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

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

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

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

Larger projects under National Solar Mission doing better than smaller ones

Solar mission projects set to miss deadline

Developers face penalty in the range of Rs. 2 crore for a month’s delay

Odisha seeks help to buy costly renewable energy

Other states may follow suit as cash-strapped state discoms find the going difficult

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

Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system

Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

News Briefs

India to get 25 solar parks

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to spend Rs 4,046.25 crore on developing the parks

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

IREDA to provide low interest loans for rooftop solar projects

High interest rate is one of the major impediments in the development of solar sector in India

Who needs ultra mega solar power plants?

Government plans to set up four large-scale solar power plants that will cost a whopping Rs 1.2 lakh crore. Will they serve millions of energy poor?

Energy market glitch

Why new renewable energy trading policy could be a win-lose rather than a win-win instrument

Smoke in the kitchen

The new ‘green’ biomass cookstove has immense potential but why is it missing in homes?

Solar rooftop subsidy likely to be halved

Commercial and industrial consumers placed at bottom of government priority list of beneficiaries

Solar energy could be the largest source of electricity by mid-century

Increased use of solar technologies could prevent the emission of more than six billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2050

Hope flickers

Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so

Wind break ends

Centre wants to withdraw sops for wind energy sector; offers an incentive to improve performance