Haryana Releases Draft Solar Power Policy, Invites Suggestions
The New and Renewable Energy Department, Haryana, has issued the draft ‘Haryana Solar Power Policy, 2021,’ and requested government stakeholders to send their comments within 15 days from the date ...
Gujarat’s New Solar Policy Incentivizes Captive and Rooftop Solar Projects
The Gujarat government has announced the new 'Gujarat Solar Power Policy 2021' with incentives for residential, commercial, and industrial rooftop solar developers. The policy will be valid until December 31, ...
Gujarat Extends Validity of Solar Policy to December 31, 2020
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, has decided to extend the validity of ‘Gujarat Solar Policy-2015’ up to December 31, 2020. The policy was previously effective until March 31, ...
Solar and Other Renewable Policy Highlights from March 2020
With the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus across the world, the global economy and life, in general, have been severely affected. The pandemic has disrupted all segments of the Indian ...
Mercom India’s Most Read Articles of 2019
The Indian solar industry did not fare as well as expected in 2019. The year saw some state-level policy upheavals, auction delays and cancelations, and a sluggish economy, among a ...
Karnataka Solar Policy Amended – Bid Security Amount for Group Captive Projects Raised
The Karnataka State Solar Policy 2014-21 has been amended for the third time and addresses three important points – the size limitation of private solar parks, the performance guarantee for ...
Solar and Other Renewable Policy Roundup: Key Announcements From September 2019
Central and state government agencies made several key policy announcements in September aimed at removing the bottlenecks in the solar industry. The most important announcement of the month was made ...
Small Solar Prosumers in Goa Will Now Get 50% Subsidy
The Goa government has approved the amendments in the Goa State Solar Policy – 2017. The policy aims to provide subsidy of up to 50 percent for small prosumers in ...
Andhra Pradesh’s New Solar Policy Targets 5 GW of Projects in Five Years
Andhra Pradesh has come up with a new solar policy with the aim to promote widespread usage of solar power and targets a minimum total solar power capacity addition of ...
Philippines Government Working on Rooftop Solar Policy Proposal
The Senate of The Philippines has announced that a proposal to reduce the cost of electricity for households and businesses through the adoption of rooftop solar, is currently under scrutiny ...
India Rejects US Claims in DCR Trade Case at the WTO
The back and forth between India and the U.S. regarding the protectionist Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) program continues. A month after the U.S. argued that India did not abide by ...
Rooftop Solar Projects to be Heavily Subsidized in Uttar Pradesh
The government of Uttar Pradesh is preparing to launch generous new subsidies for rooftop solar projects in an effort to promote new installations in the state. A source in the ...
New Goa Solar Policy Targets 150 MW of Solar by 2021
The government and cabinet of ministers of Goa have approved the state’s Draft Solar Policy 2017, which sets a target of achieving 150 MW of solar by 2021. The policy ...
India Solar Policy Roundup: February 2017
Here is a renewable energy policy roundup from central, state and government agencies in India for the month of February 2017. Solar Park Capacity Doubled to 40 GW The increase ...