Installing a Rooftop Solar System on Your Home in Karnataka? Here’s What You Need to Know
Residential rooftop solar installations have been growing in popularity due to the ease of installations and the savings they provide to homeowners. According to Mercom's latest report, India Rooftop Solar ...
SunPower Acquires Residential Solar Company Blue Raven for $165 Million
Distributed generation storage and energy services provider SunPower has acquired residential solar provider Blue Raven Solar. The acquisition was made for a cash consideration of up to $165 million. The ...
Rajasthan is Now the Top Solar State in India With 8.2 GW of Installed Capacity
Rajasthan is now the top state in solar installations overtaking Karnataka at the end of the third quarter of the calendar year (CY) 2021. At the end of September, the ...
Gujarat’s Residential Rooftop Solar Program Extended to 750 MW from 600 MW
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has said it has decided to allow registration of residential rooftop solar applications for up to 750 MW capacity from empaneled vendors for ...
Delhi Metro Invites Bids for 2 MW of Rooftop Solar Systems
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued a request for selection (RFS) to set up 2 MW of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems under the renewable energy service company (RESCO) ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: General Motors’ Sites to be Fully Powered by Renewable Energy by 2025
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: General Motors announced that it plans to source 100% renewable energy to power its sites in the ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Delhi Metro Earns ₹195 Million from 3.55 Million Carbon Credits
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Delhi Metro has earned ₹195 million (~$2.64 million) from selling 3.55 million carbon credits collected from ...
Rooftop Solar Installations Could Exceed 2,000 GW by 2050 Globally: Report
Rooftop solar installations could exceed 2,000 GW globally with more than 1,000 GWh of energy storage capacity by 2050, BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric have said in a recent report. The report ‘Realizing the Potential ...
Tender Floated for 2.9 MW of Rooftop Solar Systems in Haryana
The Indian Synthetic Rubber Private Limited (ISRPL), a joint venture of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Taiwan Synthetic Rubber, and Marubeni Corporation, has invited bids for the installation and ...
Residential Solar System Sizes Continue to Rise in the U.S.: Berkeley Lab
The Berkeley Lab has found that solar photovoltaic (PV) system sizes continue to grow in the United States. In 2020, the median was 6.5 kW for residential systems, up from ...
Bids Invited for 5 MW of Rooftop Solar Systems on Government Buildings in Punjab
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has invited bids to develop 5 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar systems under the renewable energy service company (RESCO) model on government buildings at ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: APICORP Releases ESG Framework, to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) unveiled its new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policy framework to ...
Rooftop Solar Systems Installed at Government Industrial Training Institutes
The Uttar Pradesh government has installed rooftop solar systems with 40 kW capacity at 60 state Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in the state. Similarly, solar systems with the same capacity ...
Solar Investments in India Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Up 119% in Q2 2021
The investments in the Indian solar sector increased by 119% quarter-over-quarter, with over $2 billion in the second quarter (Q2) of the calendar year (CY) 2021. However, in a year-over-year ...
Tender Reissued for 10 MW of Residential Rooftop Solar Systems with Net Metering
The Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) has reissued the tender to empanel agencies to design, supply, install, and commission 10 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects under net metering ...
Tender Issued for Rooftop Solar at Government Schools in Punjab
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has invited bids for the installation and commissioning of 243 grid-connected rooftop solar systems (5 kW capacity each) with an aggregate capacity of 1.215 ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: TotalEnergies to Build Solar Projects in Iraq
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: TotalEnergies, the Iraqi Ministries for oil and electricity, and the National Investment Commission have signed agreements covering ...
Low Energy Costs, Power Outages, Drive Solar Adoption in the US: Survey
Distributed generation storage and energy services provider SunPower Corporation in its survey, ‘The 2021 SunPower Energy Sense Index,’ has revealed that solar is gaining the broader attention from American households ...
Azure Power Logs 13% YoY Growth in Revenue in Q1 FY 2022
Independent solar power producer Azure Power posted a 13% year-over-year (YoY) rise in its revenue in the first quarter (Q1) of the financial year (FY) 2022, driven by projects commissioned after Q2 ...
India’s Solar Capacity Additions Grew by 251% With 4.6 GW Added in 1H 2021
The second quarter (Q2) of the calendar year (CY) 2021 brought some good news for the solar sector, with India adding 2,488 MW of solar capacity, an increase of 19% ...
Tripura Floats Empanelment Tender for 1 MW of Residential Rooftop Solar Projects
The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has invited bids to empanel developers to design, supply, install, and commission 1 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects on residential buildings at ...
Tender Issued for 6 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects on Government Buildings in Jharkhand
The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) has invited bids for the design, manufacture, testing, installation, and commissioning of 6 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects on government buildings in ...
Empanelment Tender for 50 MW of Residential Rooftop Solar Projects Issued in West Bengal
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has invited bids to empanel agencies to install 50 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects on residential buildings in West Bengal. The ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Kerala to Make it Easier for Consumers to Setup Rooftop Solar
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has decided to set up a single point of contact at ...
Global Distributed Energy Resources Spending to Reach $39 Billion in 2030
Distributed energy resources (DER) in commercial buildings, including EV chargers, solar photovoltaic, and battery storage, are rapidly expanding due to the steep decline in the cost of distributed energy technologies ...
