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IIT Delhi Confers Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018 on Sumant Sinha

Mr. Sumant Sinha, Chairman & Managing Director of ReNew Power Limited, India’s largest renewable energy IPP in terms of total energy generation capacity*, has been honoured with the prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award -2018, by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The award was handed over to Mr. Sinha during the 49th Annual Convocation of the […]

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Hyderabad Water Board to go solar

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has decided to use solar energy to power 56 of its reservoirs (10ml and above) in the city. The board has entrusted Telangana State Renewable Energy Corporation to conduct a feasibility study on solar energy utilization and aims to run reservoirs on solar energy by next June, […]

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Solar Power to Charge Cars, Buses Soon: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company

Solar panels installed at apartments, offices and malls can generate electricity during the day and reduce the carbon footprint. BENGALURU: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is working on a plan to have solar power charge electric vehicles. Speaking to TNIE on the sidelines of the launch of city-wide rooftop solar initiative, BESCOM Managing Director C. […]

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Solar Power Consumers to Bear Cost of Solar Pumps for Farmers: Maharashtra

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company has applied a 10 paise per unit surcharge from November 1 to collect funds for the farmers. Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has imposed an electricity surcharge of 10 paise per unit on industrial and commercial consumers to finance its scheme to provide 25,000 solar pumps to farmers, a senior official said […]

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SECI Auction for Maharashtra Park put off Indefinitely

BENGALURU: Developers’ interest in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) auctions hit a nadir when Tata Power Renewable Energy was the sole bidder on Wednesday for an auction for 50 MW at Dhodhainicha Solar Park in Maharashtra. The auction has been put off indefinitely. Last week SECI postponed a 1200 MW hybrid auction – solar […]

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Vikram Solar Conferred with Three Prestigious Awards

Vikram Solar, the globally recognized leading solar energy solutions provider announced that the company has been honoured with three prestigious awards this week. Mr. Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and Managing Director, Vikram Solar commented, “This is yet another proud moment for us. It gives us tremendous joy and pride to have won these awards. Each recognition […]

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Botswana Decides to Join ISA: Venkaiah Naidu

He was meeting and holding delegation level talks with his Botswana counterpart. The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that Botswana announced their decision to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). He was meeting and holding delegation level talks with his Botswana counterpart, the Vice President and the Acting President of Botswana, […]

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Cabinet Gives Nod for Resolution to Open ISA Membership

ISA is an alliance of more than 121 countries initiated by India, most of them being sunshine countries, to work for efficient exploitation of solar energy so as to reduce dependence on fossil fuels The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave ex-post facto approval for India moving a resolution for opening up of International Solar Alliance […]

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Soltage Closes First Round of Investment in 100-MW Solar Portfolio

Project to power 18,000 homes and offset 300 million pounds of CO2 each year Independent renewable energy provider, Soltage LLC, today announced that it closed a first round of investment in a 38 project, 100-megawatt (MW) solar project portfolio located in five states across the East Coast and the Southeast. The portfolio includes a large asset […]

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