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<p>Under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued tenders for electrification of 1,058 villages in Arunachal Pradesh. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/seci-issues-tenders-electrification-1058-off-grid-villages-arunachal-pradesh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>The Central Electricity Authority stated that electricity generated through solar accounts for 1 percent of the entire electricity generated in India in the first half of the current financial year. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/solar-accounts-for-1-percent-of-total-power-generated-in-india-in-the-first-half-of-fy-2016-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Solar installations are picking speed in the transportation sector in India. The Indian Railways has been commissioning rooftop solar projects across the country. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/solar-installations-picking-indian-transportation-sector/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Neyveli Lignite Corporation tendered 750 MW (AC) of solar this year. This includes 500 MW in Tamil Nadu and 250 MW in Odisha. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/neyveli-lignite-announces-250-mw-solar-tender-odisha/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Indian solar imports grew by 47 percent and exports by 12 percent, year over year, in the first half of the current financial year. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/first-half-fy-2016-17-solar-imports-grew-47-percent-yoy-exports-12-percent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Projects aggregating 755 MW were tendered in the month of November in India. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/month-in-a-minute-important-headlines-and-data-points-from-the-indian-renewable-sector-in-november-2016/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Solar project of 10 MW (AC) is to be set up at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) premises at Hazira in Gujarat. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/rajasthan-electronics-instruments-tenders-10-mw-solar-behalf-ongc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Solar Energy Corporation of India has tendered 1,000 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar to be set up on government owned lands and buildings. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/seci-tenders-1000-mw-rooftop-solar-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Incomplete solar park infrastructure is hindering large-scale solar project development in India. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/mercom-exclusive-incomplete-solar-park-infrastructure-affecting-large-scale-project-development-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>10 Indian states account for 90 percent of India’s large-scale solar installations and pipeline. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/mercom-exclusive-top-10-indian-states-account-90-percent-countrys-large-scale-solar-installations-pipeline-state-state-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>In a boost to transmission sector in India, German government-owned development bank, KfW, is providing a 1 Billion Euro soft loan to transmission utilities and Power Grid Corporation of India. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/indian-state-transmission-utilities-power-grid-corporation-india-receive-e1-billion-soft-loan-germany/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Fonroche Energie SAS has divested Fonroche Saaras Energy (FSEPL) and Fonroche Raajhans Energy (FREPL), its wholly owned subsidiaries. (<a href="/mercomcapital.com/fonroche-energie-sas-divests-its-india-solar-assets-shifts-focus-to-latin-america#sthash.OrKQ2Ddf.dpuf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>A 5 MW grid-connected solar project was commissioned at Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant premises by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/rashtriya-ispat-nigam-commissions-5-mw-of-grid-connected-solar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Solar Energy Corporation of India auctioned 100 MW of grid-connected solar under DCR category at the Ananthapuramu Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/seci-auctions-100-mw-grid-connected-solar-ananthapuramu-solar-park-domestic-content-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) moved a step towards its green energy goals by commissioning the first phase of 14 MW solar rooftop which is being developed at DMRC premises and facilities by Azure Power. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/azure-power-commissions-first-phase-of-14-mw-solar-rooftop-allocation-for-delhi-metro-rail-corporation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Export Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) provided a $14 Million loan to develop 30 MW of solar in Maharashtra. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhageria-industries-secures-14-million-loan-with-exim-bank-to-set-up-30-mw-of-solar-in-maharashtra/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) commissioned a 3.5 MW solar project at HAL Bangalore Airport premises. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/dec-262016-hindustan-aeronautics-limited-commissions-3-5-mw-solar-project-bengaluru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>Welspun Enterprises to divest its entire 15.49 percent stake in Welspun Energy. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/welspun-enterprises-to-divest-entire-15-49-percent-stake-in-welspun-energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
<p>The CEA stated that India’s power supply deficit is 0.7 percent and the peak deficit stands at 1.6 percent. (<a href="https://mercomindia.com/indias-power-supply-deficit-hits-0-7-percent-in-the-eight-month-period-from-april-november-in-fy-2016-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>)</p>
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