Lanco's allies

Jonas Hamberg stumbles on fictitious companies dealing in public funds

Sun block

Financial woes, delay in raw material supply stall most of the concentrated solar power projects

Sunshine sector loses sheen

About 40 kilometres from Delhi, in the bustling real estate market of Noida-Greater Noida, lies the biggest irony that the renewable energy …

Power of concentration

India has every reason to push for concentrated solar power projects. But the technology has failed to pick up because of poor planning

Crores to gamble

National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised

Clouds over solar

‘Low solar energy tariff bids are sustainable’

The second batch of bidding for photovoltaic projects totalling 350 MW capacity in December under the national solar mission witnessed …

Solar mission’s new priority: off-grid and grid-connected rooftop solar power

3,000 MW of solar energy to be added in second phase of national solar mission

Solar mission phase II: viability gap funding not the best way to subsidise solar photovoltaic plants, say analysts

It may lead to setting up of inefficient solar projects under National Solar Mission

Centre considering fund to protect domestic solar industry

Solar mission mandate to promote domestic crystalline silicon technology fails to achieve desired result

Assembly elections may further delay solar mission phase 2

Union Cabinet yet to approve plan; model code of conduct may be announced anytime in states like Rajasthan, making launch difficult

Solar equipment makers at loggerheads with solar plant developers

Manufacturers say long-term growth of solar industry possible only if domestic content mandated in solar mission phase II

Lanco found guilty of false commissioning of plants

To lose bank guarantees for its four power plants in Rajasthan

Solar mission continues to lure private players

Project proposals total 2,500 MW solar energy in second batch of bidding

Solar thermal technology to get a boost in phase two of solar mission

Should solar thermal be preferred over photovoltaic solar power?

Solar trick

A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper

Guarantee of 14 companies under solar mission encashed

NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms

Full bank guarantees of three solar companies encashed

The companies missed the last deadline of March 9 to commission solar power plants under national solar mission

Solar mission phase II may reign in import of thinfilms

Earlier mandate of domestic content requirement only for crystalline silicon technology led to most developers importing cheaper thinfilm solar panels

An unviable route

Draft of national solar mission’s second phase fails to learn from past mistakes

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

Larger projects under National Solar Mission doing better than smaller ones

US challenges India's solar energy policy before WTO

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

New guidelines for national solar mission power projects

Reverse bidding retained, small changes like use of domestic content raises technology concerns

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

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