New regulations proposed for determining renewable energy tariff

Power producers demand higher benchmark prices for cost components

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

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

Renewable energy: areas of concern for Union Budget 2013-14

There is a need for mainstreaming renewable energy, but the budget outlay proposed in the 12th Plan is grossly inadequate

Kolkata highrises to get rooftop solar panels

High Courts also ask power utilities to ensure 10 percent of energy supplies through renewable sources

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

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

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

National Solar Mission: bidders quote low tariff, bag projects

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

Sakri solar power plant may not be shifted after all

Cost escalation made Maharashtra's power generation company reconsider present site in Dhule district 

US piles on the pressure

Patent law, domestic content rules in solar and ICT policy come under attack

Solar mission projects set to miss deadline

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

Solar cells: Indian manufacturers deny increase in prices

National Solar Energy Federation of India had complained to renewable energy ministry domestic manufacturers increased prices of solar cells by 15-…

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …

Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system

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