Nature cure from India
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
Solar mission: Centre releases policy for 750 MW grid-connected projects
Policy provides for subsidy in the form of viability gap funding
MNRE recommends measures to minimise environmental impacts of green energy projects
Report focuses on wind, solar projects in India; overlooks small hydropower projects
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
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
Target $100 billion investment in solar energy, says Prime Minister Modi
Challenges to investment and use of solar energy remain unresolved
Crores to gamble
National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised
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 …
Cabinet clears phase two of solar mission
Lack of clarity on domestic content and procedural hitches delayed the launch by over six months
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
Is REC an albatross for power distribution utilities?
Only two states have achieved their renewable energy targets so far. Others scaled down their commitments
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
Crowd at the gate
Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky
Concentrated solar power projects may get second extension
Lack of experience in handling new technologies and dearth of funds have been cited as reasons for delay in commissioning projects
Rs 3,300 crore omission
Subsidies given annually to industries for pollution control are unmonitored
New gold rush
Experts disappointed with budgetary allocation to renewables
There has been a 46.8 per cent decrease in gross budgetary support for renewable energy ministry, they say
Rooftop hurdles
Financial and policy issues hinder the adoption of grid-connected rooftop solar power in the country
Renewable or not?
Centre’s regulations do not specify whether cogenerated power is renewable, leaving industrial units which recover waste heat in a fix
Clouds over solar
Patronising dirty technology
Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur
Solar thermal technology to get a boost in phase two of solar mission
Should solar thermal be preferred over photovoltaic solar power?