singapore-based solar energy company Sunseap Group has signed a multi-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Facebook for solar energy from Singapore's largest offshore floating solar farm in the Straits ...
Airtel’s Data Centers Go Green Sourcing Power from a 14 MW Captive Solar Project
Digital communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel announced that it will begin sourcing power from a 14 MW captive solar project to meet the energy requirements of its core and edge ...
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group Launches Solar Energy Company With an 8 GW Portfolio
Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) has launched Cero Generation, a specialist solar energy company working across Europe to support a net-zero future transition. Consolidating GIG's existing and future European solar ...
Malaysia To Provide Net Metering for 500 MW of Residential and C&I Solar Systems
Malaysia’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA) announced its New Energy Metering Program 3.0 (NEM 3.0), which aims to incentivize the export of excess solar energy into the grid ...
Haryana Asks Another Open Access Solar Project to Supply Power to DISCOMs
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) approved the draft power purchase agreement (PPA) to be executed between LR Energy Private Limited and the Haryana Power Purchase Center (HPPC) for the ...
Apple, Amazon, Walmart Lead Corporate Solar Installations in the US
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has come out with its latest report, ‘Solar Means Business,’ which tracks U.S. solar installations that support commercial activities. The eighth annual edition of ...
7,332 Schools in the United States Benefit from Solar Energy
By the end of 2019, 7,332 U.S. schools had turned towards solar power, nearly double the number five years earlier. As a result, more than five million students across the ...
NIWE Seeks EPC Contractors for a 1 MW Solar Project at Madurai Kamraj University
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has invited bids from engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors for a 1 MW (AC) monocrystalline solar power project at Madurai Kamraj University ...
JERC Issues Clarification on Late Payment Surcharge for C&I Consumers
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has issued a notification to the state of Goa and union territories (UTs) clarifying that there will be no late payment surcharges (LPS) on ...
Emirates Flight Catering Installs Solar System to Power Eight of its Facilities
Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations owned by Emirates Airlines, has announced the commissioning of a solar power system at its premises. Under the project, ...
China Adds 11 GW of Solar in First Half of 2019
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has announced that the country has reached a cumulative installed solar capacity of around 186 GW. China added 11.4 GW on a year-over-year basis (YoY), ...
Maharashtra Seeks Consultants to Study Potential of Solar Along Nagpur-Mumbai Highway
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), has issued a consulting services tender to assess the potential for the development of 150-200 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects along the ...
North East Tea Planters Demand 90% Subsidy for Solar Projects in Tea Gardens
The tea planters of North East India have urged the central government to allow 90% subsidy on the installation of solar projects in the tea industry. The representatives of the ...
Gujarat Commission Allows DISCOMs to Procure Power from Small Solar Projects to Meet RPO
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has passed an order allowing Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) and the other distribution companies (DISCOMs) in the state to procure power from ...
CEA to Maintain Database of Outstanding Dues by DISCOMs to Solar, Wind Developers
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is planning to maintain the database of all outstanding dues by distribution companies (DISCOMS) to renewable energy generators. Several developers have been in a tough ...
Uttar Pradesh Permits Agricultural Land to be Leased for Solar Projects
The Uttar Pradesh government has recently passed a bill which says that agricultural land can now be used for solar energy generation, thereby increasing the investment potential of renewable energy ...
MERC Reiterates Solar Safeguard Duty as Change in Law
Juniper Green Energy Private Limited (JGEPL) and its special purpose vehicle Nisagra Renewable Energy Private Limited (NREPL) recently filed a petition against the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (MSEDCL), ...
Gujarat Approves PPAs for 500 MW of Solar Projects
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has approved the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 500 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which were tendered and auctioned by the Gujarat ...
Tata Power Solar Gets ₹6.10/kWh as Tariff for a 17 MW Project Commissioned in 2016
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has provided relief to Chirasthaayee Saurya Ltd. in the matter of tariff determination for a 17 MW solar project at Kanakagiri town located in Koppala ...
MNRE Takes a Tough Stand Against Two Defaulting Chinese Solar Module Suppliers
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an advisory asking the stakeholders to beware of two Chinese companies - CSUN Trading (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. and CEEG ...
Microsoft Completes its First Solar Power Deal in India
American multinational technology company Microsoft has announced the completion of its first renewable energy deal in India. Under the agreement, the company will purchase 3 MW of solar-power from Atria Power for ...
Secunderabad Railway Station Certified as India’s First Green Railway Station
The Indian Green Building Council – Confederation of Industry (IGBC-CII) has certified Secunderabad Railway Station as India’s first Green Railway Station. The Secunderabad Railway Station has received a IGBC – ...
