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  

Rooftop hurdles

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

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

Renewable or not?

Centre’s regulations do not specify whether cogenerated power is renewable, leaving industrial units which recover waste heat in a fix

Rs 3,300 crore omission

Subsidies given annually to industries for pollution control are unmonitored

New gold rush

Centre prepares to launch solar mission phase 2

Draft document proposes 9,000 MW of grid-connected solar power and 800 MW of off-grid application; lacks clarity on critical issues

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?

Solar trick

A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper

Clouds over solar

Trade barred

Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier  

Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: Beyond financial barriers in rural households

Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana availed 1.62 refills in the first 5 months of COVID-19 pandemic against 3 free refills …

Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: By and for women

Clean cooking schemes designed with women at their centre will help India maintain its progress towards abatement of indoor air quality and help …

US to approach WTO against India’s solar mission policy, again

India’s commerce ministry investigating US policies that could have unfairly promoted US solar companies

Power utilities oppose hike in wind tariff price

State electricity regulatory commissions increasing tariffs without taking into account technology improvements

Tamil Nadu Solar Policy: will it be enforced?

State aims to have same amount of solar as is now installed in all of India by 2014

Crank it up

Sun block

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

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

National Solar Mission: bidders quote low tariff, bag projects

Lowest bid in second batch of solar energy projects was for Rs7.49/unit

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

Boon or doom?

The commerce ministry's recommendation to impose duty on imported solar cells has started a debate. Will it boost the domestic solar power sector …

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

Larger projects under National Solar Mission doing better than smaller ones