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Hybrid Projects Can Ensure Higher Grid Stability and Solve Intermittency Issues

The intermittent nature of standalone wind and solar power sources has made wind-solar hybrid projects more attractive as they provide a longer-duration power supply and...

July 20, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Market & Policy
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Domestic Solar Modules Need to be of Optimum Price and Quality

The government is pushing to establish a domestic solar manufacturing base for high-efficiency solar modules and reduce the renewable energy sector’s import dependence....

July 18, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Best Engineered Project of the Year: ILIOS Power’s 1.27 MW Solar Farm in Andhra Pradesh

ILIOS Power won the Best Engineered Project award at the Solar Awards 2021 in the recently-held Mercom India Solar Summit 2021. The project was developed for its client,...

April 15, 2021

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Staff

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Investors Must Come With Strong Operating Knowledge of The Indian Solar Market

At the Fireside Chat session held on Day 1 of the Mercom India Solar Summit 2021, Sumant Sinha, Chairman, and Managing Director, ReNew Power, shared industry insights in...

April 14, 2021

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Staff

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Can Rooftop Solar Come out of Ground-Mount’s Shadow and Be the Next Big Thing?

Cumulative rooftop solar installations crossed the 5 GW mark at the end of 2020 but still make up a small portion of the 40 GW of solar installed in the country. A total...

April 5, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Project Development in India: A Long Road Towards an Ambitious Target

India’s cumulative installations breached the 40 GW mark, according to Mercom India Research. The total installations comprised 34.9 MW of utility-scale solar...

April 1, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Supply Chain and Mitigating Market Surprises

Over the past year, the one certain thing in the solar industry has been the ‘uncertainty.’ Starting with the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent closing...

March 31, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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How Policy Flip Flops Hamper Growth of Solar Sector

India has set some lofty targets for renewable energy, including 175 GW of renewables by 2022 (100 GW from Solar) 450 GW of renewables by 2030 (unofficial). India is...

March 30, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Domestic Solar Manufacturing Amid Shortage of Raw Materials, Price Rise and Duties

India installed just about 3.2 GW of solar capacity in the calendar year (CY) 2020, a 56% decline compared to 7.3 GW in 2019, according to the latest 2020 Q4 &...

March 26, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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