Solar mission phase two: bids received are for triple the capacity on offer

Capital subsidy in form of viability gap funding may be reason for high number of bids

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

‘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 …

India's renewable energy plans likely to be derailed

Thanks to underutilisation of funds and poor capacity generation 

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

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

Look back at the decade: Solar energy

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

What about recycling for solar PV?

With a target of 100 GW, India has made no plans for disposal of e-waste that the solar sector will generate

Lanco's allies

Jonas Hamberg stumbles on fictitious companies dealing in public funds

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

Deadline extended for developers of solar thermal projects

Faulty solar radiation data and delay in raw material supply slow down developers; deadline extended to spare them penalties

First batch of solar mission projects delayed

About half the projects miss deadline

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 mission: 1,500 MW worth projects to be allocated under bundling scheme

Bundling, wherein solar and thermal power were sold as a bundle, was credited with the reduction of tariff rates for solar power in Phase I of …

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

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

Rooftop hurdles

Financial and policy issues hinder the adoption of grid-connected rooftop solar power in the country

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

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