India's renewable energy plans likely to be derailed

Thanks to underutilisation of funds and poor capacity generation 

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

Look back at the decade: Solar energy

In the second decade of the millenium, everyone wanted a piece of the pie in the sky

Lanco's allies

Jonas Hamberg stumbles on fictitious companies dealing in public funds

First batch of solar mission projects delayed

About half the projects miss deadline

Crores to gamble

National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised

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

WTO finally sides with the US; terms India’s solar conditions ‘inconsistent’

India had appealed against an earlier decision of WTO which favoured the US

Clouds over solar

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

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'

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

News Briefs

Solar mission: Centre releases policy for 750 MW grid-connected projects

Policy provides for subsidy in the form of viability gap funding

Investments in Indian renewable energy sector declining

Is it a temporary phase?

Rs 1.56 lakh crore of solar development approved in Rajasthan

State government gave approval for investment proposals belonging to four major power firms

It's nice but not sunny

It will take more than ambitious targets for the government to increase India's solar capacity

Solar dispute: US blocks request for WTO panel but India confident of policy compliance

Canada, EU support India’s bid for setting up of the panel and settling the dispute

Centre considering fund to protect domestic solar industry

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